The Note: Rose 🌹🥀

From dewy to darque

Introducing The Note, where we round up our favorite perfumes centered around a single note or concept. First up: rose. I’ve always been a fan of roses—I literally cannot pass a rose bush without stopping to smell it, and whenever I’m given a pen and paper, I inevitably find myself drawing a rose at some point (I’m very Georgia O’Keeffe in this way). And after researching Régime des Fleurs’ Little Flower for our Florals for Spring? Groundbreaking post and learning that Chloë Sevigny exclusively wears rose perfumes, my rose predilection ascended to clinical hyperfixation levels. Truly, I’ve now tried them all. Rose is one of those notes that can go in a lot of different directions: powdery and old-ladyish, fresh and green, juicy and bright, dark and gothic, sexy, vampiric, diva-ish—some even say it smells like death. I honestly enjoy most of its iterations. Rose is the flower for women who claim to “not like florals.” It’s also one of the few flowers men seem to fuck with. I personally believe there is a rose for everyone, even the haters. Now for my faves, and please drop yours in the comments!