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OUR PASSION WELCOME TO TRUEFITT & HILL OUR MISSION OUR PASSION For over two centuries Truefi tt & Hill, recognised as the fi nest traditional gentlemen’s Our Passion 1 barber and perfumer in London, has provided discerning gentlemen with only the fi nest in T&H History 2 grooming products and services. Our offering truly gives men the opportunity to look and Quotable & Historical 4 feel their very best. 1805 Fragrance Collection 6 Trafalgar Fragrance Collection 8 Established in 1805, we remain the world’s oldest barbershop and are barbers and Royal West Indian Limes Fragrance Collection 10 Warrant holders to H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh. Today’s product offering is the result Grafton Fragrance Collection 12 of over 200 years of research and intimate customer relationships. Our knowledge and Sandalwood 14 experience provide today’s man with an offering that is both sophisticated and practical. Authentic No. 10 Collection 16 Gentlemen deserve the best in everything they do. If you are looking for the fi nest in Other Fragrances 18 men’s grooming, we are confi dent you will fi nd Truefi tt & Hill’s unmatched product Colognes & Aftershaves 20 quality and prestigious tradition unrivalled. Our products are formulated with an Shaving Creams 22 exquisite blend of rare and sophisticated essences. The offering includes a full line of shaving, Shaving Soaps, Mugs 24 fragrance, hair and bath products to provide a daily grooming solution for modern man. Aftershave Balms 25 Body Soaps 26 For an exceptional experience of Truefi tt & Hill services, visit one of our barbershops Shower Gels 26 and enjoy a traditional hot towel wet shave, haircut and a shoe shine for that special Authentic No.10 Product Line 27 engagement, business meeting, or simply just to relax and unwind. To fi nd out more about Ultimate Comfort Product Line 28 our product line, visit us at www.truefi ttandhill.co.uk. In the meantime however, enjoy Hair Management Line 31 perusing the choices set before you in this catalogue. Skin Control Line 30 Razors, Shaving Brushes & Stands 32 Grooming Accessories/Leather Goods 34 Gift Boxes and Gift Collections 36 Shaving Tips 38 Barber Services 40 Gift Vouchers 41 How to Order 41 1 TRUEFITT & HILL’S HISTORY FROM DICKENS TO DOT COM Truefi tt & Hill as the world leader in men’s grooming. Only at Truefi tt is there such a sense of history at every turn. Page through novels by Charles Dickens and W. Thackeray and it becomes apparent that from its inception Truefi tt played a pivotal role in preparing Britain’s gentry not only for society events but also for their everyday lives. Consequently Truefi tt is mentioned throughout modern English literature as a bastion of style and the highest quality service - a tradition we are proud to continue today. During Truefi tt’s unique history the company has had the honour of serving the Monarchs of Great Britain throughout nine consecutive Truefi tt’s premises circa 1880 HM George III Truefi tt’s fi rst Royal Patron An Advertisement circa 1820 reigns. Throughout this period, Truefi tt The story of the Oldest has held a number of Royal Warrants, Truefi tt & Hill’s Premises in St. Many other legendary fi gures from the world of the Barbershop in the World, as and being ‘By Royal Appointment’ is James’s. Glancing at Truefi tt’s arts and entertainment, who have also enjoyed the recognised by Guinness Book still the envy of other, less revered appointment books is like reading legendary Truefi tt’s touch, include Charles Dickens, of World Records in April hairdressers. The Royal connection entries from a ‘Who’s Who’ of William M Thackeray, Lord Byron, Oscar Wilde, Beau 2000, began in fashionable is continued to this day by Truefi tt’s distinguished society and names Brummell, Alfred Hitchcock, Laurence Olivier, Danny Mayfair in 1805, the year of barbers, who visit either Buckingham of those who shaped the history Kaye, as well as the celebrated John Wayne, Frank Nelson’s victorious Battle at Palace or Windsor Castle to attend of the world are often recorded as Sinatra, Stewart Granger, Fred Astaire and Cary Cape Trafalgar, while King H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, patrons. Truefi tt & Hill were Grant. Setting the standard for men’s grooming took George III sat on England’s while other members of the Royal honoured to include amongst on a new and exciting approach in 1935 with Truefi tt’s throne and William Pitt Family and the Royal Household visit their clientele almost all male acquisition of the hairdressing business of Edwin S. the Younger served as its members of the British Royal Hill & Co. With this event, the modern era of Truefi tt & Prime Minister. This was the Family since George