Boadicea The Victorious Defender 100ml

Defender, new for 2024, opens with a rebellious shout of zesty ginger, grapefruit and unexpected swirls of dark liquorice, honeyed cognac mingled with a fascinating of red berry compote and hints of kirsch.

Solar orange blossom is suffused with the sensuality of hot skin, announcing the arrival of Defender’s all-important heart of Night Blooming Jasmine, an intoxicating flower with heady, licentious imaginings, the perfect centrepiece of this narcotic centrifuge.

The background for the jasmine is an alluring blend of mournful myrrh, its earthy smoke and balsamic mood mixed with a note of hay absolute used to suggest Boadicea’s childhood, farming wheat and barley with her family.

The other main note is a Verdigris leather accord, created using Leather Fusion, a patented technology and a seductive homage to the tactile nature of natural skins and hides. In Defender this green leather note counterbalances the floral and fruity notes, and it could be suggested, evokes the hand-crafted leather armour worn by Boadicea and the malleable chariot reins