As a master perfumer, I'll be honest: most natural cleaning products smell like a compromise. You trade the chemical tang of a "regular" spray for something worthier but blander: a vague herbal note, an apologetic hint of citrus, the smell of good intentions. Then I met a peach that ruined all that. Not a real peach - a scent so precisely sun-ripened, so convincingly orchard-warm, that it made me, a master perfumer who is professionally hard to impress, fall head over heels. And this one didn't ask me to compromise on anything else, either. It's all-natural, made with real essential oils, and packaged in reusable amber glass bottles.
The new Bower Collective Peach Cleaning Collection brings fragrance to the kitchen, holistically. The range itself is small and considered - a Hand Wash, a Washing-Up Liquid and an All Purpose Spray - and it's built around a peach perfume that's braver than it looks. It doesn't shout "germ-free" the way citrus or pine does; it's the essence of summer, sun-warmed fruit, al fresco breakfasts on holiday. Everything comes housed in refillable amber glass, made to be topped up rather than binned.
