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Bitter Rose, Broken Spear is a unisex eau de parfum from D.S. & Durga's HYLNDS collection, launched in 2013 and inspired by Celtic folklore of the Red Branch nights. Embers, wild mountain thyme and cubeb open into bitter rose, thistle and nutmeg. Smelted iron, larch and amber close the composition.
To me this smells like a battlefield after the fighting has stopped — embers still glowing, wild mountain thyme crushed underfoot, cubeb pepper sharp in the cold air. The bitter rose rises through the smoke like a banner that refused to fall. Smelted iron and larch in the base give it a metallic, almost bloody edge, with amber warming the wreckage like a fire that won't go out. Celtic folklore in a bottle — beautiful, brutal, and utterly uncompromising. Not for beginners — beginners stay away.
⚠ Not for beginners
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