A tribute to the wildflower of South Africa’s Western Cape, the Macrostylis villosa subspecies 1 + 2, with its vibrant pink petals that last bloomed in 1960. Haunted Rose awakens your senses with fiery black pepper and saffron, wrapped around a heart of rose absolute and passionfruit, and warmed by a base of smooth sandalwood and ambroxan.
SCENT DESCRIPTION: Spicy Floral
PERFUMER: Jerome Epinette
Top: Black Pepper, Saffron
Mid: Rose Absolute, Passionfruit
Base: Ambroxan, Sandalwood
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Extinct flower
We combined the intelligence of DNA sequencing and the imagination of the world's best perfumers to give new life to the extinct Macrostylis villosa subspecies 1 + 2, a small aromatic shrub with needle-like leaves that once produced clusters of white flowers for long periods of the year throughout South Africa.
origin flower
Macrostylis villosa subspecies 1 + 2
Historial notes
Last recorded in 1960 in South Africa Extinct by Urbanization. Scent surrected 10.31.2017.
It’s as if your brain can’t pick out one particular note with each sniff, because the scents smell like something you’ve never known.
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THE WORLD THIS SCENT CREATES
Its color is a petal-flushed cheek—sweetened with anticipation.
Its look is a silk slip dress, embellished with feathers and a chiffon hem.