Tilly, given a choice I say Bombay Sapphire over Gordon’s, for example. I’m not sure if I’m influenced by image and advertising or if I really prefer the taste. I suspect in a blind tasting I wouldn’t know the difference.
I tried gin when I was in my 20s. Tried, but couldn't like it. Tasted too medicinal. I recently tried Opihr gin...it's made with oriental spices including ginger and black pepper. I love it!
One could be forgiven for thinking that lobbing something fragrant into a few bottles of decanted Shop Local mother's ruin and passing it off as 'refined' was the order of the day. :-)