An oriental rose of striking beauty, inspired by the combination of intense fragility and yet powerful fragrance in bloom.

"A Rose For..." is unique to the owner and signifies a personal connection with the fragrance.

Contemporary and dark with a confident, complex character that infuses the rose with notes of spice, iris and woods, taking the wearer on an overall multifaceted romantic journey. The main character of the fragrance is carried in the heart, where the floral balance of the red rose is delicately enveloped in incense, oud and iris. Characteristic warm woody notes of patchouli, sandalwood and amber in the base lend the fragrance strength, sophistication and depth.

Please note! This item is a hand-filled sample of the fragrance, in a 2ml jar without a spray attachment! This product image does not show the actual bottle of the fragrance sample!

Top notes: Darjeeling tea, incense, cassis
Heart notes: Red rose, orris, oud
Base notes: Sandalwood, patchouli, vanilla

Alcohol denat., Parfum (fragrance), Aqua (water), Diisopropyl adipate, Benzophenone-2, Citronellol, Limonene, Linalool, Hexyl cinnamal, Benzyl salicylate, Geraniol, Alpha-isomethyl ionone, Coumarin, Citral

Juan Famenias Floris came to England in 1730 from his native island of Menorca via Montepellier in France, where he had learned to mix fragrance essences, and settled in Jermyn Street, near the Royal Court of St. James and in the heart of gentleman's "club land" as a "barber" and "comb maker", where he soon became the talk of London society with his products and was successful. He created individual fragrances for his customers and carefully stored the recipes so that he could resupply them when needed. He married Elizabeth Hodgkiss, with whom he had seven children.

Today, the company is run by the eighth generation, John Bodenham and Christopher Marsh, who are both great-great-grandchildren of Mary Anne Floris, herself a great-granddaughter of Juan, the founder. Mary Anne Floris had married James Bodenham, hence the change of surname. The company has been awarded the title of Purveyor to the Court over sixteen times and is now "Perfumers to HM The Queen Elizabeth II" and "Manufacturers of Toilet Preparations to HRH The Prince of Wales".