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Transported to Highgrove

ighgrove in Gloucestershire has inspired two ideas from British companies —perfumers Penhaligon’s and Halcyon Days, known for its enamelled chinaware. Penhaligon’s Highgrove Bouquet, £155 (), is inspired by glorious summers in the garden, evoking Highgrove’s ‘Petiolaris’ (or weeping silver lime tree). ‘The fragrance conveys the magic of Nature and has an element of feel good and comfort, as it captures the fleeting and elusive scent of blooming, sun-warmed silver-leaved lime,’ explains Julie), originally hand sown with Miriam Rothschild’s Gloucestershire Farmers’ Nightmare Mix in 1982. Left untamed, it has since become a haven for more than 70 varieties of plants, many of which are depicted in the hand-painted pieces, from £40 ().

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