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First things first: there is no rose in Forbidden Rose, the second fragrance release from Canadian pop-rock singer Avril Lavigne. The notes for Forbidden Rose, whose theme is “Dare to Discover,” are listed as red apple, white peach, bourbon pepper, lotus flower, apple blossom, heliotrope, pomegranate, vanilla, chocolate and sandalwood. The rose of the title is a \u201csymbolic black rose,\u201d an emblem of fantasy, and the commercial<\/a> for Forbidden Rose features a thorny rose amidst visual references to fairy tales both old (\u201cSleeping Beauty,\u201d \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d) and new (the \u201cTwilight\u201d series and\u00a0Tim Burton\u2019s \u201cAlice in Wonderland,\u201d<\/a> for which Lavigne recorded a song<\/a>).<\/p>\n If Lavigne\u2019s first fragrance release, Black Star<\/a>, was a pop-punk single that you could dance to, then Forbidden Rose is a more introspective ballad. The crisp apple note is just a quick introduction to the fragrance: a peach-skin scent emerges soon afterwards, and lasts an unusually long time for a fruit accord. The peach turns slightly bitter in the middle phase, when it\u2019s joined by the floral notes. The florals are a general idea of pink petals, and they never bloom fully. Forbidden Rose\u2019s development continues slowly, into a muted wood base with a hint of pale, almond-vanilla sweetness, and the peach note is sustained throughout. It\u2019s a cautious fragrance, overall, and not particularly \u201cedgy.\u201d (Black Star was even a bit darker, in the dry-down of its cocoa-y base.) It\u2019s not an overtly fruity fragrance, nor a gourmand one. It seems to be hedging its bets, not unlike a performer who has out-aged her core audience and is carefully testing the waters before moving in a new direction.<\/p>\n As for Forbidden Rose\u2019s packaging: its bottle looks like the offspring of Angel (in its shape) and Anna Sui’s original fragrance\u00a0(in the black-rose form of the cap). Actually, Forbidden Rose seems influenced by Anna Sui\u2019s style and fragrance line in more ways than one: the black-rose motif, the black-silver-purple color scheme, the encouraging tagline (Sui\u2019s is \u201cLive your dream\u201d), and the structure of the fragrance itself. The overall peach-waterlily-wood-vanilla scheme has already appeared (more vividly) in\u00a0Rock Me!<\/a>; come to think of it, Avril Lavigne and Anna Sui both license their fragrances through Procter & Gamble Prestige.<\/p>\n Then again, maybe I\u2019m reading too much into this product. I may not be as excited by Fobidden Rose as many Avril Lavigne fans<\/a> will be, but I\u2019m not really the target audience.\u00a0 It\u2019s an appropriate and pleasant back-to-school fragrance for pre-teen and teen girls who love Avril, who want to wear a trendy but familiar-feeling new scent this fall, and who will enjoy displaying the bottle on their dressers.<\/p>\n Avril Lavigne Forbidden Rose is available for $29 for 30 ml and $39 for 50 ml Eau de Parfum, and can be found at Kohl\u2019s stores nationwide as well as the Kohl\u2019s\u00a0website<\/a>. For more information and a list of international vendors, see the Avril Lavigne Perfumes website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read the rest of this article »<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" First things first: there is no rose in Forbidden Rose, the second fragrance release from Canadian pop-rock singer Avril Lavigne. The notes for Forbidden Rose, whose theme is “Dare to Discover,” are listed as red apple, white peach, bourbon pepper, lotus flower, apple blossom, heliotrope, pomegranate, vanilla, chocolate and sandalwood. The rose of the title is a \u201csymbolic black rose,\u201d an emblem of fantasy, and the commercial<\/a> for Forbidden Rose features a thorny rose amidst visual references to fairy tales both old (\u201cSleeping Beauty,\u201d \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d) and new (the \u201cTwilight\u201d series and Tim Burton\u2019s \u201cAlice in Wonderland,\u201d<\/a> for which Lavigne recorded a song<\/a>).<\/p>\n![\"Avril](\"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/avril.jpg\")
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