Tom Ford Rose Prick bottle through Tom Ford Magnificence
Oh, my pals. When this got here out I believed, “Oh, goody! Roses! So what if the title is tasteless: let’s give it an excellent sniff anyway.” Basically (sic) I used to be hopeful as a result of Tom Ford Misplaced Cherry was such a winner, among the best regardless of its woeful appellation-pas-contrôlée. The record of notes for Tom Ford Rose Prick appeared promising as effectively. Soyons bref: as fairly as this fragrance is, I cannot be tempted (which is an efficient factor as a result of it’s: 1) on backorder; and a pair of) $335.00 for the smaller bottle).
Rose de Mai, Bulgarian Rose and Turkish roses through hermitage oils
Tom Ford Rose Prick has completely all the pieces going for it. The supplies utilized in its composition are topnotch in each sensible; you couldn’t want for higher. Three superb roses all clamoring for one’s consideration without delay: Rose Cacaphony. They remind me of the three goddesses on Mount Ida vying for Paris’ consideration in Meyerbeer’s operetta, La Belle Hélène:
“Au Mont Ida trois déesses
Se querellaient dans un bois:
Quelle est, disaient ces princesses
La plus belle de nous trois?”
(“On Mount Ida, three goddesses quarreled in a wooden: Whom amongst us, stated these princesses – is probably the most stunning of the three?”)
tonka bean through Givaudan
An excellent query, my noble girls. They’re ALL stunning, simply as one anticipates. Their preliminary rose clamor is seconded by spice: the woody nuttiness of turmeric which enhances a fantastic Indonesian patchouli, a zesty Sichuan pepper observe tinged with mandarin and metallic, heat and potent. This metallic edge supplies a contact of thorniness to the rose (typically rose oxides obtain this, too). Roasted tonka bean possesses all of the coumarinic caramel/almond/tobacco tones we affiliate with tonka plus an added ingredient of dried cocoa, and Tolu balsam is a wonderful fixative which contributes balsamic heat, a flowery side flecked with amber. All these points are innately lovable and luxuriate in each other’s firm.
Stella Tennant by Tim Walker
I smelt Rose Prick at Neiman Marcus when it was newly launched. The gross sales consultant had sequestered his tester; he solely had one bottle of the perfume left. I sprayed, sniffed, and remarked to him (and he agreed): “That is clearly being marketed to well-heeled younger skilled ladies with disposable revenue. They’ll adore the bottle, discover the perfume very fairly and wearable (so long as they don’t overspray – through which case it is going to depend as olfactory murder) and non-threatening. As a result of they don’t have as a lot historical past with the rose-patchouli mixture, they could understand it as novel. It can promote like hotcakes.” Which it has accomplished.
Tom Ford Magnificence advert for Rose Prick
Now, Tom Ford has already created rose/patchouli match for a Royal: Noir de Noir, created by Jacques Cavallier and the legendary Harry Fremont. It takes your breath away, frankly. Then there’s the beloved gold customary, Frederic Malle Portrait of a Girl by Dominic Ropion. You’ll be able to’t go amiss with Jacques Polge’s Chanel Coco Mademoiselle! And what about DSH Perfumes Soiled Rose, which flirts with rose and patchouli trailing a well-worn leather-based jacket? Tauerville Rose Flash? Miller Harris Rose En Noir? État Libre’s Rossy de Palma Eau de Safety? Windfall Perfumes Co. Rose Bohème? Every of those are fascinating examples of the style we’re considering, and there are various extra. Rose and patchouli shouldn’t be a brand new fragrant coupling; it takes appreciable creativity to breathe new life into it, nevertheless.
Through Tim Walker©
Tom Ford Rose Prick is fairly fragrance, pure and easy. It feels secure. Some will understand it as mushy, female, delicate – which it’s. The bottle is gorgeous and I like pink. Having smelt so many distinctive rose patchouli perfumes which have come earlier than and are less expensive, it’s not one thing which I personally would search out.
Notes: Rose de Mai, Turkish and Bulgarian rose, turmeric extract, Indonesian patchouli, Sichuan pepper, roasted tonka, tolu balsam
Pattern bought from Luckyscent and supplied by Sandi Lundberg – thanks, my buddy. My nostril is my very own…
~ Ida Meister, Senior Editor and Pure Perfumery Editor
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