They became part of the olfactory families only in the twentieth century, although their history is actually much older, dating back to 1781, when King George III of England asked his glove craftsman, who would later become the perfumer Creed, to reproduce the fragrance he used to mask the smell of leather in his tannery, thereby creating the very first leather fragrance in history, which took the name of Creed's Royal English Leather.

The characteristic aromas of the selected fragrances are reproduced with animal notes of castoreum, civet, ambergris and musk, combined with vegetable notes such as rockrose or birch bark. Tobacco notes are also often used to create sensual and persuasive compositions, giving life to complex yet utterly fascinating perfumes.