Ballerina is a magnificent rose bush in Marie-Hélène Rogeon's garden and gave its name to a perfume collection by Les Parfums de Rosine with fragrances that are particularly ‘à la française’, very feminine, precious and affordable.
The first in this saga – Ballerina No. 1 – is a delicate and innocent fragrance that illustrates ‘le petit rat d'opera’. Then Ballerina No. 2 pays homage to the prima donna and her art in a grand and confident perfume. This was followed by two creations inspired by the famous ballet Swan Lake: Ballerina No. 3 for the black swan, mysterious with its dual facets of rose and oud; and Ballerina No. 4 for the white swan, a luminous, profound and pure perfume made from white flowers. Now it is the ballet La Bayadère that sets the tone for Ballerina No. 5.
The word Bayadère refers to an exotic and mysterious Hindu dancer and transports us to distant India. This special word comes from the verb ‘ballar’, which means ‘to dance’ in Portuguese and conjures up a whole world of dance... Ball, ballet, ballerina... Magnificently dressed in pink velvet with gold brocade, the Bayadère is oriental and evokes a world of beauty, harmony and sweetness. She is beautiful and seductive with the harmonious movements of her captivating dance.
The Bayadère ballet was created by Marius Petipa and is extraordinarily rich, bursting with colour and gold is omnipresent. Of course, the love story takes place in India and we imagine this mysterious country whose scent is ‘infinitely sweet’, as Pier Paolo Pasolini wrote.
It seemed appropriate to continue this collection with a perfume that shares the same characteristics as the previous ones: each ballerina perfume offers a modern rose accord, dressed with a fruity note and developing on resting woods. That is why Delphine Lebeau reveals a shimmering and rich fragrance like gold and as vibrant as a thousand colours. Encased in a silky-matte golden bottle, adorned with a golden organza tutu.
In Ballerina No. 5, the rose has been embellished with ‘endless gourmet accords’: we dream of candied roses, rose petal jelly, crystallised flowers... The fragrance opens with a fresh rose petal note, like rose jam, and this impression is deliciously carried on by rose oil. This sweet and fresh impression is accentuated by candied mandarin peel and Indian fig. The depth is already there thanks to a magnificent natural orange blossom absolute from Tunisia. Crystallised violet blossoms, lychee and almond blossoms adorn the Turkish rose essence. Heliotrope spreads a powdery note, infinitely elegant, evoking a fresh icing before becoming charming and sensual. Natural Turkish rose absolute marks an oriental base note combined with balsamic benzoin drops and honey-like tonka bean absolute. Indonesian patchouli essence lends powerful and long-lasting properties, while warm and dry notes are provided by woods such as cedarwood and attractive guaiac wood.
An infinitely charming perfume, undoubtedly elegant and desirable.
