Rise

Since this was being offered at such a low price, I felt as if I had to try it out even if it ended being something that wasn't for me. I did research the notes online and they include some of my absolute favorites: bergamot, freesia, and jasmine. To me, this is a sophisticated floral with the right amount of woods and musk in the base. Some have considered this spicy because of the basil, but this note makes the scent very fresh smelling, not too sweet or too heavy. Some people have also said that this is a mature scent but I disagree. It's just not a sugary-sweet celebrity scent but appropriate for someone of any age group. I can't quite put my finger on it, but this is very reminiscent of 90s perfumes of my childhood. A family member or teacher must have had something very similar. I worn this outside yesterday and the scent was gone in several minutes. I've been wearing this for about an hour inside this morning and I can still smell the fragrance, it's just a very subtle woods even on my wrists. Each time I sprayed quite a lot almost like a body spray and certainly not an EDP. Either way, a 1oz bottle is easy enough to carry around to re-apply throughout the day. What I don't like is that this seemingly has a high alcohol content and slightly stings even a while after spraying. The rumors are true though. The box looks nice but this is the ugliest perfume bottle I have ever seen. The top is painted plastic piece that resembles crystal shards. I don't understand how Beyonce could have ever approved this design. It looks so much like those consolation trophies they give kids now-a-days but for the price, that doesn't really matter. I keep my fragrances and cosmetics in a dark drawer to keep them from going bad anyway.

Just bought a gift set of this perfume yesterday at my local sears store for $17! It included a 30ml bottle of the parfum, 75ml bottle of lotion & 75ml bottle of shower gel. From my first sniff from the bottle, I do like it! It seems to me to be a fresh and light perfume. It is a little on the powdery side! Honestly, I own all of her perfumes, except for Heat Ultimate Elixr and Heat Wild Orchid, and to me, this is her most mature perfume. Kudos to Beyonce. I could not find this parfum for a decent price before, but I was extremely happy to find it in Sears for such an awesome price yesterday! Now, I just need to purchase the Wild Orchid! I will edit and add more to my review tomorrow after wearing the parfum and associated products! :) Edit: 9/15/14: So I wore this fragrance today, and I can honestly say that I loved it! It was very nice, and a bit refreshing! I did find it light, and that it didn't last extremely long, but it was long enough and was very pleasant and inoffensive and sweet! I agree with others and can say that I honestly do see Beyonce wearing this fragrance herself! It is a mature scent! I do think that it is worth the money, it definitely did NOT smell cheap, so I definitely recommend this fragrance to others who want something that does NOT smell cheap, is beautiful but also inoffensive at the same time! I will probably purchase a larger bottle at some point. :) Kudos to Beyonce, because I do love RISE!

I had no interest in this at all. I was testing a scent or two, and this was in my path. One squirt and I fell in love! I think this is wonderful! I'm a bit skeered though. Even if it's cheap, it doesn't last? I dunno.....French Fries cap <----hilarious!!!!!!!!! My first thought was pineapple and OOGLY! I like the slim bottle enough though. UPDATED 3/10/18 This is a favorite of mine. I'll purchase again when this is gone. It's a beautiful scent...easily a signature scent. It's quite musky, so you must love musk. The apricot is so appealing to me. This is for young and old alike. I find the longevity comparable to most any scent. I agree it isn't one to fill even an elevator, but it's certainly there for hugs! I wear perfume every day. But upon wearing this the last couple days, my husband stops and sniffs and very much enjoys this one. He wears, by MY choice, Penguin. These two scents are very similar with a lovely musk and they go together perfectly. I find the two to be a his & hers. I may be a perfume snob. I find too many expensive ones to NOT please as well as numerous cheap scents. You can call me a cheap azz snob! lol I love this in every way. If you love musk, this is right up there with Jovan and Alyssa Ashley.

Well, I have had this frgrance a few months now, I thought at the beginning it was just ok, but to my surprise I have used almost half the bottle and grown to absolutley love it! I even considered briefly how to get hold of another bottle when it's done? Almost unheard of with me and celebrity scents, usually when they are done we part ways (SJP Lovely being an exception which sadly I hear is discontinued :( ). I am usually not a huge fan of Beyonce's fragrances on the whole, although I did like 'Pulse'. Anyways the scent itself: Starts with a fresh note of Basil, which lasts a few mins on me. Behind the basil lies a wonderful deep, quite sweet musk scent. It gets deeper over time, it hangs around a long time but close to the skin (which is what it states in the description). It is in no way cloying or overpowering though. I'm not really getting any florals, I don't get any patchouli type smell either that some have mentioned. I adore vetiver in my frags so this could be why I love this one so much. I also feel this is a tad more grown up than her previous scents, they all felt a little teenagery to me. The body lotion really adds to the longevity of this one and is amazingly thick and moisturising.

