for St Therese of Lisieux, also known as Saint Teresa of the Roses The top note is sweetness: a quick hit of violets, but then, the strain of saccharine additives, too much, already, for some. Its blend has been revised to suit more modern tastes; back to the natural, streak of root and earth within the syrup. In the sillage is the scent of the roses for which she is known. Her rose oil calms your soul, heals your heart. Warms your skin. Below its velvet touch comes the tang of blood, fitting for a woman’s body: faith’s flow with all its clots and guts. Then something substantial again – the structured gleam of metal, an unsheathed sword-flash at the battle ground. The soul’s base, infused with iron, endures. |