The Coveted Duchess Rose
The Coveted Duchess Rose opens with a sharp, almost medicinal rose—none of the powder-puff softness you might expect from the name.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 accords.
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- Rose90
- Chocolate70
- Woody50
- Powdery
The note pyramid
- Sandalwood
- Labdanum
- Amber
- Vanilla
- Tobacco
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readThe Coveted Duchess Rose opens with a sharp, almost medicinal rose—none of the powder-puff softness you might expect from the name. There's a resinous quality underneath, something dark and slightly animalic that keeps this from floating into polite territory. The rose itself feels plucked wet from the garden rather than pressed into potpourri.
As it settles, a creamy sandalwood emerges, softening the edges without domesticating them entirely. The composition maintains a certain Victorian gothic sensibility: proper on the surface, faintly transgressive beneath. It's rose for someone who finds most rose fragrances either too demure or too jammy.
This wears close and intimate rather than projecting across a room. Best suited to those who appreciate traditional florals but bridle at anything overly sweet or innocent. A rose with backbone.
Scent twins
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