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William Penhaligon
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William Henry Penhaligon (1837-1902) was a Cornish-born barber and perfumer who founded the British perfume house Penhaligon's, one of the oldest fragrance houses in England. Born in Penzance, Cornwall, he moved to London in the 1860s and began working as a barber at the London Hammam Turkish baths on Jermyn Street.
His first and most enduring fragrance, Hammam Bouquet (1872), was inspired by the scents of the Turkish baths where he worked. His shop became a destination for the gentlemen of Mayfair, and he was appointed Court Barber and Perfumer to Queen Victoria. In 1903, a year after his death, the house received its first Royal Warrant from Queen Alexandra.
