Rose Volupté Sonoma Scent Studio 2012

This composition by freelance fragrance artist Laurie Erikson is a high concentration of the fragrances used. It is reminiscent of a gothic building, nested within itself - with pointed towers and wooden decorations - finely chiseled and yet down to earth. Power and fullness - impressive. There is no real "beginning" to this fragrance. It is DA and changes within itself. Roses are about to take up spices and fruits. Plums studded with cloves. Sprinkled with cinnamon and embedded in tart mosses.
Woods diffuse through silky blue heliotrope veils - as if through the robes of ancient Romans or Greeks. Sometimes reaching back to ancient Egypt. Vetyver and cedar adorn Cleopatra's throne. Strategically cunning - at the same time seductively hot-blooded - but also cool-headed.
Scraps of thought drift with the aromas through time - right up to the present day - to come to rest in the gentle autumn wind of a natural landscape with meadows, fields, gardens and forests. This imaginative and fantastic creation, which bears no resemblance to anything I know, touches all the senses.