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Picture: Just unfolded red rose on the grand rosebush
Photo: Parfumista (c)
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Midsummer 2020 is when it comes to the weather, the best in 10+ years, +25 and warmer, sun and a light breeze, cooling off a bit. Maybe a short time for relief in these strange Covid-19 days, perfect for celebrating solstice outside.
My scent of the day is an obvious choice: Montale Highness Rose in parfumestrength, the fragrance I've worn on this day exactly ten years ago: The weddingday of our lovely crownpincess couple Victoria and Daniel, 19 June 2010. Here some nice new pictures of the couple, pictured at their home, the castle of Haga in Solna, just outside Stockholm.
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| Picture: A pink/red rose from a lower plant Photo: Parfumista (c) |
Highness Rose is also the perfect choice as the roses in our garden are just about to/just started to bloom. I've illustrated this post with pictures from all the roseplants/-bushes I found in some stage of bloom, there are also some that have not started yet.
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| Picture: A budding Queen Elisabeth Photo: Parfumista (c) |
Now to the subject of this post: Highness Rose. The fragrance starts with the gum-like smell that is characteristic of natural perfumeoil. Then different stages of mulitfaceted nuances of rose follows, velvety but somehow fresh, spicy with hints of smooth green. Highness Rose is all about the rosepetals, not the greenery or thorns at all. It also about red rosepetals, in different shades and nuances, from light to dark purple red. All the different nuances of the roseoil are like a scentpyramid in itself. In the later stages when Highness Rose becomes darker, very smooth and with a texture of velvet, the fragrance almost smell like a hybrid between rose and tuberose, something that could be find in Vero Profumo Rozy EDP, where in Rozy EDP the two notes are actually blended.
Of course there are some additions to strengthen aspects of Highness Rose (violet and spices according to Fragrantica), but the impression is only true roseoil. There is for example no scent of geranium, citronella, raspberry, peach, patchouli, oud or other common rose companions.
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Picture: Light pink and minimalist roses from a wild rose bush
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Today I'll enjoy Highness Rose in all it's splendor. And also good midsummerdishes with family and a few good friends, distanced, outside.
Happy Midsommer!
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Picture: Two varities of yellow roses sneeking in in this tribute
to their red relatives
Photo: Parfumista (c)
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