Aedes de Venustas Amnesia Rose by @jospehsaraceno

The new Aedes de Venustas Amnesia Rose, composed by Italian perfumer Luca Maffei – is the 11^th edition in Aedes de Venustas’ collection of signature scents. Creative Director and co-founder Karl Bradl has employed many of the finest perfumers of our time to illustrate each particular olfactory vision: Frank Voelkl, Bertrand Duchaufour, Fabrice Pellegrin, Alberto Morillas, Ilias Ermenidis, Ralf Schweiger, Nathalie Feisthauer, and Rodrigo Flores-Roux amongst them. An embarrassment of riches, by anyone’s reckoning. Aedes de Venustas Amnesia Rose, is an eventide champagne rose; it commences as a shimmering spicy libation and crescendos into a dusky, haunting woody rose of charismatic depth and charm.

Karl Bradl and Luca Maffei photos courtesy of Karl and Luca (collage by Michelyn)

“This is an intense rose, whose personality never fades away and mostly, never goes unnoticed” ~ perfumer Luca Maffei

The Amnesia rose varietal is a spiral-petaled, ashen-hued palest lavender which is tinged with lilac-grey and café au lait tones – surrounded by a corona of faintly mossy green petals lying beneath its muted pastel abundance. Amnesia is French in origin, has no thorns, and possesses a delicate aroma, unlike other lavender roses which are frequently more powerfully scented. On so many levels, this particular rose mirrors the visual aesthetic of Aedes de Venustas’ Victorian bandbox boutique: a haven of vintage luxe fabrics, stuffed birds and lavish floral arrangements bedeck Karl and Robert’s shop, subtly-hued and soothing.

Aedes de Venustas Amnesia Rose @Aedes_de-Venustas  Instagram reel

Amnesia Rose is a breath of twilight which wafts from the garden through an open door and transforms the heavy, motionless atmosphere. It is an unforgettable rose, burnished with glowing saffron rays which are heralded by brisk pink pepper (and perhaps some aldehydes). And what roses! Signore Maffei engages the finest aromatic materials: the incredible sweetness of Moroccan rosa damascena, spicy and musky – and Bulgarian rose with its dewy, lemony freshness. One of the loveliest components which melds elegantly with them is Namibian bushman candle, a balsamic oleoresin with hints of benzoin, vanilla, and soft leather. It is perfect, complex and smells like complete perfume by itself (How do I know this? I purchased some last summer.). More shadowy leather is insinuated by a combination of labdanum, cypriol (aka nagarmotha – a relative of the papyrus which is earthy: redolent of smoky vetiver, ginger, clove, cinnamon, pepper and leathery incense nuances). Patchouli and Clearwood® (a Firmenich material which appears soft and ‘cleaner’ than patchouli, like patchouli without rubber, leather or earthy notes) are present, but never dominate Amnesia Rose’s composition, and sing beautifully with a dulcet oud and benzoin. I can’t speak to the presence of white incense: it’s either white sage incense, an accord, or a form of incense with which I’m unfamiliar. That which set Aedes de Venustas Amnesia Rose upon a brilliant, effusive path settles into a bewitching otherworldly voice, that of one who has not spoken for a very long time – with all the elements of a magnificent hush. It is among the loveliest roses which I feel privileged to possess.

Notes: aldehydes, Moroccan rose absolute, Bulgarian rose essential oil, Вushman candle, saffron, cypriol, labdanum, pink pepper, white incense, patchouli, benzoin, Clearwood®, oud

Bottle kindly provided by Aedes de Venustas – many thanks!   My nose is my own…

~ Ida Meister, Deputy and Natural Perfumery Editor

Aedes de Venustas Amnesia Rose and box collage by Michelyn courtesy of Aedes de Venustas

Thanks to the generosity of Aedes de Venustas, we have a bottle of Amnesia Rose for one registered reader in the U.S. YOU MUST LIVE IN THE U.S. AND MUST REGISTER. To be eligible, please leave a comment about what strikes you about Aedes de Venustas Amnesia Rose. Do you have a favorite Aedes de Venustas fragrance? Draw closes 2/12/2023

Editor’s Note: Wishing Aedes Perfumery a Happy 28^th Anniversary in 2023. Aedes de Venustas was the recipient of ÇaFleureBon “Best Comeback of 2021” by Michelyn

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