Juniper Sling

How it moves

Juniper, angelica, bergamot and black pepper hit first, the way an opening line should. Then the heart turns up — orris, cinnamon and black cherry — and the whole thing slows down. It dries down to leather, brown sugar, amber and vetiver, close to the skin and hard to forget.

Who made it

Olivier Cresp composed it in 2011, for Penhaligon's in United Kingdom. Olivier Cresp's homage to 1920s London gin culture, built around juniper, angelica and black pepper over a leather-brown sugar base. A rare literal gin fragrance that works.