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Icons & legends

Eight bottles and noses that still define Rose.

Icons for Rose are bottles and people — Nahéma, Chanel, Guerlain stay as names.

Scores below are editorial marks inside this atlas, not lab assays.

People

Nahéma — France
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Nahéma

1979– · France

Jean-Paul Guerlain’s damask opera; rose as tragedy and velvet.

Nahéma (1979–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Nahéma as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Rose is argued.

Paris

1983– · France

Sophia Grojsman’s ionone-rose; lipstick and city air.

Paris (1983–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Paris as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Rose is argued.

Portrait of a Lady

2010– · France

Ropion’s rose-patchouli-incense; the niche rose monument.

Portrait of a Lady (2010–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Portrait of a Lady as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Rose is argued.

Rose 31

2006– · United States

Cumin and rose; unisex, savory, divisive.

Rose 31 (2006–, United States) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Rose 31 as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Rose is argued.

Tea Rose

1970s · United States

Photoreal garden rose that taught malls a single-flower rose.

Tea Rose (1970s, United States) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Tea Rose as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Rose is argued.

Jean-Paul Guerlain — France
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Jean-Paul Guerlain

1937– · France

Nahéma’s author; last family nose of the old Guerlain rose school.

Jean-Paul Guerlain (1937–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Jean-Paul Guerlain as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Rose is argued.

Sophia Grojsman

1945– · United States

Paris and the “hug me” accord — rose as emotion, not botany.

Sophia Grojsman (1945–, United States) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Sophia Grojsman as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Rose is argued.

Kannauj attar — India
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Kannauj attar

c. 1600s– · India

Rose ruh into sandalwood; a living rose technology older than Grasse extraits.

Kannauj attar (c. 1600s–, India) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Kannauj attar as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Rose is argued.

Debate

An icon is a brief that other Rose formulas still answer.

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