Freddie Albrighton
“I was always a creative kid, flicking between designing and making clothes, photography, contemporary and immersive art, music, painting… Eventually finding my way into tattooing, which has been my main occupation for almost ten years. It allowed me to work and travel worldwide and get a name for myself in the tattoo world as a ‘painterly/watercolor/surrealist tattooist’.
Having loved and been interested in perfumery since my teenage years, I found my way into playing with scent and raw materials - finally releasing my own collection in 2021. My taste and aesthetic is to achieve a dream-like, nostalgic and comforting feeling with my fragrances… Where things are familiar, novel, and full of colour - but subtly distorted and out of reach.
I started “Canvas” by visualising ink (which is my medium as a tattoo artist), as black liquorice - liquefying it and adding colourful translucency with raspberry leaf, a wash of herbal notes and gauzy, painterly florals of rose and peony. Rather than create a “blank canvas”, I wanted to create a perfume that captured the possibilities of what the canvas could be - a kaleidoscope of watercolour, soft textures and contrasting elements.”
