If you thought rose smells like rose smells like rose, then this trio will let you explore how rose dances with oud, with sandalwood, from black pepper to mandarin to nutmeg and rosewood…
No 3: Rugosa lets you smell the mystery of a sweet-spicy chord that’s practically unrecognizable by itself but is interwoven into fat layers of oud and tons of Japanese rose in this rendition of “the most luxurious smell I have ever smelled.”
It isn’t a complicated fragrance. Complex, yes—the oud alone is layered enough to keep your nose guessing for hours—but it’s meant to simply be an elegant oud-rose perfume pampered with the rarest musk anybody can access. The kind of elegance only the choicest aromatics marinated together can produce; ones it’s been a joy and privilege to have access to and share with you today.
That, while Sultan Rose Attar teases the rose with a subtle spicy edge of vintage Timor sandalwood atop a creamy layer of buttery Sri Lankan santalum ready to soak up an ensemble of oud. One of my very first creations as a perfumer remains to this day an all-time favorite with newcomers and seasoned EO collectors alike.
And Black Rose… in case you thought rose perfumes are all about being ‘pretty’ and ‘light’ and ‘bright’. A rose perfume that takes the seductive scent of frangipani and injects it with black tea and smokey Sumatran oud – a noir austerity in contrast to the brighter santal-laced Sultan Rose Attar, or the signature rose-oud blast of No 3.
This kit is a tribute to the beauty of the rose, letting its exquisite scent that shine through the prism of the world’s finest ouds and an all-star cast of the world’s most majestic aromatics.
The kit includes:
9.5ml Black Rose
9.5ml No 3: Rugosa
9.5ml Sultan Rose Attar
⦿ This kit is only available during the EO RoseFest.