Keyneston Mill

Ans B Muhammad

7 months ago

It's a lovely place to experience the essence of natural fragrance. You can really witness the art of extracting the fragrances and preparing the perfume using natural ingredients from the various parts of plants and herbs. They have a beautiful garden consisting of many variety of flora and stunning fields. It's a really nice place to enjoy the beauty of the nature. They do have a lovely Cafe which serves delicious cakes and other dishes. You can also buy perfumes directly from them. I would really recommend their Hour of Gold & Dusk. It's a heavenly fragrance.

Amanda Pressey

5 months ago

Though the grass areas of the gardens might not be at their best, due to the dry summer, the plants in the formal gardens were lovely. As water is able to be pumped from the river they were able to keep them healthy. Gorgeous scents and worth the we walk along the river and through the orchard. I was booked into the Perfume Workshop and was very impressed with the presentation and guidance with a small class size and the "Aromadome" it was held in. Making at the end a truly personal 50ml bottle to take home of your own blend. Bistro onsite was pleasant. Making it a lovely day.

Kate Coleman

a year ago

We had a wonderful afternoon tea celebrating a 70th birthday which was great! The food was brilliant and the server attentive and welcoming. A huge thank you! The gardens close to the cafe are beautiful however would feel for the entry price a bit disheartened as they'renot that big. Wouldn't go back to the gardens myself but certainly would the cafe as a great little find! Would use the dome again too!

M D

a year ago

Oh dear, where do I start? They must have just opened/re-opened? They have an upmarket website - everything suggests that the place is very stylish & the entrance/restaurant/lawn area doesn't disappoint. But go a little further and you have to wonder how they derive any fragrances from practically barren fields. We walked down to the river & back in about 40 minutes, then settled in for lunch, which was pre-booked. Nobody took our order in over half an hour so I objected when another table was seen to before us. 45 minutes had passed before we got a cup of tea, olives and sourdough, which was then quickly followed by being served the wrong meals! The menu is pretty light, but once the confusion was over I received my sausage roll & salad, and it was very tasty. We had intended to have desert - after all we were sat right next to the cake counter! But we didn't want to spend any more time there. We left and went to another garden for our desert. They only had three members of staff serving numerous tables of diners, and they just couldn't cope. As for the garden of fragrances, it was disappointing beyond words. I didn't photograph the small section which contained colourful flowers because there were far too many people there. But you can see what I mean in the pictures I did take.

Luke Smith

6 months ago

Nice idea and one nice garden to visit but 90% of the area has very little to look at... Very few places to sit, which for my mum who I visited with who is in her late 70s is an issue.. While the river is beautiful, and the meadow nice enough to look at, really away from the few nice plants in the first garden you arrive at the whole place felt like it was more interested in the perfume they make than the gardens.. which in itself is fair enough, but it is not a cheap trip and it is advertised as a garden as much as anything else. While I would not say I was completely disappointed, I wouldn't rush back.