Rose Imaginaire Roger & Gallet 2012
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Helpful Review
Interesting idea moderately well executed
First, a small preface:
That there is not "the" rose is clear to me.
For example, I have never found a rose that even comes close to competing with the (albeit rather ugly) fragrant rose that my grandma has in her garden. I could recognize similarities to other roses, but I would almost prefer to eat my grandma's rose rather than look at it or smell it.
Such a delicious richness of facets is hard to express with a rose perfume. I don't find it so far-fetched to rely on fruity notes in this case.
Since I was in a bit of a hurry, I didn't even notice the "imaginaire" and thought, since the other fragrances displayed next to it had such mono-names, that it was simply supposed to be a rose scent.
At the very beginning, I was positively surprised. It was neither the usual artificiality in the attempt to chemically recreate roses nor a rose water scent - which I do like, but it differs significantly from the scent of a blooming rose.
I smelled an aromatic natural rose. Yes, a rose! Of course, one can also imagine a lot, but since I have often enough not been able to smell what was written on the label, I think it is not poorly executed.
A little later, unfortunately, it becomes noticeably artificial and, for my taste, a bit too opulently floral.
If you mix jasmine AND violet, it's no wonder, I think.
Around the same time, the scent begins to become powdery. After barely 2 hours, it is so dusty-powdery that I no longer want to smell it on my arm; I cannot or do not want to evaluate details or longevity accordingly.
I like patchouli and sandalwood, but based on the listed ingredients, I smelled more like freeze-dried flowers, stripped of their sweet floralness, combined with a dead, dusty hint of patchouli. What a shame. Nothing warm or friendly could be recognized.
However, since the perfume does not smell so strong that it bothers me when I have it on my wrist and don't like it, I will sniff it again soon, knowing the scent notes and with a bit more leisure.
However, I can hardly imagine that I will ever buy it.
That there is not "the" rose is clear to me.
For example, I have never found a rose that even comes close to competing with the (albeit rather ugly) fragrant rose that my grandma has in her garden. I could recognize similarities to other roses, but I would almost prefer to eat my grandma's rose rather than look at it or smell it.
Such a delicious richness of facets is hard to express with a rose perfume. I don't find it so far-fetched to rely on fruity notes in this case.
Since I was in a bit of a hurry, I didn't even notice the "imaginaire" and thought, since the other fragrances displayed next to it had such mono-names, that it was simply supposed to be a rose scent.
At the very beginning, I was positively surprised. It was neither the usual artificiality in the attempt to chemically recreate roses nor a rose water scent - which I do like, but it differs significantly from the scent of a blooming rose.
I smelled an aromatic natural rose. Yes, a rose! Of course, one can also imagine a lot, but since I have often enough not been able to smell what was written on the label, I think it is not poorly executed.
A little later, unfortunately, it becomes noticeably artificial and, for my taste, a bit too opulently floral.
If you mix jasmine AND violet, it's no wonder, I think.
Around the same time, the scent begins to become powdery. After barely 2 hours, it is so dusty-powdery that I no longer want to smell it on my arm; I cannot or do not want to evaluate details or longevity accordingly.
I like patchouli and sandalwood, but based on the listed ingredients, I smelled more like freeze-dried flowers, stripped of their sweet floralness, combined with a dead, dusty hint of patchouli. What a shame. Nothing warm or friendly could be recognized.
However, since the perfume does not smell so strong that it bothers me when I have it on my wrist and don't like it, I will sniff it again soon, knowing the scent notes and with a bit more leisure.
However, I can hardly imagine that I will ever buy it.
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