Crown Rose Crown Perfumery 1873

YES, I really like this "old" scent a LOT! And YES, it IS old-fashioned! Just as old-fashioned as wooden dressers, secretaries, and cabinets with inlays and turned legs. They stand in antique shops, venerable libraries, and museums. They are secretly admired for their elaborate craftsmanship AND their nostalgic beauty. Officially, no one wants them, yet very high prices are paid to have them displayed somewhere: For the admiration!
And it is often similar with "outdated" fragrances, which, because they are "vintage," often have horrendous prices. The one described here is obviously NOT yet, as it is less known than all the "Creeds," "Guerlains," and other celebrities.
Yes, it is also somewhat "dusty," this rose scent. Dusty like the insides of the drawers of old secretaries and dressers. And just as variously woody as their artistic inlays!
"Turned" is the perfume as well. Just like those old spice cabinets that have narrow, turned rods between their glass drawers. And it smells like the collection of all the spices that were once stored in them by their owners.
And the roses seem to be made of paper. Still red or pink, but somewhat faded, the petals like crackling parchment, soaked in real rose oil, which may have been used in the past to scent stationery or potpourris. Or to scent paper or silk flowers.
Moss also plays a significant role in this fragrance! Decorated with oak moss. Like one of those old floral potpourris.
All of this is melancholy at its finest. Willful, unusual, and caught between the times. And that is exactly the main reason for the great fondness I have found for the scent. And what do I care about the (alleged, often "artificial") turned-up noses that secretly often like it. Similar to the antiques from the later 19th century ;-))