26/04/2026
Ten years ago I was passed a scented legacy
I was entrusted with the perfume business my late mother Angela Flanders had built from the very start, here in our home on Columbia Road.
A former costume designer, antique dealer and interior designer, my mother took a small shop here in the Flower Market to use as a studio for her painted decorative furniture and antiques – the rest as they say is history.
Captivated by the changing seasons on this unique London street, she started a new journey, teaching herself about the history and creation of perfume. Starting with pot pourri and home fragrance, scented candles and latterly perfumes. A journey I was privileged to share.
Accolades and awards followed, word spread and interested people journeyed to visit and discover this perfume shop in the East End of London.
For the past ten years I have worked to build on the wonderful legacy she created.
Our ethos has remained the same, our artisan roots of making small batches of perfumes that inspire us, making all our products in house and continuing to work with other British craftspeople.
Today we remain proud to call Columbia Road our home, and to continue to create beautiful fragrances.
So thank you to Angela who many of you will remember, who was so bold, so visionary and so very creative.
And thank you to all of you who have been with us along the way.