Indie natural line Aftelier has launched Hey Jude, a new rose fragrance.
Of the over one hundred roses that I grow in my garden the one with the most intoxicating scent is the David Austin rose Jude the Obscure. With its quietly elegant blossoms the color of clotted cream and its endlessly unfolding cup-shaped petals, Jude exhales a peachy rose fragrance with an under-current of sheer clean musk. I created Hey Jude, an exquisite fruity rose, using my Jude the Obscure rose for inspiration. The foundation of this luscious peachy fragrance of both Jude the Obscure rose and Hey Jude perfume are musky aromas.
My dear friend and student, the late Ross Urerre, the talented incense maker, left me his vintage musk tincture. Ross loved visiting my roses and I was pleased to use his musk in this perfume. Something I had read about in antique perfume books but had never done before: I used all three historical animalics together - musk, civet, and ambergris. I was amazed at the elegant synergistic way that all three together made the rose shimmer.
Additional notes include bergamot, mandarin, apricot and peach.
Aftelier Hey Jude is available in 2 ($55) or 8 ($210) ml Parfum, or 30 ($210) ml Eau de Parfum. The 6 ml Silver Flask is $300.
(via press release)
Uh oh, I think one of my credit cards is going to jump out of my wallet and order a sample of this when I’m not looking!
Maybe a rubber band around the wallet?
I don’t know; those credit cards are really sneaky. One of them could probably slip past a rubber band. Also, one of my cats might decide to place the order and PayPal it, so he wouldn’t need the actual card.
Every time the thought of going on a no-buy (ok, admittedly a low-buy), I end up spending more …
I was going to say…a no-buy seems unlikely!
Same here…
Luscious peachy animalic rose? Sign me up! Although, I have another rose from Aftelier that someone gave me as a gift, and it smells more like Nag Champa incense than roses. I should freebie it…
Is it Wild Roses by any chance?
It is!
Are you in the US? And how much perfume are we talking about (FB, mini, sample)? Wild Roses is one I have been on the fence about purchasing, but if I could swap for it, then it wouldn’t really count as a purchase, now would it?
Yes, I’m in the US, and it’s a mini of the perfume version. I’ll have to dig around and see if I can find it, but I’d be happy to pass it along to you! Get in touch at c a l i n d a [4] at the mail that is hot and we can sort out details! (Take the spaces and brackets out of the address — just trying to confound the robots).
Hey Jude sounds gorgeous!