Penhaligon's Halfeti Leather was launched in 2020 - a flanker to the cult favorite from the Trade Routes collection, Halfeti - emphasizing leather more in this creation. Halfeti are the rare black roses that grown along the Euphrates River. Tradition has it that the Rose of Halfeti absorbs the wickedness in the world - starting dark red, then eventually turning black. Created by Christian Provenzano, it has notes of plum, cardamom, lavender, bergamot, citrus, green notes, rose, nutmeg, cinnamon, cumin, violet, jasmine, leather, agarwood (oud), incense, cedar and patchouli. Penhaligon's Halfeti Leather is an eau de parfum, edp.
From the brand -
"A potion with scents so deliciously intoxicating that you will immediately fall in love with it. The fragrance is warm, strong and reassuring at the same time, ignoring all respectability. We embarked on a long journey to the Turkish city of Halfeti. In this place, the red roses seem black as their magic is intense.
The story begins under the auspices of fresh and vigorous bergamot, combined with green and aromatic touches of sagebrush. It evolves brilliantly thanks to jasmine and spicy rose. It’s a love studded with thorns. The final notes contain all the promise of distant lands, affirming with certainty the vanilla, sandalwood and leather spiciness which unite the oud, amber and patchouli imbued with a reassuring distinction."
Fragrantica - "This is such a gorgeous spicy, vibrant, yet dark, fragrance. Very similar to halfeti of course but I think this takes it up a notch and is even better."
Fragrantica - "Mmmm. Awesome leather frag and one of my favorite from the house. Here is the best of the Halfeti lineup. The plum note..."
Fragrantica - "Compliment magnet. It's very heavy and rough yet I get lots of compliments. This combination for a fragrance is very rare, this is a secret treasure. Not well known either, smells unique. As usual with Penhaligon's the notes are pretty spot on. While it's mainly leather, I also notice an oud note and a realistic tobacco note. It's dusted with cinnamon and submerged in what I can best describe as a "blackcurrant rum" note. The original Halfeti DNA is detectable in the background. These notes are very evocative, and unlike some other leathers you can pull this in any connotation (medieval, pirate, West Asian, cowboy). Despite these intense notes that are usually an acquired taste, Mr. Provenzano somehow managed to make it as rough and intense as possible while keeping it from smelling dirty. Sorcery. Lasts and projects perfectly, will attract compliments from people (if they're so inclined) throughout the day, the next morning it's still detectable. Won't choke anyone too. Masterpiece."
Fragrantica - "This one.. amazing! Immediately from the opening you can smell its characteristic touches and similarity to the original. A strong elegant leather with a dark note pops out very strong, it projects loud for the first hour like this, the more hours pass the more the leather transforms to a very soft suede kind a thing. The original halfeti smell is there still in the background with some spicey touches, where with the original it’s more floral touches imo."
