Fort & Manlé
Mr. Bojnokopff’s Purple Hat
Eau De Perfume Spray

St. Petersburg, circa 1897​

Mr Bojnokopff’s Purple Hat is the title of my most elaborate feat of illusion, which had astounded and enthralled viewers, en masse in years gone by.​

Hastily filling my grand, purple suede top hat with the finest French lavender, vanilla and lashings of rich Belgian chocolate, creating a small explosion, resulting in a thick plume of white smoke.​

Smoke dissipating, my vanishing act begins, with mouths agape as my hat is all that remains on stage.​

This has now been branded pretentious, hackneyed and “of its time”. ​

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Oudh– Lavender-Vanille- Belgium Chocolate-Vetiver- Guaiac Wood-Cedarwood​