III, as well as Hill was born. Today the company enjoys a reputation era of fi ne craftsmanship, numerous Royals of other European as a world-renowned barbershop offering a wide innovation and styling which set Courts, famous politicians such as range of treatments and services designed to groom the scene for a history that is William Gladstone, the Duke of gentlemen to perfection. Truefi tt’s is also well known colourful, inventive and pioneering. Wellington, Sir Winston Churchill, as a purveyor of the fi nest quality traditional English and Field Marshal the Viscount fragrances, shaving requisites and grooming products Catering to the exacting standards Montgomery of Alamain. with names evoking a long forgotten elegance and of London’s gentry, when grandeur of a bygone era. vanity and good grooming Right: Seven Day Razor Set circa 1850 were the essential mark of Ceramic Pomade Pot as found on ‘Titanic’ the gentleman, Truefi tt offered its demanding clientele a new A testimony to Truefi tt’s status as the most famous level of service unsurpassed barbershop in the world is its inclusion as Britain’s anywhere in the world. From its best barber in ‘Courvoisier’s Book of The Best’ array of exceptional products and in the Gault Millau guide book, ‘The Best of through to its legendary London’, as well as frequent features on Truefi tt in barbering services, there British and international media including television, developed a heritage and sense radio, daily papers and numerous magazines. of innovation that today marks 2 Truefi tt’s seal circa 1920s 3 QUOTABLES & HISTORICAL FACTS 1861 1860 ‘At Mr. Truefi tt’s, the excellent hairdresser’s, they are ‘But this George, what was he? I look through all his life, and learning French to beguile the time’ recognise but a bow and a grin. I try to take him to pieces, and fi nd silk stockings, padding, stays, a coat with frogs and a fur collar, a star T e Uncommercial Traveler (1861) Charles Dickens and blue ribbon, a pocket-handkerchief prodigiously scented, one of Truefi tt’s best nutty brown wigs…’ T e Four Georges (1860) W. M. T ackeray 1848 1849 ‘In these melancholy cogitations ‘Old folks have a right to be 1806 the Major, had donned his own interesting: and that a lady may ‘…..white leaded faces and high wigs loaded down with dressing gown and replaced his continue to have a heart, although Venetian talc. Charles Fox was the exception. He wore one head of hair - a little grey had she is somewhat stouter than of Truefi tt’s nutty-brown wigs reeking with perfumed oil.’ been introduced into the coiffure she was when a schoolgirl, and Seduced (1994) Virginia Henley of late by Mr. Truefi tt…’ a man his feelings, although he T e History of Pendennis (1848) gets his hair from Truefi tt’s’ 1888 W. M. T ackeray Rebecca and Rowena (1849) by ‘”I must go to Truefi tt’s to have W. M. T ackeray my hair cut.”[…] “You haven’t 1830 forgotten the old place, I see” ‘Mr. Gladstone’s appearance and […] They read “Punch” aloud manners are much in his favor. […] to each other; they cracked There is not a dandy in the House jokes with the hairdressers; but envies what Truefi tt would call they snorted and laughed his “fi ne head of jet-black hair.’ through the soap and jets of Readings in English History (1908) hot and cold water. […] As Edward P. Cheyney he stepped out into the shine of the street, and took step 1850 from his friend, he said: “By ‘Elphinstone is a prinked,polished George! It makes me feel dandy, whose old age shall be young again. It is just like old made to shine with huile antique times”’. and one of Truefi tt’s best nutty- brown wigs.’ Spring Days (1888) George Moore T e Mulberry Empire (2002) Philip Hensher 1965 1940’s On 24th January 1965, Many famous fi gures from the world of entertainment Truefi tt closed its doors to enjoyed the legendary Truefi tt’s’ touch, including honour the death of one Laurence Olivier, Danny Kaye, John Wayne, Frank of its longest standing Sinatra, Stewart Granger, Fred Astaire and Cary Grant patrons, Sir Winston Churchill. 4 5 FRAGRANCE LINES FRAGRANCE DESCRIPTIONS 1805 A fresh oceanic fragrance with top notes of Bergamot, Mandarin and Cardamon, combined with a Lavender, Geranium and Clary Sage heart resting on a Sandalwood, Cedar Wood and Musk base. 1805 Cologne (00017 100ml) 1805 Aftershave Balm (00035 100ml) 1805 Aftershave (00018 100ml) 1805 Luxury Shaving Soap in Wooden Bowl (01805 99gm) 1805 Shave Cream Bowl (00034 190gm) 1805 Triple Soap (00037 3x150gm) 1805 Shave Cream Tube (00054 75gm) 1805 Bath & Shower Gel (00038 200ml) 6 7 FRAGRANCE LINES FRAGRANCE DESCRIPTIONS TRAFALGAR Spicy, light, and captivating, Trafalgar reveals its distinguished heritage with top notes of Cedar and Sandalwood complemented by subtle hints of Jasmine and Spice.