Damask rose
Rosa centifolia absolute
Chamomile
Damask rose absolute
Rosa centifolia
Lychee
Artichoke
04/16/2023
Iceblocks
35 Reviews
Iceblocks
Helpful Review
3
Very chic, and likely to be a sleeper hit for Diptyque
I love the original Eau Rose so I jumped on this as soon as it was released. Diptyque also stated at the time that it was a limited edition, so there may or may not have been a hint of FOMO in that purchase - I wasn't sure how long they were intending to offer the parfum version, but I certainly wasn't about to find out the hard way.
(Turns out that the limited edition packaging was what they were talking about, not the fragrance itself - phew! Shouldn't have worried!)
The original Eau Rose EDT starts with sweet lychee and rose. It's fresh, dewy, light - a rose after a spring shower, the scent of a rose caught on a breeze, a rose in a garden. It's a little fruity, a little musky, it's somehow clean without ever verging into soapy. It's a delicate, sweet, breezy tea rose.
The EDP is, to be honest, more of a flanker scent than it is a "concentration" of the original EDT. It has the same fingerprint, the same Diptyque elegance, but they're recognisably different fragrances. It's "the mother" to the EDT's "maiden".
It opens up a little denser than the EDT, and with only the lightest touch of the sparkling lychee that so dominates the top notes of the original. It's significantly less sweet and less breezy - a step towards unisex. The rose is still a beautiful, naturalistic rose - but it's a rose near the end of its bloom, a rose that's starting to droop a little. It's denser, thicker, more of the "plant" evident behind it. We're nowhere near L'ombre Dans L'Eau territory - but it's definitely more green than the original, and it has more depth.
It's also a calm, somewhat creamy, musky, green. It might just be the power of suggestion but I honestly get why they've listed chamomile and artichoke as notes. I can picture this as a vase of cut roses next to chamomile tea in a fancy front parlour somewhere - dust motes dancing in the lazy afternoon sun, the window open to the garden beyond, a quiet sleepy heaviness over the scene. If the EDT is "bubbly and fresh", then this is "composed and reserved".
It's not a jammy lipstick rose. It's not a spicy, powdered rose. It's a naturalistic, dense, quiet, artichoke-creamy rose with chamomile running in the background. Very smooth. Very well blended.
It lasts longer than the EDT, though that's not saying much - on me, the EDT flits away like a butterfly as soon as it lands on skin. The EDP does appear to have more lasting power, but it's a power that shows itself through the occasional wafting glimpse of the scent rather than the upfront brashness that some fragrances prefer.
Is it actually worth the price, which keeps increasing each year? Would I have actually caved and bought this if I hadn't idly been dreaming of an EDP version of Eau Rose not a week before I saw the ad? That, I can't answer for you. Go sample and find out.
(Turns out that the limited edition packaging was what they were talking about, not the fragrance itself - phew! Shouldn't have worried!)
The original Eau Rose EDT starts with sweet lychee and rose. It's fresh, dewy, light - a rose after a spring shower, the scent of a rose caught on a breeze, a rose in a garden. It's a little fruity, a little musky, it's somehow clean without ever verging into soapy. It's a delicate, sweet, breezy tea rose.
The EDP is, to be honest, more of a flanker scent than it is a "concentration" of the original EDT. It has the same fingerprint, the same Diptyque elegance, but they're recognisably different fragrances. It's "the mother" to the EDT's "maiden".
It opens up a little denser than the EDT, and with only the lightest touch of the sparkling lychee that so dominates the top notes of the original. It's significantly less sweet and less breezy - a step towards unisex. The rose is still a beautiful, naturalistic rose - but it's a rose near the end of its bloom, a rose that's starting to droop a little. It's denser, thicker, more of the "plant" evident behind it. We're nowhere near L'ombre Dans L'Eau territory - but it's definitely more green than the original, and it has more depth.
It's also a calm, somewhat creamy, musky, green. It might just be the power of suggestion but I honestly get why they've listed chamomile and artichoke as notes. I can picture this as a vase of cut roses next to chamomile tea in a fancy front parlour somewhere - dust motes dancing in the lazy afternoon sun, the window open to the garden beyond, a quiet sleepy heaviness over the scene. If the EDT is "bubbly and fresh", then this is "composed and reserved".
It's not a jammy lipstick rose. It's not a spicy, powdered rose. It's a naturalistic, dense, quiet, artichoke-creamy rose with chamomile running in the background. Very smooth. Very well blended.
It lasts longer than the EDT, though that's not saying much - on me, the EDT flits away like a butterfly as soon as it lands on skin. The EDP does appear to have more lasting power, but it's a power that shows itself through the occasional wafting glimpse of the scent rather than the upfront brashness that some fragrances prefer.
Is it actually worth the price, which keeps increasing each year? Would I have actually caved and bought this if I hadn't idly been dreaming of an EDP version of Eau Rose not a week before I saw the ad? That, I can't answer for you. Go sample and find out.
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