Atkinsons 1799 - Rose in Wonderland
A rose is a rose is a rose. Or is it?
If Alice had chanced to smell Rose in Wonderland she would have discovered a rose that by any other name would not have smelled so treacherous. Far from the gentle, innocent garden bloom of the same name, Rose in Wonderland is an ultra-magnified super rose that is earthy, but not of this earth. A radiant phantasmagorical flower that grows in the green wilds, it is a dizzying hybrid of the rose’s thorny, earthy prickliness and its smooth, luminous, deceptively innocent beauty. A rose fragrance to wear and beware.
From the Perfumer’s Notebook
The Hyperbolic Scent of a Rose Through the Looking Glass
An astonishing reconstruction of rose that magnifies each facet of the iconic flower. The rose’s thorny green stem is interpreted in the fragrance’s verdant structure of blackcurrant buds, geranium essence and vetiver, that radiates from the top notes through to the dry down. The scent oscillates between a delicate, luminous rose dew accord and the somber, voluptuous, honey-tobacco accents of the unique Centifolia Rose. The base notes texturise the fragrance’s fatal floral character with a petal-like dry down of velvety white musk and crystal amber.
The Contemporary Collection
Atkinsons is extraordinarily pleased to present The Contemporary Collection. A thoroughly modern Haute Parfumerie line of classic unconventionality, it is the sequel to 24 Old Bond Street, the emblem of the house, and the Legendary Collection, which reinvents the house’s great heritage masterpieces.
Very much in the avant-garde ethos of the house’s founder James Atkinson, The Contemporary Collection showcases surprisingly edgy interpretations of the most emblematic ingredients and archetypal structures in perfumery. Its three perfumes, Rose in Wonderland, Lavender on the Rocks and Posh on the Green, are highly figurative, radically contemporary visions of three iconic perfume ingredients. This trio transforms the familiar into the fabulously unfamiliar in a way that is distinctive and intriguing.
