One Perfect Rose by durleybeachbum
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Description
This tiny ceramic bottle containing 2ml of a very expensive perfume was a gift from a friend who had been bequeathed it.
It was first made in 1965 by Guy Robert and then reissued in 1990, see below.
In 1990 La Prairie chairwoman Georgette Mosbacher asked Helen Boehm of England's House of Boehm, to design a hand painted porcelain flacon gilded in 24 karat gold leaf. It came with a glass bell dome and wood base, and contained one ounce of One Perfect Rose Parfum. Suggested retail was $1500..
There is one on Etsy for £723.40. I have seen this 2 ml size for £76 on the internet, but they are snapped up as soon as they appear.
I would never buy anything this expensive myself !
See alternative lighting Here
Comments (20)
Juliette.Gribnau
oh my goodness...... !!!!!! this is such a wonderful photograph !!!!!!!!
jayfar
A very nice set up Andrea.
greyone
Such a beautifully set up and captured still life. I can't believe anyone would ever pay such an amount for 1 oz of perfume. At that price you should get a 45 gallon drum of the stuff.
pat40
A Real beauty
Glendaw
Very beautiful set-up and wonderful tribute to your friend Andrea.
kgb224
Superb capture Andrea. God bless.
Faemike55
Great photo and information - $1500? I have better things to spend that amount of money on
Adobe_One_Kenobi
Nicely done Andrea, great set-up.
kaward
You have done an amazing job on this, the reflections don't act as a self portrait! In fact it has tons of highlights. Very pretty shot and compo too!
X-PaX
Beautiful capture Andrea.
bebopdlx
One Perfect Shot.
wysiwig
Wise woman. On my visit to Egypt in 1982 I was educated on how perfume is made and what goes into it. Back then there were great fields of flowers and herbs growing on the west bank of the Nile. The oils were harvested from the plants and sent to Europe where they were mixed with alcohol for the perfume trade. My mother's favorite at the time was Arpège and I bought a four once bottle of the oil for about $5 US in Cairo. But I digress. This is a perfect rose and beautifully captured. The colors are brilliant. I like how the orange of the surface and the pink rose on the bottle are also found in the rose.
helanker
What a lovely bottle and the rose is from your gaden, I assume :-) Beautiful shot.
irisinthespring
Both are awesome, great captures!
Katraz
Lovely shot
jendellas
It is very beautiful but bi expensive for me.
MrsRatbag
Lovely shot; I can imagine the scent!
anahata.c
A very delicate shot. The flickr version is warmer, while this is more delicate, and I like them equally. Given the rare quality of the bottle (and its contents), you captured it very fittingly with that beautiful furled rose and your spare foreground and background. You have a way with capturing a few objects beautifully, in harmony with their nature. I love the hue of the ground; and the gray background sets it off well. A perfect little vision, and more terrific perfume work from you, Andrea. I just love this series. Btw, I appreciate Mark's comments. I know that perfume is a rare and old art. In India, there's a valley of flowers whose scent is so powerful, people actually get high from walking through it. They hallucinate. Just another example of how powerful flowers are, as nature's most sensual allure...
danapommet
A beautiful still life and I like the lighting over on the FlickR side!
auntietk
What a lovely setup! For a moment, I thought Tunde was back. This is really stunning work!