tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post6110041902290610787..comments2024-03-28T23:25:17.414+00:00Comments on Bonkers about Perfume: Rose is a Rose is a Rose is a Rose Perfume - or is it?Vanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-66475987602753813972013-07-27T23:38:44.799+01:002013-07-27T23:38:44.799+01:00Hi Undina,
I think I may have some Dia left that ...Hi Undina,<br /><br />I think I may have some Dia left that I could spare, so maybe we could come to a reciprocal rose scent arrangement. ;-). Will check what I've got when I get home.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-32871735633512390362013-07-27T23:03:46.125+01:002013-07-27T23:03:46.125+01:00I actually really like Dia and was thinking what t...I actually really like Dia and was thinking what to do once my last sample runs out (I've drained 2 x 2 ml already).<br /><br />Since I don't expect any change of heart on my part regarding Tea Rose, I'll try to get it to you when my friend goes to the U.K. on the business trip in the next couple of months (I don't want to play with the international shipping of perfumes to the Undinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292100499371921334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-9211738000635186692013-07-26T23:57:53.737+01:002013-07-26T23:57:53.737+01:00Hi Anna,
I recently learnt of the need to dead-he...Hi Anna,<br /><br />I recently learnt of the need to dead-head to encourage further blooms, and am doing bursts of that whenever I remember.<br /><br />Those pinky red roses sound divine. Glad to hear I am not the only one who is not well versed in the names of the things!<br /><br />Next year I will give the red roses the benefit of the doubt and sniff them in the evening.<br /><br />If I couldVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-75514648193014738682013-07-26T16:11:31.413+01:002013-07-26T16:11:31.413+01:00Hiya V,
Only tip I can pass on with regard to ros...Hiya V,<br /><br />Only tip I can pass on with regard to roses: dead-head them every day to keep them flowering. I did this in my aunt's garden and there were many buds opening when I left.<br /><br />She has a very deep pink-red rose with a gorgeous scent but, alas, we don't know the names of any of her garden's roses. <br /><br />Your "red cabbage cross-section" lookalike Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-26980128309076654702013-07-25T21:51:59.855+01:002013-07-25T21:51:59.855+01:00Hi Kathy,
Thanks for the tip about sniffing roses...Hi Kathy,<br /><br />Thanks for the tip about sniffing roses in cooler temperatures. I will try that with the red ones next year! Perhaps I simply misjudged the moment.<br /><br />And how interesting that you have come up with another rose to rose scent correlation. I have tried the Shiseido perfume but not Great Maiden's Blush - I will be sure check it out if I ever come across it in a Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-74734323937391984482013-07-25T17:45:46.081+01:002013-07-25T17:45:46.081+01:00Our roses have been spectacular this year. One th...Our roses have been spectacular this year. One thing it is important to know is that roses don't release their fragrances all the time and especially not in the heat of the day. We grow David Austin and heirloom roses and there are some wonderfully fragrant reds, especially some of the old Gallicas.<br /><br />My favorite rose fragrance is Shiseido's White Rose and one of our heirlooms,Kathy Bungardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436749525712620426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-89987181947434848462013-07-24T14:23:39.183+01:002013-07-24T14:23:39.183+01:00Hi Undina,
I was interested to get your take on r...Hi Undina,<br /><br />I was interested to get your take on rose perfumes and I don't think I would care for soapy ones myself either. Amouage Dia can be touch and go in that regard - or it is nowadays!<br /><br />And you have tried Tea Rose - and found it wanting! Well, well...as I shan't be able to smell it anytime soon I am happy to gather feedback from other people.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-47352962985877407652013-07-24T14:21:17.725+01:002013-07-24T14:21:17.725+01:00PS Happy to have passed on 'titivate' - a ...PS Happy to have passed on 'titivate' - a very useful word. It usually has the connotation of 'jeuge' or pep up and improve on something that is intrinsically lacking. It is slightly derogatory as well. They might conceivably have said to 'titivate' the Iraq dossier for example, instead of 'sex up', but it isn't really a word that would spring to a Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-26838816146331814082013-07-24T14:17:11.381+01:002013-07-24T14:17:11.381+01:00Hi Suzanne,
I keep finding more blooms every time...Hi Suzanne,<br /><br />I keep finding more blooms every time I go out in the garden - am currently enjoying a very pale peachy pink one that smells even closer to Eau Frappee would you believe! ie it actually has a lemony facet as well as the heavenly perfumey scent of the ones in that colourway!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-75588512548013956962013-07-24T07:54:57.399+01:002013-07-24T07:54:57.399+01:00I love roses "in nature" (vs "in bo...I love roses "in nature" (vs "in bouquets") and enjoy rose note in some perfumes though not all of them work for me since they turn very soapy - which I don't like at all. One of the perfumes I actually hated for that reason was that Tea Rose from The Perfumer’s Workshop. Brrrr...<br /><br />Your roses are beautiful!Undinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292100499371921334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-18927044200596800882013-07-24T04:57:59.549+01:002013-07-24T04:57:59.549+01:00Your roses are positively radiant, Vanessa. (And ...Your roses are positively radiant, Vanessa. (And quite blowsy, yes, but I rather like it when flowers get a little wild!) ;-)<br /><br />And thank you for teaching me a new word with "titivate." Love it - it's a delicious word to say, even.Suzannehttp://www.eiderdownpress.com/Perfume_Journal.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-23065234885383833732013-07-22T14:11:06.792+01:002013-07-22T14:11:06.792+01:00Hi Victoria,
