the last rose
Returning home late yesterday, I witnessed the first snow flakes sneaking into town. Overnight they joined forces and covered Zurich with a few centimeters of white fluffy cold stuff. The first snow!
What could be nicer today than mixing an new batch of Le Maroc pour elle! I will do so after having poured and bottled and boxed Le Maroc and others later in the afternoon. Mixing thick rose absolutes (tons of it) with jasmine (even more) and dark rich woods will allow us to forget the white layers outside. Now that’s a treat!
I send you thick heavy clouds of Moroccan flowers….
Picture: My last rose
under fat, heavy October snow, Zurich, October 31 2008
October 30th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Dear Andy, you advance Siberia:-) - we yet have no snow.
I completely agree with you Le Maroc pour elle in frosty day has double charm, it is a pity, that my sample already has come to an end.
October 30th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Cold, my favorite weather.
Frozen rose - interesting note.
Roses and Jasmin - a garden in the heart.
Rich woods - better than burning wood in the fire.
Here in Brazil I would say the weather is like wall street, you never know what will happen the next day.
Frosty Maroc, cute Andreas.
Simone, not Cris. :-)
A frosty crispy kiss to you
October 30th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Oh what a romantic name ‘The Last Rose’ would be…
You can send all the snow to me Andy! Snow will free the air of Prague of its pollution for a while.
;-)
October 30th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Dear Vladimir
Indeed, indeed… and you know me by now: I am not very fond of snow and prefer the dry hot and zero shadow desert to wet cold and grey winter days. Ah well. It will soon be over and we can enjoy 10 degree Celsius again ;-)
Dear Simone
I’d bet: You would stop enjoying the cold soon if it is the perspective from October -March, and if it translates into wet soap pouring from a grey sky endlessly….
Dear Marianne
I haven’t thought about that one. But you are soooo right. The Last Rose, that would be an inspiring name indeed.
OK , I just sent some of this white stuff over to your place. Take a deep breath now…. ;-)
October 30th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Hi Andy, was für ein Foto im Oktober und dabei wird uns seit Jahren schon Erderwärmung versprochen. Erderwärmung! was für ein wunderbares Wort. Palmen und tropische Früchte an Nord und Ostsee (gut, die Küste rück näher an Berlin und vielleicht bekommt die Schweiz einen Yachthafen direkt am Meer). Aber ich warte nun schon fast eine Ewigkeit auf die Erderwärmung und nichts tut sich. Statt dessen fotografierst Du nun auch noch Rosen im Schnee. Nun ja, es ist wohl nichts perfekt. Grüße aus Berlin.
October 31st, 2008 at 9:55 am
Lieber Erik
Es wurde mir gestern von der Wetterdame gesagt (fast schon mütterlich beruhigend geflötet) , dass Schnee im Oktober ueberhaupt, ueberhaupt nichts spezielles sei. Nur die Menge, die wir gestern abbekommen haben, sei schon Rekord!
Nun denn: übrigens kann global warming auch heissen: Nix oder weniger Golfstrom für die Deutschen Landen, was dann heisst: etwa 5-10 Grad kälter. Auf auf… Daunenjacken kaufen (und die Konjunktur unterstützen ;-)
October 31st, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Andy, what a gorgeous juxtaposition —- snow on the last rose! Thank you for sharing this with us. When the snow falls in New Hampshire, my roses will be asleep for the winter.
October 31st, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Wow, it’s snowing in Zurich already. I am missing “the real winter” here in Netherlands for the last years… The rose under the snow is so beautiful symbol of saying good-bye to the “latest remnants” of the summer.
Inspired by your picture I’ve mixed a Rose base with an Ice base to imagine how the frosted rose would smell… The result was pleasing just for the first moments. It was nice to see that my nose is imrpoved a little bit as I am not satisfied with a Rose base I have and need a better one ;-)
Mixing Rose and Jasmine for Le Maroc… hmmmm… I guess it’s as good as having a hearth during a cold day.
October 31st, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Hallo Andy, bevor ich mir auf Grund eines ausfallenden Golfstroms eine Daunenjacke kaufe, ziehe ich lieber dorthin, wo Palmen wachsen und die Damen Blumen im Haar tragen. Ich lasse mir doch nicht Jahre lang Erderwärmung versprechen um mir dann Daunenjacken zu kaufen. Das war so nicht abgemacht. Viele Grüße, in Wien sollen es 19 Grad gewesen sein. Die haben schon Erderwärmung in Wien. Eigentlich auch ganz hübsch. Wien?
November 1st, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Lieber Erik
gegen Wien hätte ich nichts einzuwenden.
Blumen tragende Frauen haben wir hier selten anzubieten. Darum schlage ich jetzt mal das Tessin , unsere Sonnenstube nicht vor. Aber ich weiss was: Ich ginge wohl am liebsten nach Hawaii. Und sei’s nur, weil ich dort noch nie war….
Dear AromaX
Indeed, byebye flowers, byebye warmth… I wonder about the ice base: cyclamenaldehyde included? I am not good when it comes to ice. I guess am better with hot dry notes ;-)
Dear Pavlova
I thank you very much for your compliment. I hope that you will have a few more weeks of autumn to enjoy before the winter covers your garden, too!
November 1st, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Dear Andy,
The bases I mentioned are Rose and B-iceberg bases from the perfumersworld. The last one smells almost like a pure menthol. Not sure what it’s made of (except of menthol that is definitely leading there), but you might be right about a touch of cyclamenaldehyde in it.
You are definitely good with hot dry notes. I enjoyed wearing hot L´Air du desert marocain recently when it was getting cold outside… ;-)
November 2nd, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Icy notes, my husband is crazy about icy notes.
Thanks G he is not crazy about iced ladies, I would hate to have to live in the freezer…
Some natural have cooling effects like menta (piperita and arvensis)
chamomile is very cooling.
lemmon, laavender are also fresh, I would not call it icy.
I love iced cherry.
An icy, kind of popcicle kiss to you!