GALLIVANT - verb, informal

GALLIVANT is a multi award-winning and proudly independent perfume-maker from London, founded and created by Nick Steward, with a collection of travel-inspired playful, thoughtful, unisex fragrances.

Wanderlust in a perfume bottle

GALLIVANT is about celebrating simple pleasures, and the human desire to be free to explore the world around us.

Places, sights, sounds, smells.

Perfumed escapism

GALLIVANT is about taking the pulse of places we love. It's an antidote to our fast-paced lives.

Slow-paced, mindful, it's about being in the moment, appreciating the small details and the everyday beauty of the world around us.

#slowlife #slowperfume

The fragrances capture the feelings and emotions of wanderlust and escapism ...

We're a small independent business - with sustainability at the heart of everything we do. We believe that a quality perfume speaks for itself; it doesn't need to be loud and flashy. 

Gallivanting is fun and pleasurable and something everyone can do.

Fragrances made by humans, for our fellow humans

Nick has more than two decades of hands-on experience in perfume making in London and Paris

From creating for big global brands, he went on to become Product & Creative Director of the pioneering cult house L’Artisan Parfumeur. He devised GALLIVANT to get back to basics: classically designed perfumes with a modern sensibility. This collection of unisex, gender-neutral scents brings a thoughtful, honest and unfussy approach to perfumery

"I wanted to do something clever, playful and interesting, avoiding all the froth and hype ...  deceptively simple. Slow perfumery - focused on beautiful perfumes, honest materials. I'm a big believer that quality always wins in the end. It's about provenance and craft, taking the time to do things properly. A certain timeless elegance. The packaging is chic, sustainable luxe. Quality over quantity"

"As someone who's been lucky to have travelled widely, who’s lived in various countries, our perfumes are my celebration of many different cultures around the world.

I want our perfumes to have a dreamy quality. To give you a feeling of escapism via perfume"

We're a profoundly human business - and we're proud to work with a group of true artisan makers. And the most original, fun and interesting perfumers in the fragrance business. 

GALLIVANT's products are all handmade in the United Kingdom

Nick develops the collection with perfumery’s finest materials – composed at the Art et Parfum private lab and sourcing house in Cabris, in the hills above Grasse, France, founded by legendary perfumer Edmond Roudnitska (creator of Dior's Eau Sauvage, Diorella, Diorissimo as well as fragrances for Hermès, Rochas and others)

The fragrance oils are handcrafted in France and then the perfumes are matured, macerated and bottled in the Cotswolds, England, in a genuinely artisanal, small-batch, human process – done with love and attention