“The rose is to perfume what love is to songs, a recurring theme that perfume composers work on throughout their lives. Paris by Yves Saint Laurent, Nahema by Guerlain, Trésor by Lancôme were “hits”, and more than seventy melodies prefixed with rose are listed in
Fragrances of the World
by Michael Edward, the bible of perfumers,”
says Jean-Claude Ellena in his fine
Atlas of Scented Botany
(Arthaud Editions).
So many slender or sensual, tender or sexy fragrances, all celebrating a certain idea of romanticism thanks to the different facets of the flower.
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