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08/31/2023
Julipet
36 Reviews
Julipet
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A fresh rose, pure and simple
This is simply photorealistic rose. When I sniffed my wrist for the first time, it transported my mind back to the times of my first summer break after first year of elementary school, when my cousin and I played in the nearby garden hedged with some ruby-red climbing rose bushes. We used to spend days playing among those roses, picking the flowers, giving them names and making up stories, taking them home, putting them afloat in the water in my mother’s crystal serving dishes, smelling them, eating the petals, digging into the blooms to find the yellow crown inside – for the entirety of that June lost in the mists of time.
I swear, the smell of Rose de Grasse unlocked those memories and I vividly remembered the vibrant color, the cool velvety touch of the petals, the fresh-bitter-sweet taste, and the smell, that I never knew I did remember so well.
Rose de Grasse is fresh and fragrant rose, pure and simple. It’s not rose jam, watery rose, morning in the rose garden, rose-centered bouquet or anything like that. It’s the flower head that you have just picked. It might be too simple, but it just what is says on the box. Despite being very modestly priced, it doesn’t smell synthetic or cheap. It reminds me of that summer in the rose garden and those opulent red blooms. It feels like sticking your nose in the thicket of red petals and inhaling the sweet scent of a real rose.
I also must note that this perfume gave me a new appreciation of my favorite Dior’s Midnight Poison. At one moment, while wearing Rose de Grasse, I was going up a dark and musty stairwell of an old apartment block, and I suddenly felt the familiar smell of the Midnight Poison. Because, yes, Midnight Poison is the ultimate Goth perfume – the smell of roses slowly wilting in a cold crypt.
I apply Rose de Grasse generously (about 8-10 sprays) and it is enough to stay inside a fragrant rose cloud until the evening, without projecting too much and annoying people around you. This is definitely meant to prolong the feeling of cleanliness and freshness and enjoy yourself without making a scent statement. I cannot think of a better smell for May and June, except maybe lilac or lily-of-the-valley, depending on your mood. Simply lovely.
I swear, the smell of Rose de Grasse unlocked those memories and I vividly remembered the vibrant color, the cool velvety touch of the petals, the fresh-bitter-sweet taste, and the smell, that I never knew I did remember so well.
Rose de Grasse is fresh and fragrant rose, pure and simple. It’s not rose jam, watery rose, morning in the rose garden, rose-centered bouquet or anything like that. It’s the flower head that you have just picked. It might be too simple, but it just what is says on the box. Despite being very modestly priced, it doesn’t smell synthetic or cheap. It reminds me of that summer in the rose garden and those opulent red blooms. It feels like sticking your nose in the thicket of red petals and inhaling the sweet scent of a real rose.
I also must note that this perfume gave me a new appreciation of my favorite Dior’s Midnight Poison. At one moment, while wearing Rose de Grasse, I was going up a dark and musty stairwell of an old apartment block, and I suddenly felt the familiar smell of the Midnight Poison. Because, yes, Midnight Poison is the ultimate Goth perfume – the smell of roses slowly wilting in a cold crypt.
I apply Rose de Grasse generously (about 8-10 sprays) and it is enough to stay inside a fragrant rose cloud until the evening, without projecting too much and annoying people around you. This is definitely meant to prolong the feeling of cleanliness and freshness and enjoy yourself without making a scent statement. I cannot think of a better smell for May and June, except maybe lilac or lily-of-the-valley, depending on your mood. Simply lovely.
