Carabosse Wicked Fairy

Carabosse is named for the wicked fairy in Sleeping Beauty, and the maker calls it a spooky, dark and sensual jammy rose, aged for six months for richness and depth. It is a rose perfume with soil under it rather than a garden rose. The opening is Damascus rose with a little violet. The heart is plum, leather, suede and birch, which give the rose its jammy, dark skin. The base is petrichor, cedarwood, sandalwood and vetiver: the smell of wet earth and leaves after rain. One buyer who wanted exactly a petrichor rose, something that smells like the rose, leaves, stems and earth it grows out of, found it on a blind buy and called it unique with great sillage and longevity. Opinion is warm but varied. Another buyer found a fresh floral with an earthiness to it, a soft romantic day scent, while a third liked it but said some notes did not work for them. A single community rating describes projection and longevity as above average, which fits the buyer accounts but is one voice. It suits autumn evenings and wearers who like dark roses with leather rather than sweet ones. Sample it first if you are unsure about suede and birch. It is made by hand by Juliet Rose.