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Would a Rose by Any Other Name Smell as Sweet? |
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This summer one of our most popular blends has been Rose Floral.
Ours is
a Moroccan rose blend, reminiscent of Turkish nights and Turkish
delights - sensuous, soft, alluring and enticingly attractive. And Rose have been all the rage in many of the high street perfumes this year - Valentino's Rock and Rose, has been a best seller. Yves Saint Laurent released Paris, Rose des Vergers and Thierry Mugler has Rose Angel. Then there was Rose Absolu by Yves Rocher, Mille et Une Roses from Lancôme, Rose and Reine from L'Occitane, and the rosey Vera Wang's Truly Pink.
So,
would a rose by any other name smell as sweet? Well, whatever Shakespeare
may have believed, roses have many aromas, depending on variety, where
they grow, climate and time of year.
Whilst the
typical English Tea Rose is full bodied and full of quintessential Englishness
in its aroma (graceful, elegant, sweet and gentle), African roses often
carry a richer, heavier, velvety fragrance, whilst Bulgarian roses can
be warm, spicy, slightly medicinal and honey sweet. As Rose oil extracts
can contain 300+ aromatic compounds, it's not surprising there is such
variety in smell. However many roses have very little scent at all - as growers have cultivated and hybridised flowers for their colour or appearance or lack of thorns or their straightened stems, then the fragrance has been unfortunately sidelined. Shakespeare, by the way, was believed to be making a joke at the expense of the Rose Theatre, which was next to an alley way used as a public convenience - definitely not sweet! If you want to create you own variation of rose based perfume, email
us now at
info@studio-xn.co.uk |
