Rose & Bergamote

Lovely. For quite a while I am on the hunt for an "honest" rose scent without all the sugary-ness. I am prone to headaches when I wear sweet scents. So yes, I am very happy with this perfume. I have the concentrée version an if I can find the large refill I will surely buy it. It is january now, and it colours the grey, drab rainy days, but I look forward to wearing this in spring!

Love at first sniff. Ten bucks for a spray bottle at Walgreens; why not? Very lovely scent to go in the purse for spraying on the go. Suprisingly good sillage and throw. Like I said, why not?

Bergamote & Rose Sauvage opens with the dry, slightly peppery greenness of geranium, which is soon followed by a natural redolence of rose. The rose here is not the wan, watery type, but a true, peachy rose showing its fruity, honeyed, a tad spicy and dried tea leaf nuances. Since I don't perceive the bergamot separately, I'm guessing that's where I got the citrus tea connotation. The sillage is moderate at first, but it soon drops to close to skin after about 15 minutes. The dry down sees the rose turns drier, like dried petals, then muskier and slightly powdery, with a tad tartness of citrus fruits. The fragrance lasts around 5 hours on my skin. Although it's arguably not as sophisticated as the many grand rose perfumes, Bergamote & Rose Sauvage is still impressive enough at its price range, in which most rose fragrances tend to be fresh to the extent of being insubstantial. If you are interested in the complex aroma of rose but would like an affordable option as a start, I think Bergamote & Rose Sauvage would be a lovely introduction.

Simple, slightly green rose. What vanilla there is is mercifully clean. Like smelling the rose and geranium standing in a bright white porcelain vase, and somehow smelling the vase too. No-one’s going to be hunting through dusty warehouses in thirty years looking for the last bottle, but it’ll probably all have sold anyway because it smells really good for what you pay. Far from long lasting, but that’s not always a bad thing; bung a bit on on a bright morning with the windows open and look at a lovely tree with a squirrel in it.

I only half-like this; it's too green for my taste. However, there is a more concentrated version of this, with a black instead of white label on the bottle (not yet listed in the database). And I really like that version. It's softer and to me smells of rose and vanilla. It's a very safe scent; perhaps even a bit boring at first, but delicious in the dry-down (still speaking of the more concentrated version).