Rosewater

I was lucky enough to score some Crabtree and Evelyn Rainwater Rose bubble bath and lotion at T.J Max yesterday. I bought everything they had in stock. The cashier looked at me and said Wow you are stocking up. I told her this is the best fresh rose smell ever made and I wish that they had some bottle of the perfume as well. I used to own a bottle of this perfume as well, but it is sadly gone now, and I can't get another since it was discontinued. We had a store in our local town that stocked Crabtree and Evelyn products and I bought them there. Now that store sells general crap that I have no interest in. I walk in the store and the merchandise is lacking in quality. But that is becoming the norm now. Times have changed and not for the better. Anyway...Rainwater Rose is one of the best rose perfumes I have ever used. I can't find anything else that matches this very pretty realistic rose w/ a soft violet tonality. The green notes here are softly done and pitch perfect to how greenery smells in nature when you are out walking in nature. What I also love about this perfume is that there are no woody notes or patchouli in the base! I wish more companies would Give us perfumes w/out all the heavy base notes. Cedar and patchouli are in everything! Yes, woody notes and patchouli make a perfume last longer, but a perfume lover isn't always concerned w/ longevity, at times we will sacrifice that for a smell that we want. Personally, I always thought this perfume performed quite well even though it was mostly a floral composition w/ a slight musk. Rainwater Rose was the prettiest fresh rose I have ever worn, nothing like Tea Rose by Perfume Workshop. I owned a small bottle of that and while not bad it could become quite obnoxious when wearing it. I used part of my bottle then stopped wearing it when I discovered Rainwater Rose. Tea Rose got shoved to the dustbin. I wish Crabtree and Evelyn would put this and many others back into production. Their old stuff was far superior to what they sell now.

I bought the lotion from my local TJ maxx and I love it!! The lotion itself is great but this is a review of the fragrance so I won’t get into it. The lotion also does not change over time in the way a perfume might, but I would say I sense the sweet rose and green at first and over time it becomes less green and more sweet and even more rosey. It’s really nice, a pretty and elegant scent that makes me feel especially feminine. For a lotion it’s got crazy silliage and lasting power. I put it in and my brother smelled it from multiple feet away as if it were a perfume. The next day I put it on before church and my sister smelled it from the backseat. It’s almost too powerful... But so good! It truly smells like Rosewater, and it smells exactly the way a turkish delight tastes. When I first smelled it I thought of Turkish delights, and my sister said the same thing later without me saying anything. Needless to say, I think it’s a very pretty and nice scent and I’m glad that the lotion has silliage so I can smell pretty too!

I actually really like this one, but as someone else mentioned the staying power is nil. Part of that is because it's a Rosewater, which isn't supposed to be very potent. However, I've found I can increase it's lasting power by layering the shower gel, lotion, and eau fraiche and the putting a drop of the environmental oil behind my ear and on my wrist. That really helps it "stick"...I get compliments on this and yes, Rose can be "old lady" (I HATE that expression - as if all ladies suddenly reach an age where they begin to smell a certain way!) but it also has a refined, Victorian feel to it when worn correctly. I enjoy wearing this one, as I do many Crabtree and Evelyn fragrances. If you like a harder hitting rose scent, then perhaps try their Evelyn Rose fragrance which is more potent.

Another favorite. It has a very light, clean , fresh scent of roses with clean green notes; very very pretty without being at all overly sweet or cloying. And my favorite part is that it's not the least bit powdery or heavy; it's very clean, fresh and bright. A wonderful fragrance, and a less expensive alternative to my much loved signature fragrance, Jo Malone's Red Roses. I love the entire Crabtree&Evelyn Rosewater line; the Rosewater Bath Gel is a fabulous product , and I buy 4 to 6 bottles at a time for my nightly bubble baths . And it's all very reasonably priced given the quality of the products. I love the whole line.

I'm kind of confused by the different bottles. Mine is the more smooth, "classical" style? one I guess. It says rosewater on it, though, so I don't think it's the old version of "Evelyn." Are they the same thing, anyone know? O.o I went to buy a new bottle since mine is sitting at about 1/2 an inch from the bottom and holy crap! Wtf, people are wanting like, upwards of $90 for this?!? I paid $5.99 at TJ Maxx. Also got a giant bottle of shower gel, lotion, and a smallish bottle of rose&argan oil for the same. Holy crap, guess I should go back and stock up!