Alba Rose Enfleurage.

Alba Rose Enfleurage is a solid perfume made by the simple but labor intensive process of cold enfleurage. The only ingredients are fresh, highly fragrant alba rose flowers grown in my organic garden, avocado butter, and very raw beeswax. It is organic, and handmade. The scent is exquisite, delicate, and true to Rosa alba: clean and austere. This is a cool rose, with a brush of anisette and apple skin. Neoclassical Neapolitan for the nose. Originally cultivated as a white rose, the name is somewhat of a misnomer now since the alba rose comes in red, pink, and yellow too. Its lineage goes back to ancient Europe, where it was bred for its fragrance. The species is very cold hardy, surviving in subarctic climates, and it exhibits a singular sweet scent. In my opinion, enfleurage is the best process to capture all of the aromatic nuances of a flower in bloom. This "pommade" (highly scented solid perfume-- not to be confused with pomade for hair) consists of hundreds of individual organic