As the name suggests, Ardent is a passionate, glowing perfume, with cindered roses and molten beeswax at its heart. Powdered roses meet storm-lashed roses and saffron. The touch of carrot and coriander in the top hints at a green salted iris.

Ardent feels like a night rose, smouldering and voluptuous with Hedione soaked jasmine imparting a sparkling whoosh of nostalgia to the longevity of the heart. It smells like a love poem, so much romance in the surging base blend of Boadicea the Victorious’ signature oud mixed with musky amber, patchouli and orchidaceous vanilla.

Benzoin has a resinous aroma of honeyed almonds, air-dried tobacco and just a hint of clove. Mixed with labdanum, an earthy dirty-sweet herbaceous material extracted from a shrubby rockrose, the two notes further exalt the daring excess of roses and wax in the seductive heart of Ardent. The romantic forces at play in this most beautiful of perfumes are hard to resist and for men and women who want to wear their hearts on their skin, this is only perfume to wear.