L'eau de cash: Perfume maker is commissioned to bottle the scent of MONEY

  • Bizarre new perfume was made to mark the launch of the new polymer £10 note 
  • Crafted to resemble notes of a previous era, it smells of cotton, sweat and ink
  • It was created by master perfumer Roja Dove, who worked at Guerlain in Paris  

By STEWART PATERSON FOR MAILONLINE

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A master perfumer has crafted a new fragrance to mark the launch of the new £10 next month — money.

It was created by Roja Dove, a former perfumer at Guerlain in Paris, and has been described best as 'Cologne de Cash'.

He was commissioned to produce a perfumed tribute to old-fashioned paper banknotes, that were made up of cotton.

'I was thinking of a note at the end of its life', Mr Dove told The Times. 

It is best described as 'Cologne de Cash' and was created to mark the launch of the new £10 polymer note

It is best described as 'Cologne de Cash' and was created to mark the launch of the new £10 polymer note

'I was thinking of a note at the end of its life', said master perfumer, Roja Dove. The perfume will contain scents of hand cream, tobacco, soupcon ink and even human sweat. 

'I was thinking of a note at the end of its life', said master perfumer, Roja Dove. The perfume will contain scents of hand cream, tobacco, soupcon ink and even human sweat. 

'You've paid for the Tube or the car park, you've handled keys and coins and you've ended up having a bacon sandwich': Mr Dove said he wanted to capture the scene of humanity

'You've paid for the Tube or the car park, you've handled keys and coins and you've ended up having a bacon sandwich': Mr Dove said he wanted to capture the scene of humanity

'You've paid for the Tube or the car park, you've handled keys and coins and you've ended up having a bacon sandwich. 

'You pay with the £10 note and it's given in turn to the woman who's wearing some terribly expensive hand cream'.

Among the scents mixed into the perfume are cotton, soupcon ink, leather, hand cream, human sweat and tobacco.

The master perfumer was commissioned to make the notes of a previous era. 

The new £10 note, which features Jane Austen, is made of polymer, as well as the recently introduced £5. 

The new £10 note, which features Jane Austen, is made of polymer, as well as the recently introduced £5

The new £10 note, which features Jane Austen, is made of polymer, as well as the recently introduced £5

The Bank of England said the new notes are 'stronger, cleaner and more secure', in that they are difficult to tear and can survive being washed.

The Bank of England said the new notes are 'stronger, cleaner and more secure', in that they are difficult to tear and can survive being washed.

The polymer note, set to be unveiled in July on the 200th anniversary of the writer's death, depicts her with a slightly plump face, a lace bonnet and serene expression; it was painted after she died in 1817 at the age of 41.

Austen’s portrait will replace Charles Darwin on a new set of plastic, unrippable notes.

More than 35,000 people had signed a petition calling for the new £10 notes to feature a female face after Elizabeth Fry, the Quaker prison reformer, was replaced by Winston Churchill on £5 notes. 

 

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