Rose Roger & Gallet 2007 Eau Parfumée

Somehow I have managed to avoid Roger & Gallet my entire life. Not sure how or why, but all that changed, with a recent wearing of ROSE eau douce parfumée. This is a very light natural-smelling cologne featuring a pleasant, slightly sweet rose scent.

I'm not going to complain that the sillage is low and longevity poor, because no one ever claimed that this was supposed to be perfume. Instead, it's a friendly body spray-type scent best suited for a quick pick-me-up or when wants just a touch of rosiness. Smells just fine, for what it is. No complaints.

This perfume is just a little more than rose.

It was the first perfume my mother got for me during my high school years as a present.
I still have a few millilitres left to remind me of her thoughtful gift, even if she never was into perfumes (although she did really like my Ninfea decant).
Feelings apart, which are an important, added value attributed to our perfumes that makes us love them even more, Rose is a pretty scent that I think it's more of a peony scent rather than being just rose.

It opens as citrusy, reminds me of the oil that you can squeeze off the peels of citrus fruits, but not from a lemon, It's not sour. It's fresh and juicy.

Soon after, all I can smell is peony. A scent I find difficult to describe because I know so little of it, yet had perceived in some perfumes already without really knowing what it was. I first smelled a real peony in Leiden's botanical gardens in the Netherlands. As soon as I put my nose near the flower I went immediately like "Ah-a!", so that was what mom's gift smells like. After almost 8 years I had finally found out. It's not as deeply perfumed as a true peony flower, but it is similar.

In the background there's a sweet and shy, pink rose that feels bright and dewy.
But in the perfume's short-lived stay, I don't think she's at the centre of the picture frame.
There's a certain fruitiness that sticks around.

I don't know about amber as I'm not familiar with the note, but I am sure that I do not detect a trace of almond milk in this- at all. A pity, since I love almond milk.

It's a light, fresh flowery perfume that doesn't last long, but its short stay is very much appreciated. Lovely and pretty to wear during daytime, even for an innocent date, that would be cute.

It's not spectacular or ground-breaking, but because of the emotional value, I don't think I'll ever forget about this scent.

Roger & Gallet is known for finely scented body care. Especially for the soaps, often in multipacks, very nicely packaged. Not so much for perfumes. However, the scents, particularly the latest series from which this Eau Douce Parfumée comes, are all beautifully crafted "classics" (Thé Vert, Gingembre, Bois d'Orange, etc.). By the way, they are preferably found in pharmacies.

This one revolves around the rose. And this rose is a very fresh, rosy rose. Not spectacular, not profound, but very likeable and also delicious. Just the right amount of sweetness to make it lovely, yet still dew-fresh. And just the right amount of woodiness to give it a slightly bitter development, without ever feeling like you're in a forest. The bottle made of frosted glass with the stylized pink flowers on it shows the way: delightful, rosy, zesty, fresh. Especially nice in summer, for that rosy-woody freshness kick.

The intensity of the scent is quite decent, unfortunately the longevity is less so. It's just an Eau Douce Parfumée after all. An overdose is therefore virtually impossible. But reapplying is fun, and the price is also agreeable. If you don't want to be too heavily perfumed but still want to smell good - here's a lovely rose.

My mission is supposedly to sniff out all the roses. And as I must admit, I almost exclusively enjoy these fresh rose scents. I feel they simply suit me best, and the roses know it too when we meet and can smell each other. I have already discovered many for myself, I have my favorites, but this one will also belong to that group. There is no other that smells quite like this. Fruity, light, yet special and very ROSE, but not ONLY.

When one hears "fruity," they probably envision a fruit salad in their mind's eye. Or perhaps fruits hanging from a tree. Roger & Gallet Rose is indeed fruity, but more in the berry direction. You sense the fruits, but you haven't taken a bite, and they are not quite ripe yet, hiding among their leaves.
Here, the rose is very bright, radiant, and friendly, also suitable for a very young audience. Like a little breath of rose that brings good cheer. I don't feel that the scent is lacking anything, or that I should layer it, as with some other soliflores.

Another tip, please don't pay too much attention to the ratings for rose scents, if at all. The rose haters will undervalue them anyway, for others the scent named "Rose" will seem far too simple and boring (you can tell by the name...), for some an edt or edc will be too weak... and so on..

Best to sniff them all out, together with me :D

My recently discovered love for rose scents is not reciprocated here. And I was so looking forward to it....
Roger & Gallet's Rose definitely comes across as fruity; the mandarin is not discernible as such, but the top note clearly leans towards the citrus side.
Desperately, I wait for the rose to reveal itself. Nope, not in the mood today. At least not on my skin. A nice floral accord does emerge, but no rose in sight. Or should the Nepal rose smell so unrosy? One never knows.
There are white flowers, without a doubt, underpinned by light amber. I also cannot directly identify the almond note, perhaps through a slight sweet undertone in the dry down. But only very faintly.

Conclusion: a pleasant, very light pleasure, whose name slightly irritates me. However, aside from that, rose can be worn well during the day. Don't forget to reapply, very fleeting.