Hendricks Orbium Gin 70cl

Orbium is what happens when Hendrick’s decides to get a little mischievous. You still get that signature cucumber-and-rose backbone, but this Scottish gin swings wider, adding quinine, wormwood, and blue lotus for a sharper, more hauntingly floral vibe. If you like your gin with layered flavour and a little intrigue, this bottle is a problem solver.

Here’s the deal, some gins disappear the second you add tonic. Orbium doesn’t. The quinine brings a crisp, tonic-like bitterness, wormwood adds a dry, herbal snap (think grown-up absinthe energy, minus the chaos), and blue lotus threads in a soft, perfumed note that keeps everything feeling lifted instead of heavy.

That’s why it’s earned its Best Seller status. It gives you more to taste without asking you to do homework. One sip and you’re picking up new details, citrus peel here, earthy herbs there, then that cool cucumber glide showing up right on time.

• Nose: Fresh cucumber, light rose, citrus peel, then a waft of herbal bitterness that hints at tonic and wormwood.
• Taste: Bright juniper and citrus up front, followed by quinine-like bite, dry herbal depth, and a gentle floral note that feels almost tea-like.
• Finish: Long and crisp, with lingering citrus, clean bitterness, and a floral echo that keeps pulling you back in.

It’s a killer pick for classic gin cocktails when you want more shape and tension in the glass, think Gin & Tonic, Martini, or a Negroni that leans extra botanical. It also plays ridiculously well with simple citrus, because that bitter edge keeps things snappy and adult.

If you’re building a home bar and want one gin that instantly makes your usual recipes taste more interesting, Orbium earns its shelf space fast. It’s familiar enough to be easy, but different enough to feel like a new obsession.

Fun Fact: The name “Orbium” is Latin for “orbits”, a nod to how the added botanicals make the flavours circle around each other, shifting from cucumber and rose to quinine bitterness and back again.