Obliterkate

Rose de Russie is not the rose of someone who defers to others, or adapts. It evokes quiet confidence. It is moody, yet soft in projection…not a pink rose, perhaps an orange one. It is a tarry and leathery and peppery rose, yet it is not overwhelming....

I’m wearing my older style bottle of Patchouli Patch and it is gorgeous. Naturally, it is quite patchouli-heavy at the outset, the raw, chewy, earthy natural “dirty” kind. However, under Bertrand Douchaufour’s...