Holmes’ rose

One of the initial notes of the Orris2 trial is the rose accord with interplaying pepper and some more facets like a hint of cinnamon and citrus (white grapefruit….). So, I looked at the rose accord in detail and thought I want to modify it just a little bit. Sniffing it on paper, and thus diluting the series of events, brings out the scenes more prominently than spraying it on skin. The little paper strips are like the magnifying glass from Mr. Holmes who looks on the dead body in the living room and who then knows immediately who killed the house lady:

It is not the butler, but the gardener…. Proof: A tiny tip of the freshly mown grass on the tip of the house lady’s high heels and a dead ant that lives in middle Europe climate in green houses only. This little piece of evidence tells our detective about the sad marriage of pour Lady Desperate. She is married to a bored Lord with his land house where she fits the furniture with here immaculate white skin but finds no passion. The rose in full bloom finds herself lost in a grey, foggy garden. Lady Desperate whispers her sad secret to the orchids in the glass house where she waters the silent flowers with her desperate tears. Here, in this exotic garden, she finds passion; her rosy cheeks flush like tomatoes ripening under a Sicilian sun, when the gardener touches her shoulders with his strong dirty hands. Here, she spends hours of lust and desire. Chased by wild animals finding their way through the jungle of conventions, she would fall and loose herself. One evening, she had to confess. She had to promise to her husband. She had to end it all, and running out in despair before supper in her high heels, she seeks a last tender touch of these hands. And finds a gardener who can not live with the truth. He, in love himself, a man of no words, wants to hold her, and breaks his most precious treasure by holding it too strong.

Holmes is very touched, so are we … and we continue with the rose accord: The rose is somewhat too lemony sticky to me, I want it fresher, greener, without loosing the volume. So, let’s search for evidence on our paper strip and in the paper files….. The rose accord in Orris 2 was built on rose essential oil for Bulgaria, rose absolute from Turkey and rose geranium from Eden. I looked at the certificate of analysis of the Eden rose geranium again and rediscovered that citronellol is the key component there, with linalool and geraniol following, some phenylethylalcohol that you also find at ca. 50% in rose absolues and. But: What to change? I think I will reduce the rose geranium (and hence the citronellol) and introduce some phenylethylalcohol additionally, together with linalylacetate which is the green cousin of Linalool, and add a touch more of the rose essential oil. Exciting, isn’t it? And relevant: I know that when giving a powerpoint presentation to the information flooded public, you have around 45 seconds to win their attention and interest. You miss these 45 seconds: No chance to regain your public’s attention (except you are willing to table dance or make a fool of you by other humiliating means). I have no proof, but I am convinced that the interest for a perfume might be decided in the first minutes after spraying, too. Interest doesn’t mean a buying decision but at least: Looking at it again.