Young Rose Byredo 2021

After a few experiments as a teenager, I didn't wear any perfume at all for years and as most designer fragrances (and they still do) have an overwhelming effect on me, I thought: perfume just isn't for me. But thanks to a fragrance-crazy friend, I gave it another try. She showed me the Byredo fragrances, which I found to be much more pleasant and refined than what the designer range had to offer. Young Rose was the first fragrance I bought after many years and my entry into the (niche) perfume world. Since then, fragrances have captivated me and I am learning more and more about what I like and what I don't like.

But now to Young Rose: For me, the name describes the fragrance perfectly, because this is not a classic rose fragrance (the kind that smells like grandma to one or the other), but a sparkling, fresh, playful - young - interpretation. At the beginning, I smell something sparkling - probably due to the Szechuan pepper. It has a champagne-like quality like Zarkoperfume - Pink Molecule, albeit much less intense. For me, Young Rose is the most successful translation of the word "girly" into a fragrance. Because it is not cardboardy sweet, but "girly" in a cooler, more self-confident sense. That's why I don't think Young Rose is only suitable for young people. But when I wear it, I feel the lightness and freedom of my early 20s, when you didn't know exactly where you were going and took everything a little less seriously. For me, it fits perfectly into spring and I think it will always remain a favorite - if only because it opened my way into the world of fragrances.