Few roses in today’s perfumery smell this delicate, natural and unaffected as the antique five-petaled pink eglantine rose, also known as sweetbriar. It’s prickly and thorny and delectable: even its foliage wafts an apple-redolent aroma. Some liken the leaflets’ fragrance to jasmine. In the language of flowers, eglantine is equated with poetry; that suits me perfectly. Hermès Hermessence Myrrhe Églantine by Christine Nagel  is nothing if not elegant. It is the sort of eau de toilette which blooms in the heat, especially in humidity. After the subtly invigorating green crispness of a freshly-bitten tart apple softens, a luxurious ethereal resinous quality tiptoes into this aromatic melange ever so gingerly. The result is mesmerizing – a frankincense-like aspect smells faintly lemony and slightly sweet, like rosin on a violin bow (it’s not as terpenic). The roses feel jammy and tangy. If one can visualize this fusion of fraÎcheur and sensuality barely breathed, sotto voce – the image might help approximate my experience Hermès Hermessence Myrrhe Églantine is a gossamer and mysterious perfume, a spectral rose which manages to be very sophisticated and charmingly unfussy. If you seek screeching rose, you do well to look elsewhere; if the exquisitely subtle entrances, then look no further. Notes: rose, myrrh (all that’s currently available thus far). Hermessence Myrrhe Églantine Samples kindly provided by the Hermès Boutique in Boston

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