All men's fragrances are really descendants of the old »English Lavender«. It was first bottled around the end of the 18th century. »Oleum lavendulae« is won from lavender flowers by distillation with water. When dissolved in alcohol, it produces the old-fashioned lavender water. English lavender water, made from the stripped-off flowers of special lavender species grown around Hitchin (Hertfordshire), has always been considered the very best in Europe. Lavender water has a pleasant fragrance and is used as an invigorating and refreshing scent (like eau de cologne). It can also dampen the effects of migraine and nervouseness. This costly essence goes a very long way.

D. R. Harris is one of London's oldest apothecaries, if not the oldest, and in that capacity remains Her Majesty's Royal Court Purveyor to this day. Since its foundation in 1790, D. R. Harris has had its premises in the St. James's district. It quickly gained a reputation as a specialist in traditional wet shaving products such as shaving soaps, creams, aftershaves and colognes, but skin care products were also already part of its repertoire at that time. Meanwhile, the London drugstore also has a wide range of hair care products, skin care series and soaps for both men and women in the program.