Enchanted Rose: Melange Royale

Enchanted is perhaps too sweet a word for what this is, but Beastly Strong seemed too crude. Royal Ta’ifi from the 80s doused in more Ta’ifi blended into Vintage Myitkyina…… we could have closed the book there. What more could you want in a rose perfume?  But I should backtrack a bit and add that behind the roses, there’s a cup of black tea because – well… who’s done that before? And pear shot up into a vein of saffron. And green mandarin thrown against a canvas of red roses.  And then more rose. Lots and lots of roses. The Sultan’s own Dehnal-Ward (easily among the smoothest ottos I’ve ever smelled) atop even more Royal Taifi. And beeswax because – well… have you smelled beeswax blended with pear and rose? It lets you smell sweetness from another planet.  Sure, rose can be cloying to some. Overly sweet if it’s not the best quality. But you can’t overdo the best roses on the planet. The finest harvests money can buy today in a Jacuzzi with the finest harvests money could buy. And when we’re talking about the Sultan’s money, you know you’re not getting dried scraps, but the freshest Ta’ifi petals picked that one time that year, early as they could that morning almost half a century ago. And castoreum because… have you smelled pear essence vaccinated with all those roses and ouds and pu-erh and black pepper and beeswax? The sweetness it adds and how it transmutes them into a diffusive blast of petals and oud smoke and spice bags popped open everywhere? And Melange Royale put your nose in a sling after an overdose of euphoria. (“Death by Rose” – maybe that could have worked?)   Featured Testimonials… Rose – Rose – Rose… Need I go on? —Travis H. / USA Take SRR to an absurd level of quality. More rose, Melange Priveé, and Nha Trang are just a few of the things added to SRR to make this the mind-bender it is. SRR was already an expensive composition to begin with so a lot of people will unfortunately be priced out of this, but for those who love rose and have the means, I do find it both worth the purchase and different enough from SRR to keep both. —Ryan S. / Canada