What does Gillette smell like? ( Can’t do mom and then ignore dad, can we? )

Unlike his senior officer and good friend Theodore Groves, Gillette does not spare expense when it comes to his toilet. Even his wigs are set with the finest quality of scented powders, his clothes carefully perfumed to mask the detritus and the grime one encounters both at sea and upon the streets.

Lady Sarah instilled upon her son the exceptional importance of a recognizable scent – as well as the associated dangers of being toorecognizable. He makes use of common bases – amber and the spirit of musk, which blends to his own scent and keeps all other scents grounded to him at the heart. For head he works with sandalwood and pine scents (occasionally marjoram ) and it could easily be stated that overall, he smells like warm autumn.

The amber and sandalwood cross, however, is something of his signature, as it lays upon his handkerchiefs and gloves as a means of masking unpleasant smells when he is landed and going through lower areas. These articles, when borrowed to others, are almost effeminate for this process and are again, the result of his mother’s teachings.