Quentins Beach

The new Scarlet Rouge fragrance was launched in the Secret Collection of Italian niche brand Moresque in 2022 and debuted at Esxence 2022 in Milan. My Romanian colleague Iulia Halatz described it in detail in her excellent review, and I do agree with her musings, except for one thing. For me, Scarlet Rouge is not scarlet red at all. And not red-n-gold, as the fragrance legend describes, and as its bright bottle shows.

Vetiver, or more officially - Chrysopogon zizanioides - is a plant of the cereal grasses subfamily (lat. Gramineae and Poaceae), which also includes many well-known agricultural crops (wheat, oats, barley, rice, millet, corn, bamboo, and sugarcane, for instance.) Grasses are tough and can be found absolutely everywhere: if you happen to be in Antarctica, you will find a couple of species there, but as for vetiver specifically, its homeland is India.