2017-07-27 The Dry Down #13: Rose Is A Rose Is A Nose
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Hello dear Dry Downers, It has already been a very long week, and we don't know about you, but we are doing whatever we can to get through it. Helena and I have spent late nights texting each other about rose scents, which are bringing us an odd amount of comfort during this long, hot, anxious summer. There is something about the rose that feels flung out of time, like it is a scent that stretches all the way back to the beginning (and indeed, perfumery as we know it was basically invented by humans trying to capture roses in perpetua). So this week, we wrote about some of the rose scents in rotation this summer (a tip: roses tend to smell best in sweaty seasons; when they can rise off your skin like heat from the pavement). Also, at the end of the letter, we jotted down quick recommendations for six more rose scents -- there are as many rose varietals as there are ways to bottle them, and this should just be the beginning of your experimentation. You could try on a rose scent every single day of your life and still not exhaust the options on the market, so the truth is, as ever, you should trust your nose. There is a rose out there for you. We promise.
2017-07-27 The Dry Down #13: Rose Is A Rose Is A Nose
2017-07-27 The Dry Down #13: Rose Is A Rose…
2017-07-27 The Dry Down #13: Rose Is A Rose Is A Nose
Hello dear Dry Downers, It has already been a very long week, and we don't know about you, but we are doing whatever we can to get through it. Helena and I have spent late nights texting each other about rose scents, which are bringing us an odd amount of comfort during this long, hot, anxious summer. There is something about the rose that feels flung out of time, like it is a scent that stretches all the way back to the beginning (and indeed, perfumery as we know it was basically invented by humans trying to capture roses in perpetua). So this week, we wrote about some of the rose scents in rotation this summer (a tip: roses tend to smell best in sweaty seasons; when they can rise off your skin like heat from the pavement). Also, at the end of the letter, we jotted down quick recommendations for six more rose scents -- there are as many rose varietals as there are ways to bottle them, and this should just be the beginning of your experimentation. You could try on a rose scent every single day of your life and still not exhaust the options on the market, so the truth is, as ever, you should trust your nose. There is a rose out there for you. We promise.