The fiestc perfumery in Manhattan, in fact in the USA, Aedes de Venustus (Temple Of Beauty) is the go to store for luxury fragrance (think Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Anniston so on and so forth). Launching their own eponymous perfume collection has been a dream come true for the owners and they have already produced two of the most exciting scents on the planet. The first with famed perfumer Bertrand Duchaufor – which smells of Rhubarb and this, the second of the great Ralph Swieger, who created Lipstick Rose with Frederic Malle. This mix of Iris and leather is genius – creamy at one end and warm and dry at the other; the type of scent that will be around in 100 years – it’s that good.
The Muse: the Nazareth Iris
The rare Iris Bismarckiana is also known as Iris Nazarena because it grows mainly in the mountains east of Nazareth. The uncanny beauty of the blossom, with its brown or purple spots and delicate, bluish-purple veins, seduced Karl Bradl as soon as he discovered it on a postcard.
Aedes de Venustus Iris Nazarena is priced £185 (100ml) and is available from Roullier White.
