Description
“In ‘The Little Prince’, St-Exupery writes, “Go and see the roses again. You will understand that yours is unique in this world.” The dunes of Montauk witness the blossoming of the Rosa Rugosa, a special rose that is whipped by sea spray and exposed to the ravages of time. It becomes naturally marine, peppery and salty. Let’s close our eyes for just an instant. There is a house facing the ocean. It’s summertime. Turn the key; there is silence and darkness. The shudders open toward the light and you blink at the sun. Upstairs, the first bedrooms start to come to life. The windows open and suddenly a scent surprises you. A rosy breeze blends with the clean smell of fresh sheets. It’s the beginning of a long month of vacation and creating memories. This confident rose, an integral part of a savage landscape, is what we have tamed. If over the course of one night, the starry sky transformed into a bouquet of fifty roses ….This is how ‘Rose America’ came to be. A dream becomes a feminine perfume.” – a note from the brand.
Rose America by Une Nuit à Montauk is a Floral fragrance for women and men. This is a new fragrance. Rose America was launched in 2017. Top notes are raspberry and sea notes; middle notes are bulgarian rose and carnation; base notes are heliotrope and ambrette (musk mallow).
The nose behind this fragrance is Annick Menardo.
kinomanuns – :
I’ve tried four out of seven samples and I’m in love with three of them, all sampled from Un Nuit Bali and Un Nuit Montauk. Really interesting compositions, combining notes that you wouldn’t think would go together.
Annick Menardo is my new favorite perfumer (I realize she’s well respected but I never paid attention to her until now). With Rose America Menardo combined salt, ocean accords and rose to create something incomparable. Also seems she is working with high end ingredients with very natural and realistic results. This ends up feeling like a spicy salty dry red rose.
I’m really left with no words other than masterpiece.
jkv607Negeltzex – :
This is a magnificent and unique rose, and I’m so in love with it.
The scent is inspired by the landscape in Montauk, USA. It’s the smell of wild roses growing near the ocean, along a rugged coastline with cliffs, beaches and salty, sundried rocks.
The rose in this is salty as well. And I can smell pebbles warmed by the sun and something that reminds me of a faint peppery smokiness in the air – like someone has lit a bonfire down on the beach, in the sunset. I believe this peppery, smoky feeling comes from the carnation – because I can smell the exact same thing in Oriza Legrand Royal Oeillet, which is a carnation centric scent.
I’ve never smelled a rose like this before, It is so surprising. This is not a rose that goes with pearls and lace and mink – but a stormy, windy rose that is accompanied by grey skies, tall waves and heaps of driftwood.
It’s the smell of “The Old Man and the Sea” by Ernest Hemmingway, if it had come with a complementary bouquet of roses. And I absolutely adore it! It’s a gorgeous rose scent!
Sillage is between soft and medium on me, and longevity is medium as well (it could have been a bit better in my opinion) – I get about 5 hours out of it.
Definitely a new scent on my wish list.