Rosabotanica

GORGEOUS, in my opinion. A pleasant surprise for me, considering I genuinely did not like Florabotanica and thought it'd be too much of a powdery rose scent. It's not that in the slightest. It's very green and not what you'd expect at all. But this is certainly a perfume that people will either like or dislike. Anything that's very green, earthy and spicy is what I believe to be an acquired taste. (Understandably, since not everyone wants to smell like hot dirt, steamy air and flowers. Haha!) I personally find it divine in its initial intrigue and ability to transform nicely on my skin. Firstly, I am hit with this unbelievably herbal, fresh, vibrant and spicy blend that I find intoxicating. A lot of people were right on the money in that it smells like a hothouse, or an open field after it rains, or how your hands smell after gardening. I truly cannot get enough of how it reminds me of my summers spent in the mountains. Or rainy afternoons on an otherwise nice day and the sun comes back out soon afterward. Simply beautiful. After the dry down, the scent starts to change into something that is a little more generic, yet remains quite nice to me. It's still very warm and a little spicy from the pink pepper. I do find it to be much cleaner, tamer, a little creamy and sweet, and detect a slightly soapy impression once the strong herbal smell fades more. Admittedly, I was at first disappointed the smell that took my breath away faded into something that was safe. But I quickly changed my mind after I kept smelling my wrist or putting my head down my shirt to get a whiff of that clean comfort. I think Balenciaga took a daring scent and made it more modern and wearable for most people in the end. (A testament to Cristobal's style, if I do say so myself.) Adding to my theory is how surprisingly close this perfume sits to the skin. It has very moderate sillage. Overall, I define this scent as being very clean, yet sexy and interesting. I see a very classy and modern lady wearing this. The description given this perfume is "Spicy. Beautiful. Dangerous." which is accurate. I would say it's "Earthy. Spicy. Fresh." LOVE!

So I found this perfume accidentally, I worked in a hotel and somebody left the bottle behind, but there was still a tiny bit inside, so I took it as I loved the design, those flowers just amazed me. Then I tried it one day, I found it interesting, unusual, something I've never met before. As it was a new scent for my nose it hit me sometimes that day and I loved it, loved what it did to my senses. Then I tried to find a similar perfume, tested so many, but couldn't match it with anything. I bought my first Rosabotanica later, that was around 3 years ago. I mixed it with the James Bond 007 for women as I found them go well with each other, also I wanted to save my 30ml Rosabotanica as much as I could. Then I used it all and since then I try to find it somewhere, but I couldn't find anywhere, I mean, I won't buy it for hundreds of pounds from eBay or Amazon. This is my FAVORITE PERFUME. I feel it complicated and heavy and I feel lust when I smell it. GORGEOUS. And I can't buy it anywhere and can't feel it on anybody. Such a shame, how come this amazing perfume is stopped being sold (at least here in the UK). You know, there are perfumes which smell really nice and very popular and everybody is wearing them and so on, but nothing really interesting in them, but you easily can give up on them when you find another lovely one. Rosabotanica is so different. I feel it is kind of a love or hate, you are addicted to it or you just can't stand it. Unfortunately, I'm not an expert who can tell its notes or what it reminds me, I feel it sour and heavy and extremely unique. When I feel it nothing rosiness comes to me, but the sourness and I just love it so much. I'm craving for this perfume, seriously.

These are the notes that I can smell which are totally different to the ones in the pyramid and indeed in the description given by the perfume house itself. The opening is a beautiful effervescent, lemony and grapefruit citrus which is enhanced by a herbal, almost pine like note further enhanced by a sweet woodyness. The grapefruit is slightly bitter and complements the peppery opening. This is a gorgeous fresh start to a wonderful journey into a Spanish orchard in midsummer, when the fruit is ripe and ready for the picking and the smell of harvesting is in the air. Rose??? I'm trying very hard to smell rose since I am a rose lover, (my perfume wardrobe should tell you that) but try as hard as I might, I cannot get a rose note. The fact that there is no rose is not a problem to me as this perfume is astoundingly beautiful and I mean that in all sincerity. This is a stunning fragrance! It surrounds you with the most discreet freshness and unique green aroma of spicy, herbal, citrus florals. It boarders on the sweet but misses it slightly. Indeed, the sweetness that I mention to you, may be misleading since this is a very natural sweetness and not at all sugary or synthetic. One Fragrantican said that this is a complex perfume which needs handling well and I couldn't agree more. This is a complex and intoxicating journey which I am so glad to have taken and the memory of it will surely induce me to purchase a FB in the future.

Oh wow! What can i say about this perfume. It was a blind buy so i wasn't sure what to expect. As soon as i got in the car, i tore the box open and sprayed my wrist and the air. Instantly i was transported to 1990 when i was ten years old sitting in my bedroom with my hamsters. At first all i could feel is hamster cage. I ignored that off putting sense realizing this is not dirty cedar from my hamster cage when i was a kid. The only reason that's where the smell took me is that was the only association i had with cedar. I waited and wow, I'm falling in love, I'm not in my bedroom any more, I'm in a beautiful cedar wood forest, every thing is covered with dew, there's roses in the distance. Im really enjoying this. I've had this perfume fir a while now and i love it more and more each time i wear it. The Cedar is clean, realistic, gorgeous, roses are dewy and distant but there, pink pepper, vetiver and fig are paired along with the Cedar. I've never been so intrigued by a fragrance. I've never felt more powerful, confident, positive in a fragrance. I receive at least 6 compliments a day from men and women while i wear it. Im glad that my un educated nose is becoming more intelligent. Longevity 10hours, sillage arms length. More important than getting compliments is that i feel beautiful when i wear it. Imagine a mystical creature stepping out of a dewy cedar wood forest, that is what this perfume smells like

It's so peculiar. With the endless assault of petitgrain, I should have been able to easily dismiss this fragrance, but it has proven to be rather appealing. Full bottle appealing, actually. It's such a birkenstock fragrance; so L.L. Bean :) It makes me feel I should be out hiking or at least posed in a Lands End catalog pretending. I know it's the effect of the herbal accord but knowing it doesn't make me any less susceptible to the pull. That all being said, I don't want to give the impression Rosabotanica is earthy. It's not. We'd need quite a bit more patchouli here for that, but it is down to earth. Down to earth in a very appealing way. You won't get your 'hands' dirty spraying it. It's green (from the fig leaf and petitgrain), rosy, cleaner. It's conservative in feel, focused...attractive. Rosabotanica not a fragrance I would describe as pretty. I have enough of those. Noteworthy Notes petitgrain rose pepper cardamom! green fig leaves more herbs than listed woods blended and unidentifiable to me, but solid What's not here (and not missed) sweetness creaminess "pretty" So what we have here is a fragrance for the wearer who does not enjoy more 'perfumey' offerings. Be warned, you can't just like herbal leaning fragrances to wear this, you must love them! Fortunately, I do! Well, at least with Rosabotanica I do :)