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unrequited

unrequited

£169.00
£169.00
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How would a rose smell if it grew on plastic? If we destroy its environment, do we deserve its scent? Unrequited explores the tension between nature and destruction in an avant-garde fragrance which distorts the suffocating sweetness of rose, leaving the familiar floral scent always just out of reach.

  • personality
  • powerful
  • passionate
  • complex

Rhymes

A rose once bloomed with velvet grace,
 

In love’s first gaze, in warm embrace.
 

But sweetness turned, like mirrors cracked,
 

And petals wilted where truth lacked. 

 

He knelt, the air was thick with red,
 

A ring, a tear, a word unsaid.
 

The room held saffron, roses, flame—
 

Yet nothing spoken stayed the same. 

 

A bloom too perfect, out of place,
 

Its roots denied, its stem a brace.
 

You cannot hold what won’t hold back,
 

A plastic rose on love’s lost track. 

 

And still the scent—so near, not near,
 

It chokes the throat, it draws a tear.
 

It lingers long when love has fled,
 

A ghost of roses, love half-dead. 

 

So here’s to the lovers who give too much,
 

To hearts that ache with every touch.
 

You are the rose that dared to bloom,
 

In poisoned air, in hollow room. 

 

To all who love without return—
 

Your fire still smoulders, let it burn.
 

You were not wrong to feel so deep—
 

It’s love that lies, not those who weep. 

Notes

Top Notes: Rose Oxide, Aldehydes

Heart Notes: Bulgarian Rose Oil, Rose Absolute Moroccan, Black Pepper

Base Notes: Saffron, Musks

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Sustainability & Packaging

We are committed to becoming a cleaner & greener BEL REBEL. Our efforts – towards becoming a more sustainable company, to be held accountable and to never stop improving – focus on 6 key pillars. You can read more about our sustainable initiatives here.

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