Think Tank has an article today about the perfumer Christophe Laudamiel and a fragrance idea for John Waters, the self-proclaimed "Pope of Filth." Its unusual appeal "lies not in its stink, but in its exaltation of ingredients that have been frowned upon by the fine fragrance industry. "
"I would not go as far as saying that it would be toxic, but something impossible at the day of today to sell on the market.Full of real natural rose oil—yes natural rose oil is in an aberration; we can use only very little in commercial fragrances because of the excessive safety rules that the industry imposes, oak moss, and an overdose of some molecules that are also limited, like safranal, the main component in Saffron."
You read it well, pure rose oil from 1001 nights is almost a forbidden scent today. The absurd safety rules doesn't allow you to sell pure perfume in Europe and this happens 1000 years after the Crusades, when Europeans discovered the rose water and the rose oil. What was once introduced in Europe and became a cultural heritage will be "expelled" by Bruxelles, as it happens right now with the jasmine. I wonder how Bulgarians, now EU members, can sell their rose oil to tourists as a perfume souvenir to be worn.
You read it well, pure rose oil from 1001 nights is almost a forbidden scent today. The absurd safety rules doesn't allow you to sell pure perfume in Europe and this happens 1000 years after the Crusades, when Europeans discovered the rose water and the rose oil. What was once introduced in Europe and became a cultural heritage will be "expelled" by Bruxelles, as it happens right now with the jasmine. I wonder how Bulgarians, now EU members, can sell their rose oil to tourists as a perfume souvenir to be worn.
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