Eight bottles and noses that still define Rose.
Darker cells mean a higher score for this topic on that metric.
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Damask and centifolia as jam, stem or lipstick — the flower that built Grasse and a century of icons.
Concentration is oil in alcohol, not a quality score. EDT (about 5–15%) shows more top; EDP (about 15–20%) shows more heart and base. Houses vary; this is not a lab assay.
One or two sprays on skin or cloth — sternum or hair, not a cloud in a lift. Let it turn an hour before you add more.
Spring to autumn. Dry winter air turns rose stemmy; humidity turns it to jam.
Yes. Warm, moist skin amplifies sweet and spice; dry or cool skin can turn the same juice woody, soapy or short. Test on your skin, not only a blotter.
IFRA sets industry limits on some naturals and synthetics. A reformulation is usually a legal edit, not a betrayal. This atlas is not a safety sheet.
Icons for Rose are bottles and people — Nahéma, Chanel, Guerlain stay as names.
Scores below are editorial marks inside this atlas, not lab assays.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
An icon is a brief that other Rose formulas still answer.
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