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05/17/2014
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Spicy Strawberry
Rose opera isn't a screeching opera. It's comforting and beautiful, that scene where the two estranged lovers finally come together. It's youthful, light and happy, and full of fancy, almost whimsical.
In the bottle and on first spray, it smells sweet with a little something else. It's like strawberry jam with an oomph, in this case, supplied by a beautifully prominent saffron! Or as if you were juicing strawberries and spilled it on an open pan of saffron, and then both scents did a little ballroom dance together.
Soon after, I get wafts of roses! Perhaps just a regular rose note or a taif rose (based on my recall of other rose scents I've tried), or even the Turkish rose that is listed here. It's brilliant. It softens up the entire perfume and makes it now a sweet-spicy floral.
1.5 hours in and there's the patchouli and something wet - almost mossy, and slightly woody. A peppery taste also floats around along with the saffron, but Rose Opera is now less spicy than it was at the start.
It lasts about 3.5 hours on me, and as starts to become muted about 30 minutes before it finally dies.
Projection for the most part was pretty good.
Truly a gorgeous gourmand.
In the bottle and on first spray, it smells sweet with a little something else. It's like strawberry jam with an oomph, in this case, supplied by a beautifully prominent saffron! Or as if you were juicing strawberries and spilled it on an open pan of saffron, and then both scents did a little ballroom dance together.
Soon after, I get wafts of roses! Perhaps just a regular rose note or a taif rose (based on my recall of other rose scents I've tried), or even the Turkish rose that is listed here. It's brilliant. It softens up the entire perfume and makes it now a sweet-spicy floral.
1.5 hours in and there's the patchouli and something wet - almost mossy, and slightly woody. A peppery taste also floats around along with the saffron, but Rose Opera is now less spicy than it was at the start.
It lasts about 3.5 hours on me, and as starts to become muted about 30 minutes before it finally dies.
Projection for the most part was pretty good.
Truly a gorgeous gourmand.
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