KING CHARLES LAUNCHES HIS NEW FRAGRANCE. - Page 3

Lakelife62 · ‎05-09-2023

King Charles' Highgrove House has always sold a wide array of Highgrove House products. If you go to the website, you will see this fragrance is the newest addition to their collection of home goods, art, jewelry and chotchke items.

FLGators · ‎09-16-2010

Article from Vanity fair captures the ties/history to KC & the royal family:

In 2023, King Charles III changed the name of his charity to the King’s Foundation, but the organization’s programs supporting youth around the world continued without interruption. Now, the barber shop Truefitt & Hill is supporting the charity with a product close to the king’s heart.

This summer, the barber shop released a cologne called Highgrove Splash, part of a collection of fragrances and bath products inspired by the king’s Highgrove House in Gloucester. All products from the collection, which includes a set of soaps, aftershave, cologne, oil, and shaving cream, come packaged in boxes decorated with a watercolor, The Cedar Tree, Highgrove, painted by the king himself.

According to the company, 10% of the net revenue from the sale will go to supporting the King’s Foundation. “The fragrance of the collection instantly evokes the charm of Highgrove Gardens with notes of the essence of cedar at its very heart,” they said in a press release. “The delicate top notes of cypress and lemon gently combine with a hint of lavender, a twist of papyrus and a delicate trace of vetiver to complete the palette of this enduring fragrance.”

Truefitt & Hill, a London barber shop with centuries of history, has a long connection with the royal family. Founded by Francis Truefitt in 1805, the company merged with another hairdresser in 1941, and in 1994, the company moved to its current location in London’s St. James’s Street. In his 1860 book The Four Georges, William Makepeace Thackeray wrote that Truefitt was a wigmaker who served King George IV. In later years, the company held a royal warrant—a document certifying services to the royals—for providing services to Prince Philip. According to writer Nina Grunfeld, barbers from the company used to make trips to Buckingham Palace to cut his hair, and one also cut Charles’s hair for more than a decade.

The new Highgrove Splash isn’t the king’s first foray into fragrances. In August 2022, Penhaligon released Highgrove Bouquet, a scent designed in collaboration with the then-Prince of Wales. According to the Financial Times, perfumer Julie Pluchet spent three years trying to capture the ambiance of the estate’s spectacular Sundial Garden, which is planted with silver weeping limes that give the entire house a slight citrus scent.

layla2450 · ‎10-02-2021

@Bhvbum wrote:
This is Highgrove his estate, and I suspect those are the scents of his natural herbs and essence that he grows, not a King Charles perfume.

"The fragrance of the collection instantly evokes the charm of Highgrove Gardens with notes of the essence of cedar at its very heart. The delicate top notes of cypress and lemon gently combine with a hint of lavender, a twist of papyrus and a delicate trace of vetiver to complete the palette of this enduring fragrance."

I would love to know what it smells like, the question is why the need to belittle this product?

Because unlike you and several other posters, there are posters who are NOT FANS of the Royals and who are NOT interested in their lives.

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SharkE · ‎08-19-2010

faeriemoon · ‎03-14-2010

@NYwoman wrote:
@MoJoV wrote:
The bottle is nice. Are they selling it in the U.S.? I'm curious as to the scent, citris, woodsy,leather?
I wonder if that is one of his paintings on the bottle. He is an accomplished art in oils.

I thought it was watercolors...

Adding: My apologies for being redundant.

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Puzzle Piece · ‎06-29-2010

So the proceeds go to charity? Why bother, why not ust give money to the charity ad be done with it.

Is the charity here in the Uited States?

As a king he should not have bent so low and joined the ranks with other mediocre celebrities.

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beckyb1012 · ‎03-09-2010

@Puzzle Piece wrote:
So the proceeds go to charity? Why bother, why not ust give money to the charity ad be done with it.
Is the charity here in the Uited States?
As a king he should not have bent so low and joined the ranks with other mediocre celebrities.

I think as far as the Estate is concerned there is also employment for the things Highgrove makes and then sells.

It all began in 1976, when His Majesty King Charles III, when he was His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, had a bold idea. Having completed his duty in the Royal Navy, His Majesty became dedicated to improving the lives of disadvantaged young people in the UK. He founded His Trust to deliver on that commitment.

"Live frugally, but love extravagantly."

bikerbabe · ‎03-09-2010

@layla2450 wrote:
@Bhvbum wrote:
This is Highgrove his estate, and I suspect those are the scents of his natural herbs and essence that he grows, not a King Charles perfume.

"The fragrance of the collection instantly evokes the charm of Highgrove Gardens with notes of the essence of cedar at its very heart. The delicate top notes of cypress and lemon gently combine with a hint of lavender, a twist of papyrus and a delicate trace of vetiver to complete the palette of this enduring fragrance."

I would love to know what it smells like, the question is why the need to belittle this product?

Because unlike you and several other posters, there are posters who are NOT FANS of the Royals and who are NOT interested in their lives.

Interested enough to take the time to post. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Venezia · ‎03-09-2010

@layla2450 wrote:
Because unlike you and several other posters, there are posters who are NOT FANS of the Royals and who are NOT interested in their lives.

@layla2450 So, since the thread title was pretty clear, why waste your time on something you're NOT interested in?

Oh...just so you can criticize those who are? Okay, got it!

"" A little learning is a dangerous thing."-Alexander Pope

Venezia · ‎03-09-2010

@Puzzle Piece wrote:
So the proceeds go to charity? Why bother, why not ust give money to the charity ad be done with it.
Is the charity here in the Uited States?
As a king he should not have bent so low and joined the ranks with other mediocre celebrities.

@Puzzle Piece - He (King Charles) is not...repeat not...selling anything. This is being sold by a private company who are donating a percent of the profits to a U.K. charity. Hence, the permission to use King Charles's watercolor painting.

Royal Warrants have been around pretty much as long as the monarchy. Nothing to do with the United States, nor being a "mediocre celebrity".

It's nice to have some facts. But I do understand that they get in the way sometimes!

"" A little learning is a dangerous thing."-Alexander Pope