Rosie

This perfume breaks my heart. I first discovered it in 2020 by purchasing a sample set directly from BRJ. I "kind of" liked Rosie when I smelled it but I put it away. A few months later, I tried it again, and simply fell hopelessly in love. It's one of the most beautiful, intoxicating, hypnotic smells I've ever come across in my entire life. Soft, creamy roses wrapped in sultry musk. It has a very fresh, "watery" quality to it. If you've smelled it, you know what I mean. Extremely feminine and sexy, but not trying to be. It just was sexy. I heard someone else describe it as, "It smells like the kind of people you can't get out of your mind." Spot on. Then the company destroyed it by changing the formula, which they confirmed when I first wrote to them. To make the confusion worse, *after* the formula change, sometimes some batches smell a bit more like the original, but most of them just smell like alcohol, oil, and/or water, virtually no scent. You'll see hundreds of 1 star reviews online, confused customers trying to figure out why what they bought doesn't smell like what they originally smelled or sampled. I've never seen a company more committed to gaslighting their customers. I've written multiple times to ask what's going on with such dramatic and widespread batch variation, and they send me these unbelievably patronizing responses like "it's a subtle scent, even the type of food you eat can alter your perception of it!" Excuse me what? Do you think this is my first perfume ever or I've never eaten with perfume on? Ridiculous. If I could regularly get my hands on that 2020 smell, it would be my signature without question. It's a travesty that something so beautiful was so fleeting. I've tried literally all the products with this scent: big spray, travel spray, fragrance oil, body oil, shower gel, and body milk. There is significant scent variation between products and between batches, and nothing compares to the original, and I finally just gave up. It's just a scent from my past that will forever haunt me.

I'm fascinated by how polarizing this scent is given that it's quite basic and lack-lustre on paper. To me this smells like stepping straight out of a steamy shower, skin is still damp, and there's an open window in the bathroom allowing the scent of freshly rained-on roses to waft through. There is something both warm and cool about this scent that occur at the same time. I'm typically not a fan of rose, but this is a dewy wet, fresh rose that is perfectly balanced by the musk (to my nose). It's clean but not in a soapy or powdery way. This is quite linear, it doesn't develop on my skin but in this case I am grateful since the scent of the initial spray is perfect in my opinion. Performance wise- again I am shocked that some people can't smell this or that it disappears right away (goes to show how different our noses are). For me this creates a perfect scent bubble that truly lasts all day for me - I don't even consider myself to have a particularly sensitive nose. Usually I am smelling my wrists throughout the day to get a whif of my perfume, but with this I don't even have to try. It's just there, in the best way. Fragrances which enhance the natural scent of skin are my favorite, but Its hard to find something long wearing that creates a scent bubble without getting too musky or animalic. I wouldn't change one single thing about Rosie and as long as the formula remains the same I think I would purchase this forever. If I read the reviews on fragrantica before trying this, I probably would have passed on it. If you think you would like this one, I urge you to try it before you pass up on it, it might be underwhelming or disappointing as it is for many people here, or it might become your all time favorite like it is mine.

I’ve been trying to switch to cleaner, more transparent fragrances because I love wearing perfume directly on my skin. So I ordered a discovery set By Rosie Jane. At first, I was honestly disappointed by Rosie. I could barely smell it, and when my partner smelled it, he simply said: “Meih...It just smells clean, like soap.” But the more I wore it, the more I am falling in love of that unique smell. To me, this is a WARM HUG, salty, slightly peppery skin scent (even though pepper isn’t listed). I’m not a fan of rose fragrances, but I hardly notice the rose here. Instead, it’s a soft, addictive musk that reminds me of warm skin and a comforting hug. It’s quietly sensual rather than loud. Perfect for the tropical climate and hot weather where I live. The only downside is the projection. I need quite a few sprays to really enjoy it, and sometimes I wonder if I’ve gone nose-blind. Since I’ve only had it for a short time, I’m still not sure how much other people can smell it. I hope I eventually get a compliment while wearing it—it’s always nice when someone notices your fragrance. I Hope it is not only a skin scent. Still, every time I catch a whiff from my neck or wrists, I want to smell it again. I’ll probably buy a full bottle despite the performance because this scent has become incredibly addictive. I can’t stop smelling it I love it 😍 My only wish is that it had stronger projection

Rosie is similar to the clean airy musk in Dedcool Milk, with a less oily application, and Lake & Skye 11 11 without mineral notes. It's subtly sweetened with rosewater. Performance starts intimate for me but then shockingly warms up to a nice moderate-sized bubble. A great revelation after not experiencing much the first time. It even took me long to try it the first time because I thought it was going to too be powdery and rosy. Not at all. It's more musky and rosewater to me. I tested it again in store with Missing Person and was only getting wafts of Rosie standing in line. With the bottle, that performance has remained consistent. The sillage in the air is also pretty and clean. There's a touch of Phlur Missing Person's warm musky dewiness which I love, but that one is truly missing on me after 10 min and I've tested liberally on skin and clothes many times. It's great I tried this again. Now I have all my different skin musks that cover their own bases, this one being a warm dewy but fresh musk. Not too crisp and cold, or too sweet. Update: The amount of frequent compliments I've received wearing this has been more than any other perfumes I've worn in the public. A testament that soft fragrances also get attention.

I happened upon ownership of the oil rollerball of this and it became a fast favorite. To me, it smells like being safe and clean and cozy. Like you're in a bed with clean sheets and blankets just out the dryer, after taking a soothing shower and bath. It has next to no sillage, but I don't particularly mind. I throw this on when I need to feel better (safe, clean, cozy), or to enhance that sort of relaxing mood. I draw a heart on my wrist, dab it to the other, and dab it on my neck. Maybe put some behind my knees. Basically the only other person who would notice it on me is a lover (who has expressed liking the clean soft scent). I love it so much, that I actually bought the shower gel! My skin is quite sensitive, so I use an unscented baby wash most everywhere most of the time, but I use this when I also need said pick-me-up. My rollerball is coming down to its last 1/5 of product after about 2 years, and I will be replacing it. I think since it's such a personal scent, you have to try it for yourself to see if it's worth having. To me, it's a precious scent I never want to be without.