Once upon a time an intrepid young British gentleman and a bear (yes, a real live growly bear) left the wild, rugged climes of Northern England in search of fame, fortune and fabulousness among the glittering cosmopolitan streets of London. Before long everyone who was anyone was beating a path to his perfume emporium at 44 Gerrard Street in Soho to purchase his fragrant wares, with glorious wafts of Atkinsons scents delighting the delicate nostrils of London’s dames, dukes, debutantes, dandies and darlings.
