They became part of the olfactory families only in the 1900s, in reality their history is much older, dating back to 1781 when King George III of England asked his glove craftsman, i.e. the one who would later become the perfumer Creed, to reproduce the fragrance that he used to cover the smell of leather in his tannery, effectively creating the first leather fragrance in history which took the name of Royal English Leather by Creed.

The characteristic scents of the curated fragrances are reproduced by the animal notes of castoreum, civet, ambergris, musk, combined with vegetable notes such as cistus or birch bark. The notes of tobacco are also often used to create sensual and persuasive compositions, giving life to complex but extremely fascinating perfumes.