Richard E. Grant's Signature Scents: A Fragrance Guide

Richard E. Grant is a total fragrance nut who has created two perfumes, Jack and Jack Covent Garden. The debut fragrance, Jack, was named after the Union flag and featured marijuana, which Grant included as a nod to his South African roots. The second fragrance, Jack Covent Garden, is inspired by the former fruit and flower market in Covent Garden and contains oranges, rose, lime, ginger, orris oil and pimento.

Jack Covent Garden

The fragrance is inspired by Grant's nostalgia for Covent Garden, an area of London where he first performed on stage. The scent is a combination of notes that include oranges, rose, lime, ginger, orris oil and pimento.

The second fragrance by Grant, Jack Covent Garden is named after the Union flag and is a symbol of his passion for his adopted homeland. It became a huge bestseller in Liberty and broke even within a year.

Grant is known for his passion for fragrances, and he has been involved in the creation of every scent he has produced. He has also been known to endorse other fragrances, such as Kai from Malibu and Narcissi.

Grant's first fragrance, Jack, was inspired by his passion for his adopted homeland and became a huge bestseller in Liberty.

Marijuana

Richard E Grant's debut fragrance, Jack, was inspired by Grant's passion for his adopted homeland, South Africa. The second fragrance, Jack Covent Garden, is inspired by the former fruit and flower market in Covent Garden, London.

Grant's debut fragrance, Jack, was named after the Union flag and featured marijuana as one of its ingredients. It became a huge bestseller in Liberty, breaking even within a year.

Grant's second fragrance, Jack Covent Garden, was inspired by Grant's stint as a waiter in London's theatre district. The fragrance was created in collaboration with a professional French "nose" by the name of Alienor Massenet.

The fragrance contains oranges, rose, lime, ginger, orris oil, and pimento. It was created after six months of fiddling with oil samples and pipettes, mixing and sniffing, and starting over.

Grant's fragrances are known for their unique and nostalgic scents, with marijuana being a key ingredient in his debut fragrance.

Gardenia

Richard E. Grant's five favourite smells include Gardenia. He grew up in Swaziland and the density of colour of the shiny leaves, and the velvet nature of the white petals are hugely nostalgic for him. Gardenia's stronger at night and he thinks it's incredibly sexy. Frank Sinatra and Barbra Streisand's favourite flower, too; at Sinatra's funeral he had 2000 of them, must have been absolutely narcotic!

Grant is a fragrance nut. He riffs on the various “notes” of Jack Covent Garden (it contains oranges, rose, lime, ginger, orris oil and pimento), it becomes clear that Grant really is a total fragrance nut. He always knew that on first nights actors are given flowers and fruit – and very often use ginger to clear their throats. He was inspired by his stint as a waiter in London's theatre district when he first came to England in 1982.

Grant's debut fragrance, Jack – named after the Union flag, and a symbol of South African-born Richard’s passion for his adopted homeland – featured marijuana. It became a huge bestseller in Liberty, breaking even within a year, so he revealed – no mean feat for a novice. Unlike most ‘celebrity’ fragrances, Richard has been involved every sniff of the way. The second, Jack Covent Garden, is inspired by the former fruit and flower market in Covent Garden (an area of London where Richard himself trod the boards, when recently-landed from the southern hemisphere).

Grant consulted a professional French "nose" by the name of Alienor Massenet, there followed six months of fiddling about with oil samples and pipettes, mixing and sniffing and starting over, before a midnight "mini-eureka moment" when the fledgling fragrance finally matched the creator's idea of how it ought to smell. The new perfume, Jack Covent Garden, was inspired by Grant's stint as a waiter in London's theatre district when he first came to England in 1982.

Grant also has a favourite smell of narcissi. When he arrived in England in 1982 it was 25th April, and he had never smelled narcissi before – they don’t exist where he grew up.

Narcissi

Richard E. Grant, a South African-born actor, has a passion for fragrances and has been involved in the creation of his perfumes. He has endorsed a fragrance oil called Kai from Malibu, which is the closest to capturing the magic of the real flower.

Grant's five favourite smells include narcissi. He arrived in England in 1982 on the 25th of April and had never smelled narcissi before as they do not exist where he grew up.

Grant's debut fragrance, Jack, was named after the Union flag and was inspired by his passion for his adopted homeland. It was a huge bestseller in Liberty, breaking even within a year.

Grant's second fragrance, Jack Covent Garden, is inspired by the former fruit and flower market in Covent Garden and was created after consulting a professional French "nose" by the name of Alienor Massenet.

Jack

The scent contains oranges, rose, lime, ginger, orris oil and pimento. It was a huge bestseller in Liberty, breaking even within a year, so he revealed – no mean feat for a novice.

The second fragrance, Jack Covent Garden, is inspired by the former fruit and flower market in Covent Garden (an area of London where Richard himself trod the boards, when recently-landed from the southern hemisphere).

Grant is known to be a fragrance nut, and has been involved every sniff of the way in the creation of his fragrances.

Grant's five favourite smells are gardenia, marijuana, narcissi, oranges and ginger.

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