Bamboo Rose Eau de Cologne

This is one of my favorite rose perfumes in my collection. It’s the perfect natural rose IMO. I’m typically not a fan of “green” accords cause they tend to be throat-catching and too grassy for me, but here, I think it serves its purpose perfectly. The green accords here just elevate and beautify the rose notes. It feels like walking through a rose bush garden, in the early hours of a spring morning, when it’s still a bit chilly out. The flowers haven’t very bloomed and opened up to the sun, and some the morning dew is still hanging on the flower buds and falling off the leaves. The pink pepper, musk, and amber add ever so slightly to the depth of the roses here. It’s really something special. A stunning rose for the spring and summer, and got me a compliment that last time I wore it to work. Can easily be oversprayed. Fresh, light, pretty, green, and slightly aquatic. I can’t wait for it to get hot outside again so I can wear it. Again, I don’t know why this one or the Aerin Eau De Cologne collection didn’t get more attention. I feel like this an easy rose that a lot of people would love. I will keep this in my collection as long as it’s around (although, it’s a 6.8 oz bottle that I feel like will never run out).

A truly beautiful wet green scent with freshly cut roses mixed in. Reminds me of a lighter fresher version of So Pretty by Cartier. One of Aerin's best offerings that wears more like an EDT than a cologne. Found this hidden on the back bottom shelf at an outlet at 70% off the lowest price and stands as one my best blind buys ever. Thumbs way way up.

Watch the video on these colognes, it's so wonderful and captures the essence of what these unique creations are. This one is roses, but with a green freshness to them, an edge.

When I tested Aerin's Garden Rose last year, I was totally charmed by it: I love the idea of a classic rose scent as a light summer cologne, and I think Garden Rose executes that idea impeccably. So I was eager to test the other rose colognes from the same line as well, and I was very happy when someone sent me a sample of Bamboo Rose. The first few times I tested it, I was puzzled because I thought it smelled almost exactly the same as Garden Rose: it's a similarly true, botanical rose in a similarly light, transparent incarnation. I needed several tests, some of them side by side, to get the difference: bamboo rose is a little more solid, a little greener, and even more natural-smelling. Musk, lime and pepper bring a slightly spicy subtle freshness to the opening of this one, but Garden Rose smells more fresh than anything else to me as well. Projection is modest for both, and longevity is short unless you use a lot of it (which I did by accident today - spilling my sample all over my arm resulted in day-long soft projection: perfect, and I guess that's why you get a big bottle...). I can't decide which one I prefer, but I think it hardly matters: the difference is subtle, and they're both wonderful. I can imagine a full bottle of either one (but not both) of them somewhere in my future, to use abundantly in summer. The only question is why both exist, but they might smell less similar to other people? I'd love to test Linen Rose as well, to see how it compares - the note list looks a little more adventurous, so I imagine there might be more of a difference.

Soft, classical rose cologne with a green, watery/dewy interpretation. Very delicate but present, not too fluffy and not too dense, more like an early spring morning: translucent and fresh. In some moments it's rosier and more floral, in other moments it's a pure fresh green leaves and watery-dew cologne. In other moments still, it reminds me of peony and soft white florals. Subjective feeling: soft serenity or slow joy. Lovely. Feminine but not cliché-ish. Very well-made and fills a place that was missing in my wardrobe. Love it :D ---- As it dries it gets less fresh-green-dewy and more of a fluffy musky rose in a very classical way. It keeps being close to skin but actually lasts around 8h. I prefer the earlier greener phase but this one is pretty too, just less unusual. A strong rose offer, very nice to own and amazing during the first fresh hours.