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Heeley Hippie Rose ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 11 April 2011 24 Comments

Heeley Hippie Rose

Niche brand Heeley will launch Hippie Rose, a new rose and patchouli fragrance for women. Hippie Rose was inspired by the hippie movement — 'peace, love and better days'.

Additional notes include bergamot, green moss, incense, vetiver and musk.

Heeley Hippie Rose will be available in 100 ml Eau de Parfum. (via essenses.it, extrait.it)

Filed Under: new fragrances
Tagged With: heeley

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  1. Karin says:
    11 April 2011 at 1:38 pm

    OK, this may be a naive question, but why are rose and patch such a common combo???

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    • Robin says:
      11 April 2011 at 2:23 pm

      They do go nicely together, but boy are we seeing a lot of them lately. I have a feeling many of these brands didn’t know other brands were working on one….it’s too many.

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  2. Bear says:
    11 April 2011 at 1:55 pm

    They complement each other quite nicely – like peanut butter and strawberry jam.
    They’re especially nice together if the rose is sweet and the patchouli ‘dark’ and earthy ala Dior Midnight Poison or L’Artisan Voleur de Roses.
    BUT – basta already! Niche people, come up with new ideas!
    ;) Time for more coffee..

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    • Robin says:
      11 April 2011 at 2:24 pm

      Basta already is right.

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  3. littlecooling says:
    11 April 2011 at 2:33 pm

    It could be an interesting scent…but then again…yes, we smell too many perfumes, with the rose, path mingling. I kinda like the bottle..

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    • Robin says:
      11 April 2011 at 4:54 pm

      The bottle is really nice.

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      • Jonette says:
        3 May 2011 at 10:31 am

        I’m probably the only one who doesn’t like the bottle. It looks to me like it should contain nail polish remover. :)

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  4. AnnS says:
    11 April 2011 at 4:15 pm

    People who forget the past are doomed to repeat it, right? I like a good rose-patch as much as the next person, but it seems like the industry may have forgotten the glut of this style released earlier this decade: all the JHAG’s Juliette has a Gun & Lady Vengeance, Stella & flankers, Voleur de Roses, Miller Harris Rose en Noir, Bryant Park, and all the other’s I’m forgetting… etc etc….

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    • Robin says:
      11 April 2011 at 4:55 pm

      Thanks for the list! I was too lazy to think of them all. Will add Malle’s Portrait of a Lady too, plus the 2 Bear mentioned above.

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      • Absolute Scentualist says:
        11 April 2011 at 5:17 pm

        More rose/patch frags I also happen to love are Divine L’Inspiratrice, of course my beloved L’Arte di Gucci and one of the Sisleys… I think Soir de Lune?

        Given this is one of my absolute fave blends (I like if not love almost all the ones I’ve tried so far) I’ll definitely give this a try. Any idea on how much it will go for?

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        • Robin says:
          11 April 2011 at 6:40 pm

          I don’t know, sorry!

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    • Katie Puckrik says:
      11 April 2011 at 7:57 pm

      …and Malle Une Rose, and Francis Kurkdjian’s Lumiere Noire pour Femme, which I’m loving myself in today.

      There are no bees in my bonnet whatsoever about the incessant issuing of rose-patchouli perfumes – I love the combo and never get bored with more. I’m the same way with caramel, or wistful/melancholic new wave music. I relish every subtle iteration of the genre.

      I can see how the dry violet crowd can start to feel frustrated by the over-serviced rose-patch sector, though.

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      • pyramus says:
        11 April 2011 at 9:58 pm

        …and Midnight Poison (which someone mentioned above), and also the two Louds by Tommy Hilfiger (the women’s accentuates the rose, the men’s the patchouli, and they’re both sort of boring), and I know there are others that I’m forgetting.

        As soon as I started to read the description of this I thought, “Oh, rose and patchouli–THAT’S novel.” I am so, so over this trend.

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  5. nozknoz says:
    11 April 2011 at 4:15 pm

    i wish Heeley would apply their talents to a dry violet. But I’ll probably try this rose. I like their approach very much, but I haven’t found the one for me yet.

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    • krokodilgena says:
      11 April 2011 at 5:29 pm

      oh I agree about the dry violet

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      • Haunani says:
        11 April 2011 at 6:04 pm

        Me, too!

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  6. Tama says:
    11 April 2011 at 4:55 pm

    Hmmm, I’ll have to severely berate My Man at Barneys, who is the Heeley rep, for failing to tell me about this one. It will be interesting to see what they have done here, because the Heeleys are good at a certain subtlety without losing longevity.

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    • Rick says:
      11 April 2011 at 6:10 pm

      The Barneys in SF only started stocking Oranges and Lemons a few weeks ago, and it’s been out a year already. I don’t see them coming up with another one anytime soon, but you never know. Maybe they’re having trouble selling these — I wish they would come up with a 50ml size at a better price.

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      • Tama says:
        11 April 2011 at 7:11 pm

        Oh I know – Goran was irritated because they sent him samples of St Clements last year but only sent the perfume now. Hmm, maybe we’ll get samples, at least!

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  7. ol rait says:
    11 April 2011 at 5:14 pm

    I only read the additional list and was excited (if confused as to where the rose comes from)–I would buy that. But rose + patchouli…. I yawned.

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  8. Merlin says:
    11 April 2011 at 5:59 pm

    Its quite silly, but I’m attracted to ‘Rose’ as a sort of symbol, whether it be of holiness, chastity, pain, deflowering, purity, the loss of purity, etc etc…
    Like millions of other women I have one on my ankle, a rosebud with thorns and a twisty, tangly stem – its my only tattoo.

    But I have quite a strong personal impression of how rose should smell. So far, Sa Majeste Rose is the only soliflore that hits my own, idiosyncratic mark.

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  9. Absolute Scentualist says:
    16 April 2011 at 5:38 am

    Just thought I’d swing by and add another patch-rose frag I recently discovered and am absolutely loving right now. Gres Cabaret is a wonderfully spicy, woody rose with an undercurrent of patch and incense that I can’t resist. A swapper sent me some and I liked it so much I had to go pick up a bottle off Ebay (for $20 shipped, nonetheless) and am proud to add it to the rose-patch area of my collection. I believe Kevin referred to it as Paestum Rose done in water colors, and I can’t think of a more apt description. Definitely underappreciated and an absolute bargain given the quality and “expensive” feel of the perfume. :)

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    • Jonette says:
      3 May 2011 at 10:35 am

      I’m going to hunt for the Gres Cabaret — sounds just like my kind of scent. I’m getting my sense of smell back (slowly — and it appears to be selective). I’m currently layering Crabtree and Evelyn’s Evelyn Rose with S.M. Novella’s Patchouli — mmmmmmmmmmmmm.

      Jonette

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  10. George Sand Devotee says:
    25 June 2011 at 8:30 am

    I very much wanted to like this more – love the smell of roses, it’s a great name and also like Heeley’s incense-rich ‘Cardinal’.

    I found ‘Hippie Rose’ didn’t work for me – too subtle on my skin? I do tend towards oriental and floral notes. It’s not that I like wearing things that frighten the horses, but I found this didn’t last very long and was not multilayerd enough for my personal taste. After an hour, it was barely possible to detect,
    As someone who has few pennies to spend on perfume, the bar is raised high – it has be sensational before I will buy and I’m afraid this didn’t make it to that category.

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