I love Blood Rose. The name alone attracts me. I think of velvet petals perched at the nape of some pale skin beauty. The intial smell from the vial is sweet like the Boone's Farm wine I drank in college. On the skin, the top note is sweet roses, maybe a little soapy. I think of shampoo Sanrio might make with Hello Kitty on the bottle. The middle note and base notes are where the scent grows up (blossoms?) into an adult sexy fragrance. I get wine and incense like a Dionysian rite for the middle note. On dry down, I get a sweet peppery amber on my skin. The whole thing is like a flirtly girl growing up into a full fledged sexy woman. Amazing!
Murasaki