“Sugar flowers in a confectioner's window”

Opens with such a sweet and fresh blast of rose and mandarin and I’m pretty sure there’s ambroxan in this. My nose is a complete whore for it, the freshness making my eyes pop.

This is such an interesting scent. I’m personally a little frustrated by this referred to as a ‘rose-Oud’ profile, because I really don’t think that captures the scent at all.

Miller Harris gave a clear brief for the rose they wanted to try and capture, and it was the description of roses looking like "sugar flowers in a confectioner's window" in a shop on the French Riveria, from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender is the Night.

And I think they named it aptly. Scherzo both being a playful and vigorous scent.

This rose is sweet. But not confectioners sweet. The notes are well blended together, so I enjoyed spending all day on this scent, teasing it out.

For me, Scherzo is roses in a garden. A sweet floral haze on a warm, late spring day. Roses, mock orange, a slightly watery peony, a hint of green, metallic daffodil. But this garden is being dressed with twinkling lights and clinking glasses as the sun goes down, ready to host a rather suave party.

There’s the smallest hint of patch, clean oud and artemesia from the opening. Not obvious notes. It’s adds a sensual, aromatic and earthy nuance to what seems like, on first whiff, a bright and fresh fruity floral rose with fresh spicy nuances.

This beautiful blend carries on into the dry down where it’s met with a delicate vanilla and an extra sweet kiss.

I like Scherzo when I sprayed it this morning. This wasn’t a head over heels love at first whiff. But as the day went on, I found myself catching wonderful whiffs every now and then that pulled me in. So I look forward to wearing this a few more times to get a proper feel for it.

And the other half said, “ohhh, now that one’s nice, I like that”.. this doesn’t happen often.