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. There is some smoky, tarry almost black tea note, yet it is a soft facet of this mood. This is quite nice and I could see adding this to my collection.

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 expert hand, it is smoothed and rounded out with the addition of some particularly complimentary materials; anise, a bit of plum, some vetiver, violet, all on a musky base. There is the lightest, kiss of sweetness, just enough to brighten the composition, with restraint. This is rooty/earthy and beautiful, like a fistful of herbs and soil, but as the other notes wake up and come forward, it becomes smooth and refined, robust, yet polished. This is a really lovely composition of notes that compliment each other and are perfectly weighted under a masterful hand.