Boadicea the Victorious Salacious

The Bottle

Salacious embraces the house’s taste for ornate, attention-seeking bottles. Its pale champagne-gold circular body carries a dense knotwork medallion, while the broad tiered cap repeats the rounded proportions above. Pointed details around the lower edge add a small burst of theatricality beside the clear base. It’s busy and certainly not subtle, but that gives it more personality than a generic luxury bottle. The design should be easy to spot on a dressing table, which suits a fragrance called Salacious. Minimalists may find it rather too eager to impress.

Original or Clone

Here, the bottle is a legitimate reason to stay with the original: Salacious has an object-like presence that belongs to this release, rather than to the scent alone. The fragrance is associated with woody, aromatic and earthy accords, with leather also among the strongest community descriptors. One house has made one tracked attempt to reproduce it, a modest but real sign that this release has attracted outside attention. For readers drawn to its distinctive presentation, the original is the more defensible purchase.