English Lavender
Eau de Toilette
Atkinsons
AI
Founder-perfumer of Atkinsons of London 1799; classical British perfumery built on lavender bergamot sandalwood and cologne traditions.
James Atkinsons was a 19th-century British perfumer who founded Atkinsons of London in 1799 on Bond Street, beginning as a Yorkshire-trained barber and apothecary who brought bear-grease pomades and signature colognes to Regency London. The house became official supplier to the Crown under King George IV and built a reputation for English perfumery rooted in lavender, bergamot, sandalwood, and clean classical British structures.