Jacobean Rose

Opulent and decadent – a sophisticated balance of plum, jasmine and rose blended with sweet patchouli.
 
Across the ages the rose has come to symbolise many things – beauty, femininity, perfection and unity.  Traditional Scottish history tells how Bonnie Prince Charlie plucked a white rose from the roadside and stuck it in his hat as he made his way south from Glenfinnan to start the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. 
 
A visit to the gardens at Blair Castle reveals at their heart 2 white rose bushes perhaps alluding to the true allegiance of the early Dukes. ‘The rose of all the world is not for me, I want for my part, Only the little white rose of Scotland, That smells sharp and sweet – and breaks the heart’.
 
Lord George Murray was the great Jacobite general and architect of the early successes of the rising of 1745.  He led a charge at Culloden which broke the Hanoverian ranks, although this was not enough to prevent the overall defeat.