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A Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose(1975)
Houbigant · Houbigant in-house perfumers · Floral
At a glance
An overdosed rose composition from Houbigant's in-house perfumers, opening on bergamot before the concentrated rose heart, closing on musk and woods. Its title quotes Gertrude Stein's famous line, a literary reference lending philosophical weight to what is structurally a straightforward rose soliflore.
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This scent's musk note is almost certainly synthetic — discovered by accident in 1888 while researching explosives.
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