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We like to use the word ‘fresh’

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And here is the narrative difficulty with Ms. Sevigny’s promotion of a rose fragrance: The scent is often associated with grandmothers.

“We like to use the word ‘fresh,’” said Ms. Sevigny, who wore rose fragrances by Comme des Garçons and Hermes for years before developing her own with her friend Alia Raza, the Régime des Fleurs founder, in 2019.

— Actress Chloë Sevigny on her fragrance, Régime des Fleurs Little Flower. Read more in Chloë Sevigny Finds Middle Age ‘Tricky’ but Loves a Scent Associated With Grandmothers at The New York Times.

A handful of roses ~ fragrance reviews

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It might just be my imagination, and a feeling of tentative hope that my city has come through the worst of the pandemic, but the roses in my neighbors’ front yards and the local parks seem lusher than ever this year. I’ve also been wearing some new-ish and new-to-me rose fragrances to mark the May/June transition, so here are my thoughts on five of them.

Back in the early spring, I finally got myself over to the Saks Fifth Avenue flagship to sniff my way though Dries van Noten’s year-old fragrance collection. I admired a few of them, but my personal favorite of the group was Raving Rose…

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Friday scent of the day 2/10

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It’s Friday, National Umbrella Day and World Pulses Day. Birthdays: Boris Pasternak, Chick Webb, E. L. Konigsburg. Our community project for today: wear a fragrance with rose, if you have one. (This is a repeat from 2016).

What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.

We should do a rose month — there are so many I meant to wear but did not get to! But I ended up in Diptyque L’Ombre dans L’Eau…

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A little renegade

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“In the past, the rose was seen as ultra-feminine and glamorous, almost one-dimensional, agrees Firmenich perfumer Pierre Negrin (the nose behind Tory Burch Essence of Dreams Sublime Rose). [Matthew] Herman adds that by remixing something so overtly associated with bygone eras, we can catapult it into the future. “Rose now feels a little renegade,” says Herman, referring to the flower’s new lease of life thanks to the saltier, woodier, fruiter notes which encompass it. And you really think about it, there’s nothing gentle about a rose. It’s punchy and powerful, from the scent right down to the thorns.

— Read more in This Perfume Trend Is Dividing Opinion — But I’m Obsessed at Refinery29.

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