Betrothed

Sat wearing my sample of this right now, it’s a sunny autumn morning in london – crisp wind, winters chill upcoming in the air. This perfume is the perfect accompaniment to the mysteries of mornings, very faint rose sits atop an offering of vanilla and bone musk, white lily’s sprinkled around an altar. It’s an odd sort of floral, not the usual princess girlified rose and fruit concoctions which I HATE ( sorry rose lovers, I usually hate rose overall ) betrothed is a rose fragrance for the oddities and the weird.

Makes me feel like I’m sat in the middle of a foggy forest with rose petals thrown around my feet. And when it dries down ( on my skin ) it leaves a peppery and vanillary trail, barely a hint of where the roses were, like they were scattered into the wind. Which for my personal preferences and how much I dislike rose, is great. On clothes I can smell the rose more but again it’s not cloying or aggravating.

All of this to say, this is a good one and I’m sad she’s being discontinued.

I am picky with rose but I had high hopes for this one with the tea, white oud, and peppercorn. However, it was a miss for me. There’s something wet about this fragrance - maybe the tea note which is nice. But the overwhelming impression is that of potpourri. It was making me sneeze like crazy. Which shouldn’t be a surprise with a combo like rose and pepper- but I was hoping this would be a deep, spicy, night time spring fragrance with rose in the background. The rose is STRONG! I hate to say I ended up scrubbing :( But I had trouble getting it off my skin so it probably has great lasting power- that’s a plus! After scrubbing, I put on a green fig lotion and the result was actually pretty lovely.

Wow! I must admit, I am a lover of white florals and rose — this one reminds me so much of my favorite Persian childhood dessert, Fereni. Just sweet enough. A warm and creamy rice pudding with rose water and cinnamon (and a touch of cardamom) with pistachio bits on top. Absolutely lovely, I can’t get enough!

This perfume captured the fresh, blushing pre-wedding vibes. Perfect for those who want to feel like they are walking through a field of flowers in a white dress while wearing a flower ring on their head.

This makes me think of my Italian grandma's old wedding photos. Where she had the biggest and poofiest wedding dress that was the height of fashion at that time. Her cake is decorated using the Lambeth piping style that looks so delicate but that royal icing is hard as a rock and will cut you. This is a fragrance that is a duality of sharp and soft. Its fluffy and lightly sweet white florals balanced with bit of spice and citrus from the pepper and oud. It smells welcoming but like you wouldn't hesitate to cut someone if needed.

This fragrance is a skin scent. It lasted on my skin about 4 hours.