Tauerville Rose Flash
Nose: Andy Tauer
notes: rose, amber, woody notes
Ok, Rose Flash might just be my favorite rose scent ever. It’s slightly honeyed, with both pink petals and green leaves, rich and dense like a tapestry or illuminated manuscript.
Definitely the Rosa centifolia May rose type of scent, like an old-fashioned, loose-petaled garden rose, rather than the redder, fruitier Rosa damascena type that shows up in “dark” or “dramatic” rose perfumes.
But unlike most “garden” rose scents, Rose Flash isn’t cold or tinny; it’s warm and weighty, and comes in a full spectrum of color from pink to gold to green. It’s like the Persian gardens from which we got the word “paradise.”
Over time, the rose gets a bit boozy, sweeter and richer than before.
Rose, to me, is usually a tender or poignant scent; rose-dominated perfumes can end up a bit too “sad” to really suit me, even if I can recognize them as lovely in principle. Rose Flash isn’t like that. Something about the Tauer amber base keeps it feeling grounded, satisfying, and cheerful.
