Roses are red. Violets are etc.
I sometimes wonder to myself what my favourite flower is : and it might be the rose. But only when they are large and luscious, in a wild garden, not clipped and pruned and slid into a horrible tubular plastic sheath.
The same with rose perfumes. There are so many horrible ones about, like the ‘Rosa Saltifolia’ by Maison Crivelli I smelled today, that made me feel sick.
In contrast, Tokyo flora outfit Aoyama Flower Market do some very attractively priced and quite decent smelling soliflores, like this Rose, which is clearly founded on real rose oil and does a perfectly good job of being rosey.
However, I vastly prefer their indolic and powerfully reeking Lily.
Sprawling and unruly, ylangish and uncontained, this thing is messy
– just like real love.
The Black Narcissus 
I like the sound of both of those!
For the price, you will be happy ( and the boxes look nice).
Mad lily perfumes are few and far between
( but people might steer away from you in the street).
I think the Rose is perfect as a top up for other roses
let me go add to cart after reminding my husband we are on frugal february
A great deal!
I think mine is the rose as well, despite the symbolism being quite cliché. Maybe it represents the ideal while messier flowers represent the reality?
yes because lilies really are a shitshow the way they droop pollen everywhere and then just brown and collapse, while roses really make a dignified effort to keep it together on the stem, even when dying inside
Roses feel like living BEINGS to me almost
YES!
xx