Rose and Me

She never looks back. She never asks permission. She never bows her head; you'd better pray you don’t cross her path. She will break your heart with moonlit dances and burning kisses, leaving you with the scent of her name lingering in the heat of summer nights.

"Rose and Me" is a bold statement—a heavy, courageous rose in the opening and nothing more. Yet, this rose possesses an intensely dark soul. At its heart beats a bouquet of flowers that defy the ordinary, enriched by geranium and jasmine alongside noble saffron. This heady combination creates a floral fragrance that captures attention, an intriguing accord resting on a firm, clean base where dark patchouli dances with the mystic Styrax and guaiac wood. Mosses bind and envelop the fragrance, crafting an entirely new world where every dream can come true.

Interpreted by Luca Maffei

HEAD

BLACK ROSE

HEART

GERANIUM, JASMIN, SAFFRON

BASE

STYRAX, PATCHOULY, GUAIAC WOOD, MUSK

They say the rose had magical powers. Others said it was how I kept my beauty.

Some said it was a curse and some didn’t believe in its existence at all.

I kept the rose under lock and key, in the deepest part of the fortress. Every evening, on the highest tower, I awaited the cloud of dust on the horizon that harkened the return of my warriors. The people called me “the living statue,” for I did not move from that place until the last of my warriors entered the fortress and the gate closed heavily behind them. Nobly, I ruled the land. I had my thorns, just like my rose, but my beauty was overpowering. Enemies fell at my feet. When darkness descended and the people fell silent under sleep’s touch, I would go into the depths of fortress and tend to my rose.

What else transpired there only I know, but every morning at dawn’s first light, the land was enveloped in a mystic fragrance and the my people woke up feeling refreshed and joyful.