JASMINE-SAMBAC & CASHMIRWOOD. This underrated gem opens with a short burst of fruity-florals to a beautiful creamy cashmirwood fragrance. The softer scent profile is longer lasting than you would expect from the reviews. I was pleasantly surprised by this fragrance. Opens with a fruity-citrus burst of apricot supported by multi-faceted bergamot with a faint aromatic touch from basil. The basil here is less forward than the notes would suggest. The opening deepens into a white-floral heart of jasmine-sambac with citrus, clean, fruity, aromatic, sweet, warm-spicy & fresh facets, all resting on a floral support of musky cashmirwoods supported by multi-faceted vetiver. Jasmine-sambac is the star of the show here, and is more forward than the notes would suggest, with warm-spicy, fruity & honeyed-floral tones. On the skin I get more of the vetiver, with a buttery near-pineapple sweetness, spicy woods, & pencil shavings. Performance is a little better than expected, with good projection for the first while, and average longevity. Overall: Affordable, and beautiful jasmine-sambac scent with average performance. It's a love for me. Enjoy!

I won this on ebay, and just received it today. As soon as I sprayed it, I was shocked as to just how much it smells like Yves Saint Laurent's Manifesto, which I also have. I've been wearing Manifesto a lot lately, and this does smell a lot like it, especially upon first spray. As it dries down, it is weaker than Manifesto, but has that same warm, cozy, vanilla scent. There seems to be a little more wood notes in Rise, but it's not over done. I have issue at times with wood notes, but this is just lovely. The bottle is weird, even for me who likes kitschy bottles sometimes. It's not horrible, I'm just not sure what it's trying to be? A torch, a golden beam? I guess it's almost art deco looking, and at least not as weird as Beyoncé's Pulse perfume bottles. I'm loving this, but I do wish it were stronger. Manifesto definitely has it beat on that front, but for the price, I can just reapply. I'm loving this juice.

Not a fan of the artiste, but once again I have fallen for another scent in the Beyonce line. I dislike the original Heat and the flankers, but I adore Pulse, Pulse NYC and the Summer edition. Rise is, in one word, Wonderful. I give all credit to the creators. The longevity and sillage is good and I love that Maya Angelou's poem is the inspiration for the name. I feel great wearing it whether or not I get complimented. I encourage "celeb" fragrance haters to at least sample Rise. I do not think they would be disappointed. Not at all. Even if it does not suit your taste you could still admit that it is a good attempt to "rise" above the plethora of sickeningly sweet gourmand concoctions that abound these days. I think the celebrity perfume market is becoming aware that women, even young ones, are tired of smelling like candy. Sugary sweet is cute sometimes, but come on... its been done to death now.

Hmmm this scent is very interesting good but interesting. I really honestly think that this has been done before besides the strangly unique bottle and the catch line! I'm glad that she is gearing in a totally new and fresh direction and that this is not another heat! Even thought I like and have every one of them with the original still being my favorite. Rise I believe is my 2nd favorite Beyonce perfume it starts off very fresh with a white musky floral which is very pleasant and sophisticated in my opinion but then rise unfortunately falls FLAT! It just turns into a soft pretty vanilla scent after about an hour of the amazing top which is sad bc I really love the top but oh we'll it's still worth it if u love beyonce and her fragrances :) 8/10

I really don't understand the negative comments on this fragrance. Ok, not exactly a fan of the cap, but the fragrance is nice. Idk, it might be all about body chemistry, but on me this is a warm cashmere-apricot scent with a twist of citrus and woody drydown. Pretty much like the listed notes. I appreciate and use it more than other celebrity fragrances and get many compliments (so people around me seem to like it also). I was hesitating on getting it in blind, due to mixed opinions about it, but a few moths ago I found a store that had a tester, and I was sooo surprised that it wasn't bad at all. Longevity is moderate, I get more than 4 hours of it, but I really like the scent, it wasn't expensive, so I don't regret buying it at all..

