Roses figure prominently in my personal narrative: Guerlain Nahema, DSH Perfumes La Reine des Fleurs and Mandy Aftel’s Memento Mori
Montale Intense Cafe, YSL Paris, Shalini Rose Amorem, Le Jardin Retrouvé Rose Trocadéro are four singular roses – coffee-laced, iconic, exotic and opulent
Ateliers Des Ors Rose Omeyyade, Vero Kern Rozy and Curionoir Purotu Rose are three of our favorite Rose perfumes for Valentine’s Day
Perfumer Dominique Ropion does not pull his punches with Jusbox Perfumes Beat Cafe. It packs a woody-green wallop at first, with a rough-hewn barrel of cedar, anisic, rooty vetiver and soapy coriander that practically careens out of the bottle. This is a big daddy of primeval, earthy green and hunting lodge smells that is almost …
Ormonde Jayne Ta’if is a dream-state rose. I dare anyone not to feel as royal as the queen of flowers herself when wearing Parfums de Nicolai Rose Oud.
Shalini Parfum by Maurice Roucel is like an opera and all the notes delicately swirl around the white bouquet adding depth and sparkle
