Rose Saltifolia

Rose SaltifOlia – a portmanteau of salt and rose centifolia – is the perfect name for this scent. At its center glows a pink rose of the old-fashioned cabbage variety, hundreds of petals deep and separated only by the sparkle of dew drops. But this rose is tougher than she seems. An English cottage rose, yes, but one that has shot up out of a tangle of seagrass on the salt flats of a Brittany beach. The salinity of the breezes stiffens the rose petals, giving the scent a prismatic ‘fleur de sel’ dimension, whereby one moment you smell only the virginal softness of the rose, and the next, a floral salt dotted with dried rose petals, seagrass, and other small, hardy marine flowers.

This sleight of hand does wonders for the traditionally romantic sweep of the cabbage rose, sending gusts of sea air rattling through its tightly-woven petals and lifting it up to the light. Cashmeran is the perfect foil, cradling the rose and the salt in a soft, expansive woody musk that captures the diffuse texture of the scent without diluting any of its almost aquatic brightness. Rose SaltifOlia is an evocative and stirring scent that sets a pink rose behind a cloudy piece of beach glass, ironically bringing the rose into even sharper view. Fans of Salted Green Mango (Strangers Parfumerie) and Wood Sage & Sea Salt (Jo Malone) will find much to love here.