Brulure de Rose 13
# Brulure de Rose 13
The scent fingerprint
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- Rose75
- Cherry70
- Sweet50
- Vanilla
By the editors · 2 min read# Brulure de Rose 13
Brulure—burn—promises heat, and Pierre Guillaume delivers a rose stripped of its genteel associations. The opening carries a faint metallic edge, peppery and sharp, as though the petals were crushed against iron rather than silk. This is not a soft floral; it's dry, almost austere, with something resinous holding the rose taut and upright.
As it settles, a smoky sweetness emerges, benzoin-like, warming the composition without softening its angular structure. The rose remains central but fractured, caught between powder and char. There's an incense-like quality underneath, grounding what might otherwise drift into prettiness.
The effect is intellectual and slightly severe. It suits those who find traditional rose perfumes too polite, who want something that remembers the flower's thorns and the heat of summer stone. Unconventional, memorable, and far from comforting.
Scent twins
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