Maria Candida Gentile's three roses #2: Elephant &Roses and Rrose Selavy
THIS POST ORIGINATES HERE Elephant & Roses . The name is one of the best ever used for a scent, isn't it? The fragrance starts with a rose coupled with warm, aromatic, dry notes (costus and thyme), and an unidentified "animal accord". Alongside the Turkish rose, MCG has entered jasmin and the delicate tenderness of osmanthus flower, while vetiver and sandalwood offer the scent their elegant support. I also smell some spicy notes such as saffron and plush lather, that maybe aren't there. Ambergris soberly sews everythung together. The fragrance smells unusually dry and dusty, like parched elephant skin and, oddly enough, remains delicate in all phases. The elephant could have been placed in a glassware shop -and then he'd have smashed everything around it- and instead it was accommodated on a bed of roses, with an exotic and very interesting result. It 's a rose scent, indeed but the rose is only used as a counterpoint to the “elephant accord ”.