SIR LEONARD SPENCER LEARNED TO MAKE ALMOST EVERYTHING HE WORE

PUJOL HARRIS founder Sir Leonard Spencer was born in Oxfordshire, on 9 February 1874, at which time the United Kingdom was the dominant world power. His family were among the highest levels of the British aristocracy and thus he was born into the country´s elite. In September 1884 he moved to Institute Le Rosey in Switzerland; there, his academic performance improved but he continued to misbehave and he decided that he wanted to resume his studies in Britain. He narrowly passed the entrance exam which allowed him to begin studies at the elite Harrow School in April 1888. There, his academics remained high—he excelled particularly in history—but teachers complained that he was to outspoken, unpunctual and careless. He wrote poetry and letters which were published in the school magazine and won fencing competitions.

Although his parents insisted that Sir Leonard Spencers be prepared for a career in politics his ideologically and main interest laid within fashion, photography, art and music. He was also an obsessed book collector and perfumer. He used his fine sense of smell, skill and intuition to produce characteristic olfactory compositions beyond compare. 

As a leader of an archaeological team together with Romulus Rothschild to the remote island of Tristan da Cunha in 1904, Sir Leonard Spencer collected extracts of lavender, bay, rosemary, pine and cardamom in tiny translucent alabaster bottles and kept them as ingredients in his characteristic luxurious scents. The traces Sir Leonard Spencer found in the Posidonia Oceanica plants on the south of the island where more than 80,000 years old and the extracts he collected from them became the base for most of Sir Leonard Spencers perfumes. The scents Sir Leonard Spencer created during his many expeditions received a mythological status among PUJOL HARRIS clients as they deified his extraordinary nose. 

While studying abroad at the University of Karueein, founded in 859 AD in Fez, Morocco, he often visited one of the most renowned leather tanneries in the world. The personal dedication they showed to the raw material inspired him to start designing leather goods and first made GARBO dog leash. 

I AM CONVINCED THAT THE RIGHT MATERIAL THING CONTRIBUTES TO MAKING ONE`S LIFE MEANINGFUL

For Sir Leonard Spencer, creating goods was an intimate process. Before deciding on aroma, leather grain or thickness, he thought about how a design will be used and where it will be worn. Once he was ready to cut a pattern, he treated the raw material as a second skin. Completely opposed to an industrial approach, he guided his visions thru the materials he used as if it were a living beings. He was always eager to learn and to know more about everything he was involved in and has studied various techniques and designs that have helped him cultivate his unique and international style.

Sir Leonard Spencer additionally begun to buy objects that he was passionate about during his extensive travels to Africa, Europe, Asia, The Caribbeans and South America. The idea for PUJOL HARRIS arose to Sir Leonard Spencer in a dream during a expedition to Vrederot Dome in 1908. Sir Leonard Spencer decided then and there to use his extensive knowledge, expertise and exquisite taste to advice and navigate the fashionable elite with in his fields of interest and embark the Beau Monde on a more interesting life thru his findings. 

Sir Leonard Spencers hunger for knowledge and precise craftsmanship was highly valued by the picky international aristocracy and PUJOL HARRIS quickly became an elitist institution in London England and also a favourite among the international aristocracy, intellectuals, celebrities and Royal clients. The company specialized then and now on the delicate art on choosing unique handpicked items for individual with the highest demands and is known for build longterm relationships with its clientele, whether they are famous or anonymous. 

Sir Leonard Spencer vision in choosing and making the best designs for every occasion has resulted in design classics. His ability to achieve the highest of quality without compromise and unique eye for hand picked objects has been described more as art rather then items for sale. Sir Leonard Spencer laid the foundation of the brand as we know it today during his 67 years at the helm of PUJOL HARRIS.