One year review:
This has been a good rose here so far. I was a bit sad to see the 1888 reference call it "worthless". Perhaps they say that because the foliage is barely rugose?
It handles the heat very well for a rugosa. No disease here. Fragrance is very good. It bloomed in three good flushes last year. Vigor is good, and it doesn't mind a good hard prune, so looks like it can be kept a manageable size. Hasn't set any hips here.

On the Roseraie at L'Haÿ's website page for this rose, there is a bit more information.
The lineage is noted there as rugosa × gallica, although there is a doubt expressed there ("sous réserve"). Going to the references page for this rose on their site, the very last entry at the bottom of the page (Gravereaux) lists this variety's pollen parent as "Gallica (or indica?)".
The hesitation between the two makes me wonder if the pollen parent might be a hybrid of Gallica with Bengale/China, a subclass sometimes nicknamed the "Bengalliques" which were popular in the first half of the 19th century (eg: Belle de Crecy, L'Ingenue).

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