Top Notes 
Rose
Bitter orange
Italian bergamot
Mandarin orange
Neroli
Heart Notes 
Marine notes
Immortelle absolute
Jasmine
Base Notes 
Musk
Amber
Cistus
Ambrette seed
03/06/2013
Sherapop
1239 Reviews
Sherapop
2
Watery but not aquatic, Open but not radiant...
Coincidentally I was wearing MDCI ROSE DE SIWA last night, and today's episode of my ongoing journey through the seemingly endless house of Rosine happens to feature a perfume which covers some of the same territory: UNE ROSE AU BORD DE LA MER.
To be honest, I put off testing this entry in the Rosine line-up because of the name. I'm not much for aquatic fragrances, so when I see the word 'mer' [sea], I generally steer clear, since it usually means that calone will be looming large, and I seem to be intolerant of that substance to the point where it induces in me a feeling akin to seasickness--appropriately enough.
No such problem here. UNE ROSE AU BORD DE LA MER is indeed a watery rose, but it is not at all aquatic, at least not in the sense meant by that term in modern perfumery. The scent here is both rosey and watery, rather like drops of water on rose petals. There is also an open quality here which, too, reminds me of ROSE DE SIWA. However, there is a difference: the open quality in ROSE DE SIWA is similar to the effect I've perceived in creations such as TERRE D'HERMES and ENCRE NOIRE, which pack such a punch of iso-E-super that they literally clear my sinuses and make it difficult to detect some of the intended notes of the perfume.
In UNE ROSE AU BORD DE LA MER, the rose is front and center and not at all outweighed by "radiance"-making molecules. This is a very natural-smelling, clean and fresh and watery rose scent, without being soapy or aquatic. Another winner from Rosine, I definitely recommend this perfume to anyone who likes MDCI ROSE DE SIWA--and also those who find that composition a touch too "radiant".
To be honest, I put off testing this entry in the Rosine line-up because of the name. I'm not much for aquatic fragrances, so when I see the word 'mer' [sea], I generally steer clear, since it usually means that calone will be looming large, and I seem to be intolerant of that substance to the point where it induces in me a feeling akin to seasickness--appropriately enough.
No such problem here. UNE ROSE AU BORD DE LA MER is indeed a watery rose, but it is not at all aquatic, at least not in the sense meant by that term in modern perfumery. The scent here is both rosey and watery, rather like drops of water on rose petals. There is also an open quality here which, too, reminds me of ROSE DE SIWA. However, there is a difference: the open quality in ROSE DE SIWA is similar to the effect I've perceived in creations such as TERRE D'HERMES and ENCRE NOIRE, which pack such a punch of iso-E-super that they literally clear my sinuses and make it difficult to detect some of the intended notes of the perfume.
In UNE ROSE AU BORD DE LA MER, the rose is front and center and not at all outweighed by "radiance"-making molecules. This is a very natural-smelling, clean and fresh and watery rose scent, without being soapy or aquatic. Another winner from Rosine, I definitely recommend this perfume to anyone who likes MDCI ROSE DE SIWA--and also those who find that composition a touch too "radiant".