Firstly, thanks for giving me the id...Hi Victoria,<br /><br />Firstly, thanks for giving me the idea for this post in the first place, although it has been a long time coming. ;-)<br /><br />A rose with a beautiful scent after it has gone over - that's impressive and well worth hunting down. I have put all my cut roses in either the living or dining room, but roses in a bedroom sounds like a lovely idea.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-2092188006898069732013-07-22T13:05:13.359+01:002013-07-22T13:05:13.359+01:00I've already looked at your pictures several t...I've already looked at your pictures several times since the other day. Your garden must be so beautiful right now. Even here all of the roses are in full bloom. <br /><br />When I was visiting a friend recently, she gave me a couple of small flowers from her heritage rose plant. The scent was enough to fill our whole bedroom, and--this was even more surprising, it lasted even after they wereVictoriahttp://boisdejasmin.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-43142738348000434772013-07-22T10:47:46.790+01:002013-07-22T10:47:46.790+01:00Hi odonata9,
We had some very odd - and harsh -sc...Hi odonata9,<br /><br />We had some very odd - and harsh -school rules, though they make me smile, looking back.<br /><br />How nice that you have inherited all those roses with your rental house, and your observations tend to confirm my own colour-scent correlations, especially the dark pink/yellow one having the nicest scent.<br /><br />My favourite pillow is from San Diego - I bought it for $Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-90589095752743825842013-07-22T10:42:03.679+01:002013-07-22T10:42:03.679+01:00Hi tara,
I think roses are very much connected wi...Hi tara,<br /><br />I think roses are very much connected with all our childhoods - they were the most common flower in English gardens and probably my first introduction to scented plants.<br /><br />That lavender one sounds intriguing and I love the thought of a rose called Tara. You actually tried to make perfume from them, did you? That's enterprising! I am tempted to make rose petal Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-4461049885394620732013-07-21T23:35:36.815+01:002013-07-21T23:35:36.815+01:00Love this post and your odd rules at school. Titiv...Love this post and your odd rules at school. Titivate? Blowsy? I would never have thought of stripey socks as risque! I've never been drawn to roses in perfume or as plants, but we also have inherited a rental house with tons of roses. We don't have quite the variety you do, but there is a dark pink/yellow one and that one had my favorite scent as well - very bright and citrusy. One pink odonata9https://www.blogger.com/profile/11828399190705506075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-57163762223514089572013-07-21T21:00:51.993+01:002013-07-21T21:00:51.993+01:00Lovely post, V. I brought back happy memories of a...Lovely post, V. I brought back happy memories of all the roses that grew in our garden when I was young. The scent of them was gorgeous. Honeyed but far from cloying is a great description. I think it would be hard for a perfume to come close. In particular I remember a lavender-ish one called Blue Moon and a yellow one with same name as me. I don't think they smelt the best though. Many Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00825957684276136205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-37467815666860959242013-07-21T14:02:25.790+01:002013-07-21T14:02:25.790+01:00Hi JadeGreenImage,
Thanks for all these steers. ...Hi JadeGreenImage,<br /><br />Thanks for all these steers. I didn't doubt that there must be some scented red roses out there, and with readers' help, I am compiling quite a list!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-34605370830577568962013-07-21T12:05:15.456+01:002013-07-21T12:05:15.456+01:00Papa Meilland, Munstead Wood, Falstaff, Deep Secre...Papa Meilland, Munstead Wood, Falstaff, Deep Secret are all intensely scented deep red roses. <br /><br />Hunt them out. JadeGreenImagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13779076596942083998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-36870623735517547712013-07-21T10:15:48.669+01:002013-07-21T10:15:48.669+01:00Hi Lavanya,
Nice to hear from you again. I have ...Hi Lavanya,<br /><br />Nice to hear from you again. I have another yellow rose that has a very round bloom with small tight petals - veering towards a dahlia in appearance if you know what I mean - but it didn't make the cut because I simply couldn't remember anything about it!<br /><br />I agree that the politely blooming bud is a great improvement on his rude 'flower bedfellow'!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-24119007146824457022013-07-21T10:08:46.870+01:002013-07-21T10:08:46.870+01:00Hi Liz K,
That Francis Dubreuil sounds heavenly, ...Hi Liz K,<br /><br />That Francis Dubreuil sounds heavenly, and I will also look up Maggie.<br /><br />Thanks for dropping in, and I am glad you liked the photos!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-4319846633955199082013-07-21T06:09:31.655+01:002013-07-21T06:09:31.655+01:00I've never been drawn to roses in real life- b...I've never been drawn to roses in real life- but your roses look lovely- especially those yellow ones (especially especially that politely blooming bud..:))Lavanyahttp://purplepaperplanes.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-8366849894909647302013-07-21T04:08:31.879+01:002013-07-21T04:08:31.879+01:00Francis Dubreuil is a gorgeous velvety red tea ros...Francis Dubreuil is a gorgeous velvety red tea rose with a beautiful jammy scent. My mother also has a red rose that is quite strongly fragranced. One of my favorites for fragrance is Maggie which is a pretty dark pink rose that blooms profusely throughout the year. Your flowers are beautiful. Thank you for sharing them!Liz Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-73155664457090025152013-07-20T23:18:55.281+01:002013-07-20T23:18:55.281+01:00Hi NancyG,
Thanks for stopping by with your red r...Hi NancyG,<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by with your red rose tip off - I will look out for that variety.<br /><br />Sounds like my peachy ones are typical of their kind, though!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-73802267812502744682013-07-20T22:58:07.218+01:002013-07-20T22:58:07.218+01:00For a nice red rose with a scent try David Austin&...For a nice red rose with a scent try David Austin's Shakespeare 2000. I agree with about the peachy ones, though - they seem to have the best scents. Perhaps it's tied to the yellow pigment.NancyGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11422238032803868980noreply@blogger.com