Chamomile
Geranium
Rose
Lemon
Orange zest
Peanut
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Best Supporting Role
If I could award a fragrance Oscar for the most convincing supporting role in a rose perfume, I would give it to … (drumroll) THE GERANIUM!
Whenever (or almost always) a fragrance successfully captures the lifelike, sweet-tart scent of the rose, in my opinion, there is a distinct touch of geranium at play. It boosts the rose sweetness and rounds it off with an incredibly rosy bitterness that is simply irresistible.
Geranium itself has a very herb-sweet, rose-like scent, and in combination with real rose, it gives the queen of flowers a diva-like, pompous, glamorous appearance. A truly brilliant supporting actor!
This is also true in “Nostalgie des Roses.” Similarly beautiful, as in the case of “Velvet Rose” by Anglia Perfumery or “Elisabethan Rose” by Penhaligon's, it manages here, with the help of geranium, to capture the perfect rose opulence without kitsch and soapiness. The orange peel, chamomile, and lemon are so skillfully used that they simply contribute to the perfect rose madness: Individually, they are hardly detectable unless you know they are included.
This is how rose should be, dear noses!
As so often, I owe this exquisite rose enjoyment to dear Florblanca.
Whenever (or almost always) a fragrance successfully captures the lifelike, sweet-tart scent of the rose, in my opinion, there is a distinct touch of geranium at play. It boosts the rose sweetness and rounds it off with an incredibly rosy bitterness that is simply irresistible.
Geranium itself has a very herb-sweet, rose-like scent, and in combination with real rose, it gives the queen of flowers a diva-like, pompous, glamorous appearance. A truly brilliant supporting actor!
This is also true in “Nostalgie des Roses.” Similarly beautiful, as in the case of “Velvet Rose” by Anglia Perfumery or “Elisabethan Rose” by Penhaligon's, it manages here, with the help of geranium, to capture the perfect rose opulence without kitsch and soapiness. The orange peel, chamomile, and lemon are so skillfully used that they simply contribute to the perfect rose madness: Individually, they are hardly detectable unless you know they are included.
This is how rose should be, dear noses!
As so often, I owe this exquisite rose enjoyment to dear Florblanca.
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