Goldhawk 15ml

Goldhawk, named after West London's Goldhawk Road, which is a fascinating street, with its own tube station on the Hammersmith and City Line, and another Stamford Brook, at its opposite end. Stamford Brook is at the leafy end of the road, with some huge houses and elegant gardens. The road heads northeast, skirting Ravenscourt Park, a lovely green public space, and ending up at the multi-lane one-way system around Shepherds Bush Green, bypassing a cluster of fabric shops, and the south end of Shepherd's Bush Market.

It took Sarah some time to get the concept clear in her mind before she could start to make it. How to capture this whole area in one fragrance? Or would she depict a golden hawk instead? In the end Sarah went for the feel of the place. It opens with spring gardens in bloom, with magnolia flowers and the aroma of the first touch of lawn mower over the Green. It's a sharp burst of honeyed greenery that is gone in 10 minutes, to be replaced by a golden amber of the market's Middle Eastern perfume stalls. There is a gentle rubbery darkness of bus tyres on tarmac around the one-way system, at heart, it's a spiced amber with a floral flourish.