Al Haramain Vergine Rosa

Mostly soft and dusty, somewhere between face powder and clean laundry. Underneath that, the general smell of flowers, without leaning sharp or sweet.

It opens on mimosa, violet leaf and geranium, moves through orris, galbanum and freesia, and settles on rose, heliotrope and white musk.

• mimosa: soft powdery yellow flower, honeyed with a green edge
• violet leaf: green and dewy with a cucumber-like coolness. Nothing like the sweetness of violet flowers

It lasts well and sits close to the skin after the first hour.

Built from the note listing and the measured performance figures. We have not smelled this one.