Juliette Has a Gun's Lady Vengeance: A Rose to Love?

Many of the Juliette has a Gun fragrances are a homage to Shakespearean heroines, and this is no exception. This scent is a slightly dark and edgy rose scent that makes me think of the end of R&J, if Juliette had lived I think this would have been her scent.

Like other scents from Juliette has a Gun, they've broken the typical "top note, middle note, base note" mold and have just 3 (known) notes. I do think that there are likely a few other things thrown in there, but I can't quite figure out what they are and I haven't found anyone speculating on-line about what they are (and yes, I tried many Google searches). As well, on me this fragrance is very linear, meaning there is no dry down or changing over time. What you smell at the beginning is what you get!

Notes: Bulgarian Rose, Vanilla, Patchouli

So yes, this is mostly rose. And there is a little bit of Patchouli, but it isn't really the 1960's hippie patchouli, instead it is a little bit deeper and more layered. There's a little bit of vanilla in there to keep it from being too dark and brooding, but the over all tone is definitely a little bit dark and edgy. It isn't overwhelming, but it doesn't fade completely in to the background either.

Now, about these pictures. I didn't try out the regular bottle, instead I was able to play around with their "purse bullet". Which yes, looks just like a bullet. It is about 2 inches tall and this baby is heavy duty! It screws open and you'll find perfume oil in a roll on form inside. You even get a couple of refills. Perfect for taking with you every day or saving for travel.

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Juliette Has a Gun... Not a Perfume: Review

So, this is perfume that isn't. Really.

Juliette Has a Gun's creator Romano Ricci caused a few waves in the fragrance industry when he created this scent. Not a Perfume is inspired by his love of the often used (but frequently overlooked) base note Cetalox. Cetalox is also known as Ambroxan, and is a synthetic molecule. It is frequently used in fragrances with an amber base note. Cetalox is the only ingredient. The only note. So, there's no initial dry down, no layering of different scents, there's just Cetalox.

Note: Cetalox

Cetalox is very interesting. To me, it is amber but a bit more interesting. It is warm and layered and I swear a little bit herbal at the same time. It isn't a loud scent (how can it be? It's usually a base note), but rather it is there and just smells... sophisticated? Alone it is very elegant and more complex than I had expected.

I probably won't be wearing this scent much during the spring/summer, but it's definitely earned a spot in my fragrance collection for fall and winter.

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