Coach Wild Rose

I got a sample of this and thought I would try it out. I fell in LOVE! I went out and bought a travel spray but I will be buying a full size one day. I haven't ever thought about Coach for perfume but this one has me curious about their other scents too! It's nothing too revolutionary but as someone who typically stays away from rose, I was head over heels. This is a very sweet rose. Some describe it as jammy and I would agree with that. My favorite thing about this perfume though is it has a balsam fir-like layer under the sweet rose. I guess the base notes (but really the moss) bring that out. It's not Christmas-y at all though if you worry about that. So if you think the jammy rose might be too sweet, I think that the base notes balance it out. I think wild rose is a fitting name but saying it's like running through a field of flowers? I like to think of it as laying on the forest floors and surrounded by roses and eating sweet berries. Overall, I think it's a fun sweet fragrance, not too risky of a blind buy in my opinion. I think you could wear this anytime of the year really, day or night, but I'm excited to wear this for the fall! However, the projection isn't very consistent on me, some days it lasts a long times, sometimes not.

Imagine a date with your loved one, there are roses and a candle burning on the table and you are both sipping desert wine - this is how it smells like. I've found coach to be a trustworthy brand in regards to fragrances as all are well executed, smell quite natural, well blended and I feel each tell a story. This is a mature, slightly musty rose but in a good way, it is also soothing and enchanting, great for evening wear. Up close it has this natural rosy tangyness that balances out the sweetness, probably the bergamot but it feels more like part of the rose than a stand alone note. I don't feel the jasmine at all, the ambroxan is balanced and mostly ties the notes together, the moss I can only feel up close. Regarding the red current, this smells more like red current jam than fresh red currents, I'd say the most prominent note is the rose - a grown up and mature rose, not a dewy, green and fresh spring rose.

I really love this perfume and was surprised by how much I enjoy it! I am usually a bit skeptical of rose fragrances, but this one really is not floral to me at all. Lots of reviews describe this as "jammy," and I have to agree. While it is somewhat linear, I really enjoy the sweet and tart mixture of redcurrant and rose. I also really get the sweet tonka bean in the base and think that the moss balances out the sweetness with a gentle green note. I think that this is a really well balanced perfume, as it is sweet and fruity but not headache inducing (for me). I think this is an excellent fall and wintertime scent, and I personally find it to be similar to Jimmy Choo's I Want Choo Forever. I recommend this for colder months or for date nights! Also, I think that the bottle does an excellent job at conveying the ambiance of this fragrance.

I had a sample of this that I gave away to my grandma months ago because I did not like this at all. I think it was the ambroxan note overpowering everything else. Today I decided to spray my wrist and I surprisingly love the opening. It dries down to a jammy sweet rose with caramel? Why can’t I stop sniffing my wrist? I’m on an amber kick lately and this reminds me of BR540. It’s very warm and sexy. I think I’m actually in love with this. It’s fruity and sour in the opening but then it dries down to a sweet rosy amber. I would love a bottle. I also think it’s different from Very Good Girl. Update: now I understand the comparisons to Burberry Her. Today I wore Burberry Her Elixir & a couple hours later, I was reminded of Coach Wild Rose. The ambery drydown is WAY TOO similar. I’m sad because this isn’t as unique as I thought it was.

Coach Wild Rose is Sweet, but Fresh. Spicy, but Fruity. A bright smelling fragrance that is very well rounded with the warmer tonka bean and ambroxan. A very pretty scent. It is bringing me back to the early 2010s a little bit but in a really pleasant way. A nice, nostalgic vanilla-ambery floral scent. On intial spray, the red fruit smell is strong and sweet and theres a deep rose oil just underneath it that becomes more pronounced later. Not freshly cut roses, more of a concentrated rose. But there is undoubtedly a freshness there that reminds me of a field of some sort. Flowery and sexy without being powdery. Once it starts to dry down, the smoky spiciness from the base notes really starts to shine through. It might be too sweet for some at first spray, but it evens out. In my opinion, this is a year-round, day or night fragrance.