The Legendary Chantal Roos On The Launch Of Her New Brand, Dear Rose

From left to right: Alexandra and Chantal Roos, co-founders of Dear Rose

“Oh, Bloody Rose! Bloody Rose has no rose in it. It’s a hypnotic white flower. It’s the naughty girl. When she arrives, you don’t see her. She has a drydown of patchouli. She leaves a trace. Be careful with Bloody Rose. She’s kind of a bitch. But the perfumer didn’t understand. The vision of the perfumer was not the vision we had. Ours was extremely chic and elegant. His vision was obvious: big breasts, big everything. One day I said, ‘Stop! Go over it all again. Yours is too vulgar, too ordinary. She’s not dangerous.'”