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All you rose-weary perfume lovers might be ready to click over to a different site when you see I\u2019m reviewing\u00a0Ann G\u00e9rard<\/a> Rose Cut, but hang on a moment. I\u2019ve had my issues with rose fragrances, too. Sure, I keep a bottle of Parfum d\u2019Empire Eau Suave <\/a>around to remind me of Henry James\u2019s famous saying that \u201csummer afternoon\u201d are the two most beautiful words in the English language. And I have some Guerlain Nah\u00e9ma<\/a> for when I\u2019m feeling giddy and ridiculous and nothing will do but rose and peach fireworks. But for the most part, rose fragrances can smell predictable. Dull. Not Rose Cut.<\/p>\n Our friend, the hardest-working man in fragrance, Bertrand Duchaufour<\/a>,1<\/sup> developed Rose Cut. Its notes include aldehydes, rum, pink pepper, rose, peony, patchouli, vanilla, oakwood and benzoin. Rose Cut is definitely a rose fragrance \u2014 you can smell scarlet roses all through it \u2014 but it\u2019s never precious. It\u2019s intense without being clich\u00e9d and soft without turning maternal.<\/p>\n First let\u2019s examine Rose Cut\u2019s intensity. To manufacture intensity, a lot of rose fragrances seem to waft patchouli and\/or oud, then bill themselves as \u201csophisticated.\u201d At this point, I\u2019ve smelled enough of them to find them about as sexy as stilettos and red lipstick. In other words, they\u2019re hackneyed. They don\u2019t pull me in.\u00a0With Rose Cut, Duchaufour loaded the front end with the sort of intensity he spun into Aedes de Venustas Signature<\/a> (the rhubarb one), only it\u2019s done in a quieter, silkier way with aldehydes, pepper, and a thread of incense. That\u2019s right, incense. It\u2019s not listed among the fragrance\u2019s notes, but I swear I smell its tang yanking Rose Cut out of its silver bowl on the sideboard and shifting it somewhere much more interesting.<\/p>\n Now let\u2019s move on to Rose Cut\u2019s softness. Despite the fragrance\u2019s initial intensity, its texture is silk velvet. No pointy bits here. Its heart is warm and liquid as the incense melts into hardwood and rum-tinted rose without a lot of greenery and competing florals. The dry down comes sooner than I want, but it doesn\u2019t devolve into the sweet and woody boring pleasantness you might expect. As the rose fades, Rose Cut takes on just a grain of funk that brings to mind a more mellow\u00a0Serge Lutens Ch\u00eane<\/a>. For all its body, Rose Cut has minimal sillage on my skin and lasts about five hours.<\/p>\n I\u2019m surprised to write it, but I want a bottle of Rose Cut \u2014 which doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019ll buy one, but I want one all the same. To me, Rose Cut shakes off the rose perfume\u2019s English country house and red lipstick clich\u00e9s and gives rose an upscale yet bohemian feel that is smart without being in-your-face. Now that I\u2019m learning to love roses, I\u2019m going to have to sample Vero Kern Rozy<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n Ann G\u00e9rard\u00a0Rose Cut Eau de Parfum is $165 for 60 ml. For information on where to buy it, see\u00a0Ann G\u00e9rard under Perfume Houses<\/a>.<\/p>\n 1. Don\u2019t you think it\u2019s about time that perfumers picked up titles like singers once did? You know, like the Hardest Working Man in Show Business (James Brown), the Godfather of Soul (also James Brown), the Bishop of Soul (Solomon Burke<\/a>), and the King of Rock and Roll (Elvis)? Given Duchaufour\u2019s love of incense, we could call him the Priest of Perfume.<\/p>\n Read the rest of this article »<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" All you rose-weary perfume lovers might be ready to click over to a different site when you see I\u2019m reviewing Ann G\u00e9rard<\/a> Rose Cut, but hang on a moment. I\u2019ve had my issues with rose fragrances, too. Sure, I keep a bottle of Parfum d\u2019Empire Eau Suave <\/a>around to remind me of Henry James\u2019s famous saying that \u201csummer afternoon\u201d are the two most beautiful words in the English language. And I have some Guerlain Nah\u00e9ma<\/a> for when I\u2019m feeling giddy and ridiculous and nothing will do but rose and peach fireworks. But for the most part, rose fragrances can smell predictable. Dull. Not Rose Cut.<\/p>\n![\"Ann](\"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ann-gerard-rose-cut-s.jpg\")
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