Rosa Damascena

A study in masterful restraint and minimalism. It’s just a rose, only a rose, but oh boy, what a rose. I know dozens of rose scents, but this one is closest to naturalistic, fresh, natural dewy rose fresh from the garden in the crisp morning. Fresh, dewy rose is such an overlooked genre dimmed by its voluptuous cousins spiked with oud or resins, but its simplicity is deceptive. This scent is radiant in generous, joyous, innocent yet powerful way. Only Diptyque’s Eau Rose comes any close. Absolute burst of unpretentious charm and casual grace if you are on a lookout for a rose done with vivid dewiness. Spring morning garden light bottled.

This is a beautiful fresh rose to me. It's very natural, like you smell fresh rose. Quite linear. Rose is all you will ever get. If you love rose, you will adore this. If not, you will find this quite boring. It's dewy, not powdery, no musky, not headache induced, not an old lady rose scent. On me, longevity and sillage are best among the Chloé Atelier des Fleurs line. Rosa Damascena shines best on its own but as well best combination with Magnolia Alba and Hibiscus Abelmoschus, which will make it more interesting. :)

The only rose I want to smell like. Clean, sparkling, effervescent yet with body. Like rose champagne. I feel like such a woman when I wear this. I wear it all year round, by itself in the summer and spring, and layered over a heavier/deeper fragrance in the colder months. Bathe me and bury me in this!

I’ve sampled this a few times and I love it so much. A perfectly true and balanced rose fragrance with adequate longevity and sillage. I love how it just has a single note in the note pyramid above—and I think this is accurate. I don’t sense anything else besides the rose.

Very simple, light and breezy rose. Reminds me on my favorite perfume Elizabethan rose from Penhaligon’s. Quite intimate but it’s love at a first sniff.