Rose
Rose smells far richer than the word suggests: fresh petals, lemony dew, peppery green stems, honey, jam, powder, even a faint shadow of leather. It can be airy and transparent or dense as velvet. Rose sits at the heart of floral bouquets, chypres, orientals, fruity florals, and many woody perfumes that need a human warmth between brightness and depth. It changes character beautifully with context: cool beside incense, plush beside vanilla, sharp beside patchouli. No other flower feels so classical and so adaptable at once. Its iconic faces include the lush, saturated rose of Frederic Malle Portrait of a Lady and the timeless floral architecture of Guerlain Nahema.
- Amouage — Love Delight
- Liquides Imaginaires — Blanche Bête
- Amouage — Guidance
- Parfums de Marly — Meliora
- Parfums de Marly — Delina La Rosée
- Lancôme — Idôle
- Dior — J'adore
- Dior — La Colle Noire
- Nina Ricci — Mademoiselle Ricci
- Tom Ford — Tubéreuse Nue Eau de Parfum
- CASTELBAJAC — BEAUTIFUL DAY
- By Kilian — A Taste of Heaven
- Diptyque — 34 Boulevard Saint Germain Solid Perfume
- Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle — Acne Studios
- Etat Libre d'Orange — Above the Waves
- Giardini di Toscana — Almafolia
- Mancera — Amber Roses
- Memo Paris — African Leather
- Parfums de Marly — Akaster
- Tiziana Terenzi — Afrodite
- BDK Parfums — Villa Neroli
- Diptyque — Do Son Limited Edition
- Ex Nihilo — Brompton Immortals
- Maison Margiela — Mutiny