
For her birthday she gets her favorite roses from her husband, he can not make a mistake, because the lady has always had the same taste. Because she has already found what she likes (some call her "dull", "boring" and "stuffy" for this reason). One may hand her new confectionery, new delicacies from the world's best pastry shop, but she will refuse. She wears her pearl necklace around her neck, inherited from her grandmother, and drinks the same black tea every morning at exactly 9 o'clock. Portrait of a Lady can already count off all her fingers on one hand to show how many decades she has behind her. We're also not the kind of women who recklessly explore the world alone with a backpack and occasionally spray up the courage with "Black Afghano." We're also not going to be the kind of women that guys talk about after the weekend about how the night was with us and how black opium felt on our skin.

If you're planning on hitting the clubs with us and dancing the night away with "Alien" until 9am, then we're sorry to disappoint you. I may look very different from her, but we are a spitting image on the inside. Whereas, know is a strong word, but I intend to know what I'm talking about when I talk about perfumes and my life.įirst of all, you may not get along with this lady. There are stories about some people remembering their past lives. Adult and mysterious, floral but with a certain punch. An adult rose that was broken off and once beautifully bathed in incense and breaded with pepper, clove and patchouli. Portrait of a Lady is for me just not the normal classic rose fragrance, but much more. Portrait of a Lady just.Īctually, now would come the part where I think to myself, "Yes, typical rose perfume, just right for Mom". Portrait of a Lady so, my first associations with it are ladies from the time Baroque, sitting still to be painted. You can probably already guess how this review ends.īefore I give the bottlings to my mom, I always treat myself to a sample sniff. Actually.Īnd actually I had ordered the bottling for my mom, I like to do that sometimes, like L'eau À la Rose or Crystal Flowers, two of her favorites. Weird, I know, but the scent of the fresh rose is just a different one for me than in most perfumes. Actually.Īctually, the rose is still my favorite flower, I even wear it as a tattoo. Hidden in there somewhere like, the mixture makes it, but usually I always give samples of rose perfumes to my mom. Actually, I am not so the fan of rose perfumes.
