Vintage Naturals 2009 Rosebush

I bought this perfume on a whim from the internet simply based on the great reviews I had read. I had been looking for a simple rose scent and thought this would be the one. Unfortunately, this fragrance reminds me so much of Tea Rose, in the most unpleasant way. If I wore this, I would smell like my grandmother. The best strictly rose scent I found was from eBay and was a body oil called "Fresh Cut Roses". This scent is just simply too 'old' for me (I am 23).

I sampled this and a few others of the natural line and was not impressed. This smells like cheap tea rose perfume, you know the one in the black box called Tea Rose. If you want a really good rose perfume that is natural and a rose solifore try Gather perfumes Rainwater Rose. She hand tinctures wild rose bush petals to make the fragrance. It smells just like wild roses. It is pricy but worth it.

As promised, Demeter Vintage Naturals 2009 ROSEBUSH serves up a classic rosebush-in-a-blender composition, this one accented with chamomile, which seems to add both darkness and sharpness initially, but eventually smooths out in the drydown. The chamomile becomes much more noticeable as a distinct note in the drydown, and I would say that this creation is less green than TEA ROSE and some of the other rosebush-in-a-blender perfumes available today. I find it interesting that ROSEBUSH is made exclusively of essential oils and natural ingredients, as my assumption in the past had been that a good rose perfume had to be constructed. Well, so much for that assumption: this is a fine rose perfume--et tout naturel en plus!