I recommend this perfume to anyone! It's sweet and doesn't give me a headache. The disclaimer is it doesn't last long (on me) but that doesn't mean it doesn't smell good! To me, this smells like a sweet hairspray/hairmist or a body mist because it's just so light and easy to wear. It can be for young people in their teenage years or even older women so there's no particular age limit for this perfume which is what I love about it. The bottle is very interesting and beautiful...kinda reminds me of 'Fame' by Lady Gaga. I have the 50ml bottle, but it seems so big...but it's just a tall bottle. Very impressed, Beyoncè always seems to make one of the best beauty products, even though there are many other celebrity perfumes I love.

This is a really clean, warm, cozy powdery and woodsy perfume with a sort of sweetness which is difficult to point out. I don't think the fruit note in this is distinct because it just really blends well with everything. It reminds me a little of Bath and Body Works Cashmere Glow except way way wayyyy less vanilla and fruit (pretty much none) and more powdery. But it still retains that cozy, cuddly quality that is so strong in Cashmere Glow. It's a bit of a no-nonsense perfume...Not flirty, playful etc but once again it's really warm, cozy and pretty. So feminine. It's really soft and inoffensive. Perfect if you work in an office, are a nurse, teacher, etc.

My expectations for this were low, being a $20 shelf celebrity perfume but I am loving it! I do like a good tonka fragrance and though it's not in the notes, nor is vanilla, that is what I'm getting. Sweet, creamy, a little woody, vanillic-tonka notes. Cozy and elegant at the same time. Manifesto is one of my favourites and this does have a similarity. The bottle is nice, but it all goes to pot when you get to that cheap gold plastic cap. The juice inside is fantastic, I maybe just need to toss out the cap. I think I may have to grab a backup of this, especially given it's only twenty bucks.

As a huge fan of Queen B, i have been collecting and buying her perfumes since Heat came out. From all of her perfumes, Rise is the only one that i didn't buy because i did not like it and found it lame.. But,i received as a gift and thats how i got it in my shelf. To be true, Rise smells great, but its not my taste, as im not a fan of musky woodsy notes. But id love to smell it on someone else... Nice longevity, poor sillage. And yes, Rise smells a lot like Manifesto. UPDATE I really love it now! Heavenly soft almost like a baby oil...

I'm still puzzled about this fragrance. When I sprayed this fragrance, I got this cleaning product smell that eventually dries down to something soft and pleasant almost like Oxygene by Lanvin but i didn't really enjoy the opening on this fragrance. I couldn't detect any of the notes listed above but when wearing this fragrance, you probably would want to put this on 20 minutes before you leave out the door or encounter another person so you're not walking around smelling like you just finished cleaning your bathroom.

I got the Rise gift set for Christmas this year and I love it! It's the perfect perfume to wear for winter. It's so easy to find good spring and summer scents, but winter is more challenging. Rise is so light and beautiful, it mixes nicely with the cold air. It really stands out. It's probably my favorite Beyoncé fragrance. It's much more mature smelling than all of the Heat fragrances, and I like it better than all of the Pulse fragrances I've smelled so far. I definitely recommend it.

I'm with the Yay's here. I've been looking at this fragrance for almost a year and then I saw an 'our-version-of' at Urban Planet. The 2 for $15 perfumes there are usually close enough to the real-deal, that it gives you a general idea of the fragrance. That's where I finally got to smell it. It seemed very nice and so I bought the real RISE. So nice!! To me it's almost creamy. Very comforting and inoffensive.

Its opening notes include apricot, Italian bergamot and iced basil sorbet. The main note of the perfume is, of course, orchid and this time it is an orchid called "Golden Symphony", which is mixed with freesia and Sambac jasmine flowers and placed at the base of the autumn woods, cashmere, musk and vetiver.

I smell mostly orchid, cashmere wood and apricot on a powdery musk base. On first spray this reminds me a lot of Chanel Allure. ETA I find the lotion to be a bit different-in it I detect the basil that is (for me) missing in the perfume though the basic scent is the same.

I just bought this today at Kohl's. I bought the 1.7 oz. because they didn't have a 3.3 oz. It is such a beautiful scent. It has some creamy elements to it and it kind of reminds me of an 80's perfume that my mom used to wear. Great job, Beyonce!

Love this perfume!! After I bought it, had to buy another two (it was on sale), just in case :) It lasts long enough on my skin and clothes. Any other perfume would make me sick after a while, but I love this one.