1805 journal

Origins Clubman owes its name to the favourite status it enjoyed with the members of exclusive gentlemen’s clubs of St James’s who frequented Truefitt’s Hair Cutting Rooms. It drew its origin from a fragrance initially formulated especially for The Great Exhibition of 1851, which was housed at t...

Origins Trafalgar owes its name to one of the most celebrated naval engagements in European history - the battle of Trafalgar. This famous maritime confrontation took place off Cape Trafalgar, on the southern coast of Spain, on 21st October 1805, the very year in which William Francis Truefitt es...

Origins Since Christopher Columbus discovered the West Indies and claimed them for Spain in 1492, the Spaniards and later the Danes, Dutch, English and French gained great wealth from sugar and tobacco grown in the West Indies and took delight in the native exotic fruits, plants and also spices f...

Origins Grafton is another fragrance whose name is intertwined with and inspired by the rich naval tradition of Britain. This classical, woody fragrance with spicy oriental notes was named to commemorate a long line of HMS Grafton battleships. The completion of the first HMS Grafton ship in 1679 ...

Origins Spanish Leather, a rich but subtle blend of woody, leathery and spicy notes, truly captures the spirit of old Granada and Castile. This very masculine fragrance is one of the oldest in Truefitt’s stable with the time of its original formulation dating back to around 1814. It was extensive...

Origins Freshman is based on one of the first formulations of William Francis Truefitt actually dating back to 1805. This subtle and refreshing fougère was blended with fashion conscious undergraduates of prestigious universities such as Oxford and Cambridge in mind, who frequented Truefitt’s Sal...