A TRIBUTE TO ANTAL. HERITAGE OF A NOBLEMAN. SOUL OF AN ADVENTURER.
In 1926...
...PRINCE ANTAL ESTERHÁZY SET OUT on an epic adventure with his best friend Count Lászlo Almásy, the English Patient.
It started as a winter day’s dream. Sitting by a fireplace in the Swiss Alps longing for heat and sun – an oasis of desert. The whim turned into a gentlemen’s wager and arrangements were made on the spot. And before long their Steyr vehicle was being unpacked from a crate on the northern shores of Africa.
From there, Antal and Lászlo set out across the sand to become the first to cross the Sahara in a standard road car. This daring journey became known as the Esterházy Safari.
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ALEXANDRIA
AT NOON ON FEBRUARY 22ND, BERUFFLED BY THE SALTY BREEZE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN CROSSING, THE TRAVELLERS MAKE LAND IN THE BUSTLING PORT OF ALEXANDRIA.
PORT OF ALEXANDRIA
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Kairo (Giza)
ON THE EVE OF FEBRUARY 23ND, THE TRAVELLERS ARRIVE AT GIZA AS THE RELENTLESS EGYPTIAN SUN BEGINS TO SET, CROSSING THE LONG SHADOW OF THE GREAT PYRAMID, FEELING THE WELCOME, COOL BLANKET OF HER SHADE.
Shadows of Giza
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Asyut
AT DUSK ON MARCH 1ST,
THE TRAVELLERS THREAD THEIR WAY ALONG THE LIVELY BANKS OF THE NILE, SPEEDING TO CATCH THE SUNSET ON THE SHORES OF ASYUT.
Shores of Asyut
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Luxor
IN THE LATE HOURS OF MARCH 3RD, THE TRAVELLERS ARRIVE AT
THE TEMPLES OF LUXOR,
BUILDING A BONFIRE
AGAINST THE COLD OF THE MOONLIT SKY.
Fires of Luxor
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THE PERFUME
Almost a century later, his grandson, inspired by a small perfume bottle Antal left behind, created ESTORAS to capture this spirit of adventure, for those who chase impossible horizons today.
Having embarked on this unique journey with ANTAL’s scent, ESTORAS continues with olfactory stories of THE ADVENTURES OF ANTAL inspired by Count Lászlo’s original travel diary.
PRINCE ANTAL AND COUNT LÁSZLÓ
Growing up in the Kingdom of Hungary during an age of profound change — between the grace of the old order and the dawn of a modern world — Prince Antal Esterházy and Count László Almásy shared more than noble heritage. Bound by a restless curiosity and a hunger for discovery, their friendship deepened when Almásy married Antal’s sister, turning companions into brothers.
In 1926, the two set out on their first great expedition across the Sahara, a journey that ignited Almásy’s lifelong fascination with North Africa. He would go on to become a renowned cartographer and explorer, charting unknown frontiers. Almásy’s extraordinary life would later inspire the celebrated novel and film The English Patient — a testament to the enduring aura of a man whose story remains woven into the spirit of ESTORAS.