English rose

Just as spring whispers a renaissance into the bleak àpres-winter grey,  Stella McCartney has once again breathed new life into her limited edition namesake perfume, Sheer Stella. This year’s iconic scent has been enriched with natural organic rose, grown by an Ecocert-awarded cooperative deep in the Persian mountains.

I’m not a big fan of perfumes with rose top notes, but I’m totally in love with the bottle, which was designed by London artist Philip Jones. Maybe not enough of a reason to buy a perfume, but I can’t help but think how pretty this will look on my shelf.

Plus, having grown up overseas, I’m still enamoured with British charm as much as the day I saw my first Hugh Grant flick. And a rose-scented perfume by one of Britain’s top designers, daughter of one of Britain’s most legendary rockers? Well, you can’t get much more quintessentially British than that. I didn’t stand a chance.

Sheer Stella by Stella McCartney, £36.50, available nationwide from May 2010.

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