Dame Edith Sitwell by Alvaro Guevara (1916)
Do you know who Dame Edith Sitwell is? You don’t? Are you sure? Well then, I don’t feel so ignorant because before watching this video, I didn’t know her either. Of course, my next stop is to find some of her poetry but for now I thought I’d write about the kind of perfume that this grand lady might have worn.
Because of her royal British background, I’m going with a rose perfume but not one of those pink, powdery rose scents, like Paris by Yves Saint-Laurent. I’m thinking of a deep, boozy red rose note. And oud! Yes, oud would be perfect because she has such an earthiness to her. From my collection, I would have her wear Jo Malone’s Velvet Rose and Oud or Ex Idolo’s Thirty Three, although neither are really oud or dark enough. If anyone has any suggestions, I would love to hear about them… I’ve always been a bit of a rose-whore myself so it might give me ideas for a fall perfume.
This next interview was on the BBC. Imagine! This was tv! And today, they say we are in the golden age. I’m not so sure.
Enjoy!
The Perfume Chronicles 
claude corbeil
/ July 2, 2019A rose’s whore? As a mâle fan of rose scent myself I would be very curious to read about what you might want to write about it. May be next fall?
Normand Cardella
/ July 2, 2019Yes! Fall is a great time for rose fragrances.
Thanks for writing.
Normand