Opulence - Duck Island - Western explorers soon discovered the opportunities for such opulence and were quick to establish trade routes back to Europe and across the emerging Empire.

Western explorers soon discovered the opportunities for such opulence and were quick to establish trade routes back to Europe and across the emerging Empire.

Demand was high, and by the 17th century, Europe’s perfumers were the first to perfect the original ‘Eau de Cologne’, harnessing Bergamot’s essential properties and characteristic fragrance. Spreading throughout the Royal Households and Courts of Europe, exchange for the exotic was now the new fashion!