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Floral Collection Rose
Rose can be made to smell heavy and old fashioned very easily, and the achievement of 4711 Floral Collection Rose Eau de Cologne 100ml is that it does not.
The opening is the reason. Green tea leads it, dry and slightly astringent, closer to leaves in hot water than to anything sweet, and mandarin orange and bergamot sit either side of it for a soft citrus lift. By the time the rose arrives it has already been established that this will be a light scent rather than a rich one.
The rose itself is fresh and petal like rather than jammy, and freesia and violet are chosen to keep it that way, the freesia bright and a little sharp, the violet powdery and cool. Sandalwood and musk make up the entire base, creamy and soft respectively, and they finish the scent without weighing it down. Eight materials, which makes this a fairly short composition, and it is better for being uncluttered. There is no long evolution to follow and nothing hiding in the last hour, which for a scent meant to be worn casually is no great loss. At cologne strength it wears lightly and easily, giving a couple of hours of brightness and then a soft skin warmth. Use it freely, which is what the concentration is for, and expect to refresh it during the day. It is a daytime scent, pitched feminine, happiest in spring and early summer, and a good first rose for anyone who has found the classics too much. Alexandra Kalle is credited with it.
The brand is a cologne house whose name comes from an address rather than a formula, the figure 4711 having been given to its premises by French occupiers in 1794 and registered as its trademark in 1875.
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