Top Notes: Natural Rose
Heart Notes: Redcurrant
Base Notes: Green foliage and White Musk
 
Perfumer: Jean-Claude Ellena
 
Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.
— Gertrude Stein, Sacred Emily, 1913.
 
With over 40,000 varieties, the rose is the flower whose fragrance has been most extensively explored by perfumers — an entire universe in which one can easily lose oneself among its infinite nuances. This exploration took a decisive turn in 1867, when the breeder Jean-Baptiste Guillot created ‘La France’, the first hybrid tea rose.
With this innovation, Guillot introduced not merely a new flower, but an olfactory signature that would shape perfumery forever. Today, whenever I perceive a tea note within a rose, I immediately recognize its lineage from that historic hybridization. The secret of this aroma lies in a specific molecule: ionone — used to recreate the scent of violet, but also a key component in the olfactory impression of tea.
 
Available in a full-size bottle, 5ml decant, and 2ml sample spray. Sample sizes may be manufacturer-issued or hand-decanted in-store.