Queen of beauty and fragrance

É una rosa che si adora o si detesta . Il nome si rifá al famoso giardino di rose della prima moglie di Napoleone Joséph de Beauharnais. Questa Rosa viene chiamata anche Queen of beauty and fragrance, e non a caso é una regina di bellezza e fragranza un pò come la stessa Joséphine. Questa rosa dalla bellezza artificiosa e travolgente é una rosa bourbon e il capostipite di questa razza é di origini tropicali (isola réunion)come la stessa Joséphine nata nella Martinica. La Joséphine non era una grande bellezza ,un pò come l arbusto sgraziato, ma i fiori sono di una charme come la stessa imperatrice, che rese uomini egocentrici come Napoleone dei veri zerbini, grazie alla sua eleganza e il Savoir faire. Questa rosa bellissima e charmante, dimostra come una donna apparentemente non bella se munita di charme può diventare una Queen of beauty and fragrance. La vita di Joséphine é molto avventurosa e riesce sempre a cavarsela,per qualche giorno evita di essere ghigliottinata, e si mormora che lo Zar fosse innamorato della Joséphine e portò a san Pietroburgo questa rosa in ricordo di questo giardino che fu l inizio della mania delle rose ,e in tante altre cose. NAPOLEONE nel suo esilio si portò delle violette dal giardino della moglie,anche se aveva scelto un altra moglie, il cui matrimonio provocó il suo declino, dopo una fase di invincibilitá. Ma la Joséphine non si dimentica malgrado tutti i suoi difetti come la souvenir ... con questo rosa cipria artificioso ma indimenticabile, che non si apre in tempo umido in certi giardini ma un solo fiore vale la pena come diceva il mio maestro Peter Beales.Poi é sempre in fiore ed é L’ unica rosa che ad agosto fiorisce con una freschezza primaverile. This rose is born to be adored or detested a bit like the owner of the garden which bears its name . It recalls the famous rose Garden of Joséphine de Beauharnais., Napoléon’s first wife. In Uk as a reaction to to Napoléon it is also called : Queen of Beauty and fragrance, which is indeed the best way to call both the rose and the owner of the garden and Joséphine de Beauharnais /Bonaparte. There is a somewhat artificial and overwhelming beauty ( this rose belong to the Bourbon class of roses, whose ancestor originated in the previously called bourbon islands and now called réunion ) and Joséphine born in Martinique, making them too Créoles beauties which inflamed the hearts of many and inflated the bile of the ennemies. Joséphine was not a great beauty, a little like bit the clumsy shrub, but the flowers are of a charm like the Empress herself, who made egotistic men like Napoleon of the real doormats, thanks to its elegance and Savoir faire, and hated by other women who could not accepted someone coming from the colonies to be so charming and sophisticated. This beautiful and charming rose, and Joséphine show how a woman apparently not beautiful , thanks to charm can become a Queen of beauty and fragrance. The life of Joséphine is very adventurous and always manages to get by, she avoids being guillotined for a matter of days. There are rumours that the Tsar was in love with the Joséphine and brought to St. Petersburg this rose in remembrance of this garden that was the beginning of the mania of roses, and in so many other things. NAPOLEON in his exile brought Violets coming from the garden of his wife, even if he had chosen another wife, whose marriage caused nonetheless his decline, after a phase of invincibility when he had Joséphine at his side . But the Joséphine has never been forgotten in spite of all her faults as the souvenir... Joséphine betrayed him at first, while he was crazy in love. And the love letters between them are quite interesting and very passionate. The rose has an artificial hues of powder pink, reminiscent of a foundation done my a master make up artist. Make up is seen as something superficial, but if properly done it is a work of art, and if the artist, can reveal the inner personality of a person when doing the maquillage. Chiara Fantig, a make up artist who has been working with all the great fashion designers, does not want to make a person different from what she is, but to increase one’ s beauty and it is a spiritual journey. Her clients experience a spiritual experience, and feel she has seen inner parts of themselves which they they were not aware of , and not trying to fit an impossible and inhuman standard. Women have never been so free, but morally obliged to change and become someone else. Women were confined to marginal parts of society, and life was harsh and cruel, with no freedom whatsoever. In the past women were forced by men to follow some kind of standards, and women during the centuries have internalised this violence, which they have perpetrating from a subconscious level. Gay men tend to do the same (I have not enough data about gay women unfortunately), and the very ideas which they were fighting against, like homophobia is being internalised by the previous victims which become their own victims. When the enemy was evident it was in some ways easier to fight against, if one had the nerve to do it like Joséphine. Artificiality comes from the term art, and art can be the best mirror to reveal what is covered by layers of pain and routine. Contemporary s need to look like a Barbie is not fantastic, artificiality is mere plastic, and sterile. The rose does not open in damp weather in certain gardens but only one flower is worth as my master Peter Beales said. Then it is always in bloom and it is the only rose that in August blooms with a spring freshness