April Aromatics Lost in Roses Review (Tanja Bochnig) 2022 + Rose Ecstasy Draw

May 30, 2022June 5, 2022

April Aromatics Lost in Roses collage by Michelyn using April Aromatics images

A single flow’r he sent me, since we met.
All tenderly his messenger he chose;
Deep-hearted, pure, with scented dew still wet –
One perfect rose. ~ Dorothy Parker, One Perfect Rose

Tanja Bochnig of April Aromatics

Artisanal natural perfumer/yogi Tanja Bochnig of April Aromatics recently entered a European fragrance contest, where she placed among the top finalists for her latest aromatic oeuvre April Aromatics Lost in Roses. Tanja declined further participation, as one of the conditions regarding judging was to yield up her formula. Their loss is our gain: April Aromatics Lost in Roses is a celestial rose amongst roses, and I was grateful to receive a sample

John William Waterhouse

It reminds me of the perfumer’s sunny disposition, the fragrant sanctity said to be emitted by saints as they departed this mortal coil, and gardens whose walls are overgrown with very old, richly-scented heirloom roses. The Pre-Raphaelite reveries of John William Waterhouse, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Edward Burne-Jones and Evelyn De Morgan are an excellent way to envision this more vividly. Via the nose and eye, one is ushered into a state of Rose Ecstasy.

photo by April Aromatics

I can appreciate why Tanja was unwilling to relinquish her receipt. Along with its link to beauty, romance, purity, lust, chivalry, spirituality, Zoharic interpretation of Jewish wholeness (Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz’ treatise, The Thirteen Petalled Rose) and any number of affiliations, the rose has been associated with secrecy since at least Greek and Roman mythology: Cupid proffered a rose to Harpocrates, the god of silence – with the understanding that he would never reveal Venus’ secrets. It is not surprising that banquet room doors were carved with roses – leading to confessionals following suit. The message was clear: confidences do not go beyond these walls. The Latin phrase sub rosa reflects this.

Roses in Antibes by Olya Bar 2017©

April Aromatics Lost in Roses feels as if you are wandering at your leisure through an immense, wholly open-hearted maze composed of roses. Its mood is ebullient and joyful. We are lured into the maze with the fleeting charm of a flirtatious pink grapefruit – slightly pithy, somewhat bitter and likely among the sweetest of the grapefruit family – which paves the path to the roses. On the subject of roses: if they could drip juice, then they do so here. April Aromatics Lost in Roses explodes with fruit, reminding us of how many olfactory nuances a rose may possess, and why they successfully ensnare willing pollinators.

The nectarous, honeyed fruit-floral accords Tanja employs are luscious – their sweetness accented with a lilac accord and tenderly grounded with a buttery silver iris and sandalwood cushion which anchors all the elements very gently. As botanical perfumes go, Lost in Roses is unexpectedly powerful: I sprayed only once, gingerly – and my dear husband awoke to its fragrance filling our entire flat, from one end to another. The rosy wraith lingered ghostlike, even after bathing.

Notes: pink grapefruit, Turkish rose absolue, Bulgarian rosa damascena, rose accord, iris, lilac, fruity accords, floral accords, sandalwood

Sample kindly provided by the perfumer – many thanks! It’s delicious. My nose is my own…

~ Ida Meister, Deputy and Natural Perfumery Editor

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