
Boadicea the Victorious Hanuman EDP (Tester with Cap)
Hanuman celebrates the Chinese Year of the Monkey. Hanuman is a much-loved and revered Hindi deity, a loyal companion of Rama, an essential avatar of Vishnu. This most sacred of animals has become increasing visible in religious iconography, representing loyalty, optimism, heroism, strength, all tinted with a sprinkling of playful mischief. The perfume is sublime; an unexpected mix of tangy citrus, sensual indolic blooms and a wonderful base of robust woods and ambered musk’s. Vetiver suggests both the greenness of canopies and roots. There is impish hide and seek in the composition, a sense of freshness and sun-dappled flowers glowing on a ground of woody calm. The lemon note, more lemonade than acidic wince has a lovely duration. Normally the volatility and small size of citrus notes means they fizz off quickly at the top of perfumes, in Hanuman however, lemon, blood orange, bergamot and blackcurrant filter down through the composition, the juicy or