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The Coveted Duchess Rose Penhaligon's 2016

The Coveted Duchess Rose by Penhaligon's

Bottle Design Marc Ange, Illustration: Kristjana S Williams

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7.5 / 10 258 Ratings

A popular perfume by Penhaligon's for women, released in 2016. The scent is floral-woody. It is being marketed by Puig.
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Main accords

Floral

Woody

Fresh

Fruity

Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Mandarin orange

Heart Notes

Rosa centifolia

Base Notes

Vanilla

Woody notes

Perfumer

Christophe Raynaud

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Ratings

Scent

7.5258 Ratings

Longevity

6.9202 Ratings

Sillage

6.6202 Ratings

Bottle

8.6203 Ratings

Value for money

5.997 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone, last update on 12/01/2024.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the "Portraits" collection.

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Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

10/29/2024

2
Pricing 2
Sillage 3
Longevity 7
Scent

LastWonder
222 Reviews

LastWonder

1

Sugary Rose

Penhaligon describes this as a scent for a young bride brimming with passion for her negligent husband. I think this scent is for an even younger audience. I imagine more of a young girl who is barely in her teens, who is walking through a rose garden while eating sweets, rubbing the excess sugar off her fingers onto the rose petals. This is a candy sweet rose, like it was plucked at its prime and coated in a thing layer of sugar. Its a very young and very pretty rose. I didn't pick up much of the wood.

This is another fairly weak fragrance from Penhaligon. It lasts a little over 3 hours on skin and has little to no projection. Like most Penhaligon fragrances, its expensive. They offer 75ml for $315. Its a nice rose but not that nice.

10/11/2023

3
Longevity 7.5
Scent

ScentStudio
147 Reviews

ScentStudio

1

A very shy rose

Y'all know how I feel about rose scents... Alas, it is in the set and I will give it a fair chance.

From the first spray, this is giving me Chloé vibes - pure and clean florals, however, a little more mature and a little soapy. Yet again, this is more of a spring scent than for autumn. Though I dislike florals, I have to say Duchess Rose is more inviting to try on my skin than Lady Blanche was.

On skin, Duchess Rose has the same Chloé-esque quality to its florals. Somewhat soapy too. It is quite light and airy for a rose scent. It is in fact a fine fragrance, light, feminine and soft.
Duchess Rose is so light that I reapplied generously just after it dried down. Even though I was generous to begin with!
In all honesty, the fragrance is barely there. Very personal and only those passing you by or standing next to you, would be able to smell it.

I usually wear a fragrance for some hours and write my final take then, but I completely forgot. Why? Because Duchess Rose is so faint and lasts only a few hours.
I can only smell her close to skin.
What I do smell is a pleasant, light take on a classic rose.

04/02/2021

OhhhCologne
9 Reviews

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OhhhCologne

5

Duchess Rose, the wicked temptress

and that's what she really is. On the present of the distinguished society she seems feminine, mysterious and almost shy.

What no one knows: she is calculating and frivolous. Like a spider that carefully and slowly spans her web, she quietly waits for her victim. If she has spied it, her looks act like an aphrodisiac on her victim. She wraps it in her scent of full-bodied red roses and irresistible tangerine. The attraction is too strong, there is no escape.

In the adjacent forest of the castle under the protection of the trees, she has her victim all to herself. At least for a few hours... However, at midnight at the latest, the parents Lady Blanche and Lord George expect the young duchess as usual in the premises of the castle

03/06/2021

10
Pricing 10
Bottle 8
Sillage 7
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Jungsmama
23 Reviews

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Jungsmama

1

An expensive, wicked rose

The fragrance starts the first seconds gently, yet a tad fresh and smells like a ripe tangerine.
The tangerine says goodbye quickly and instead comes the elegant, expensive rose that knows what it wants! - She wants to stand out! But in a seductive, sexy and mysterious way and whiteness what in no way seems cheap.
The toned down woody notes give the rest and round it off.
A rose fragrance that is loud - but yet restrained.
The bottle is definitely a looker. (: