Hammam Bouquet Penhaligon's
Hammam Bouquet was created by William Penhaligon in 1872, inspired by the Turkish baths on London's Jermyn Street — and it still carries that Victorian-Oriental atmosphere with remarkable coherence.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 11 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Rose55
- Lavender55
- Iris50
- Sandalwood45
- Jasmine45
By the editors · 2 min readHammam Bouquet was created by William Penhaligon in 1872, inspired by the Turkish baths on London's Jermyn Street — and it still carries that Victorian-Oriental atmosphere with remarkable coherence. Lavender and bergamot open with familiar aromatic freshness, already pointing toward the masculine-leaning character. The heart is the composition's achievement: iris's powdery cool precision, rose's classical depth, and jasmine's richness all grounded in the dry structure of cedar — a four-note accord that manages complexity without chaos. Sandalwood, amber and musk close warmly and generously. A fragrance that has outlived its century by staying fundamentally true to itself. Stately without stiffness.
