You’ll find Rose & Co in the Leeds luxe shopping destination of choice, the Victoria Quarter, but stepping into the boutique you feel as though you have travelled back in time to the age when women lounged in boudoirs and powdered their noses. Polished wooden glass-fronted cabinets, chandeliers, ostrich feathers and antique perfume bottles create an elegant and luxurious ambiance that will make you want to slip on a silk negligée and sip an extra dry martini whilst applying rouge.

Rose & Co was set up by mother and daughter team Patricia and Caroline Rose. When they bought an old druggists store, they wanted to create a line of products to go with the décor and originally cooked up the now cult Rose Petal Salve on their aga at home! Since then they have adopted more conventional methods of production but their preparations are still made using traditional recipes featuring wholesome old-fashioned apothecary ingredients.

Alongside their ever-popular balms and salves they sell a selection of handmade beauty products all presented in gorgeous, vintage-inspired packaging. Newest additions are the 1950s-style Strawberry Crush and Cherry Kiss ranges, every bit as covetable as the original Rose Petal products in their pretty pink packaging. Caroline Rose is a practicing aromatherapist and develops all of the charming concoctions herself with essential oils and natural ingredients. Their delectable cup-cake shaped cocoa-butter bath fancies make the perfect gift for friends. The boutique also sells super glamorous underwear, a selection of perfumes and various other desirable objects that you probably don’t really need – but when has that ever been a reason for not buying things?!

http://www.rose-apothecary.co.uk/