I discovered Tsovak Voskanian’s work through the fragrance Histoire d'une Rose, which Tsovak dedicated to rose petal jam made from his grandmother’s recipe. I found Histoire d'une Rose to be a truly gentlemanly, masculine rose perfume. Incidentally, my father ended up taking the bottle of Histoire d'une Rose and wore it with pleasure—he also thought this rose scent was perfectly suitable for men. Enchanted by Histoire d'une Rose, I explored the entire Voskanian Parfums line, but I found nothing better than this “gentleman’s rose.” However, in late autumn of 2024, I received a package from a colleague containing samples, one of which was Cocktail de Minuit by Voskanian Parfums… And that fragrance struck me as the best thing Tsovak Voskanian had ever created—and still feels that way to me. What I love most about Cocktail de Minuit by Voskanian Parfums is that it smells like real, fresh strawberries. And not as a fleeting background note—it is strawberries above all, from start to finish. But not the sweet, intense scent of ripe red berries usually associated with the word “strawberry.” Rather, it’s the delicate aroma of that white strawberry we used to call “pineapple strawberry” in my childhood. In English, this fruit is known as pineberries. This gentle strawberry is accented by spicy wild strawberries, yet Cocktail de Minuit remains, above all, a scent of large garden strawberries. White ones. Specifically, white.