Miss Dior Rose N'Roses

Renessance rose, clear and delicate, put on a much French, Dior and sophisticated musk base, with a gloomy geranium twist that adds deepness and just a hint of intrigue! If you are looking for a true pink rose, without added sweetness then this is it, the only sweetness present in here is that inherent to the type of rose used, which is supposed to be Damask. It is much perfume-y and refined so do not expect a proper rose water or something too much photorealistic a là Jo Malone, in here there is all the French allure and sophistication of Dior. Well balanced, rose centric with both the citrus and the musk never stealing its spot, just as the name claims but with a good dose of geranium for modernity and dimension. I find it immensily beautiful and worth of becoming a signature, in the sense that it could be a dignified everyday scent; there is a perfect balance of everything that I like in a scent...modernity and classic elements, sophistication with an airy, clean and "elusive" musk and some contrast and edge with the earthiness of the geranium. It can adapt to a multitude of styles, moods and weather (but it shines the most in spring). On my skin it opens with a proper pink rose, the citrus are very bright and add much luminosity for a radient effect but do not overpower at all. At this stage of the geranium I can smell just a bit of the foliage, and I don't find it lemony. We could define the opening as a watercolor rose effect, more similar to rose water, but there is a rapid crescendo in the rose, it intensifies in both smell and consistency so from watercolour we arrive to something vivid, full of color and life! Now the rose essence is strong, purely floral and a little heady, no sweetness no fruitiness no nonsense! Not even the greenness of stem and foliage. Pure floral. Had this stayed like that we could have described it as a photorealistic rose, but the base of the perfume starts to warm up and a seriously refined musk comes through. It smells so perfume-y, elegant and airy! It's seriously French, if you know what I mean...we have the artistry Dior dna with a clean, etherial and intense musk. Lightly powdery and seriously seductive. The real soul of the geranium starts to shine at this point, it is as if the rose petals are embroidered at the edge with something more gloomy and deep, I would not say a proper smokyness but a mix between something lightly smoky and earthy, not even herbaceous but it has a tang to it. It adds much complexity and refinement, so that there is dimension in the rose. From there it comes a modern and cool edge, to the point that the fragrance doesn't smell so clear and romantic anymore, now it gets intriguing. It's not yet carnal, or sensual or coquettish, it still remains a serious, composed and rigorous rose but the geranium deepens it in a darkly way. I don't find the scent soapy or old style at all, maybe classic and as such never out of fashion. It is seriously feminine, but the geranium adds a bit of an androgynous feel, I originally was after Dior Miss Dior Rose Essence for the very same reason. Performance are very good too for being an edt, lasts for five to six hours and that gorgeous musk endures for many more. I had better performance from this edt then from many edp. Projection is moderate. Packaging is classic, romantic Dior so not really my style but nonetheless beautiful to look at, specially with the bright pink liquid. Price is...well they are Dior prices, but I won't complain, I prefered to save in the long run and bought a 150ml for 119,00€ from an official retailer that offered a good deal. This remainded me very much of Zara x Jo Malone Fashionably London, a pure and vivid rose that turns deep in a refined way, but here the quality of the rose is much more superior and it is not the woods that give deepness but a much more elevated geranium. Also the musk is more powdery and less harsh in Rock N'Roses. But, if on a budget, Fashionably London is a really good alternative for Rose N'Roses. Edit: I suspect something is in the base of this one, just as it is with Zara Fashionably London, beacuse there must be something more substantial that smokes out this a bit in to a earthy dimension, maybe it is a gentle vetiver mixed with the most light oudy note or some type of incense, or patchouli even, a mix of some of those thing, if it is only musk and geranium that enriches it like this then hats off to Dior for the materials choosen.

First impressions review: Okay, let me start by saying that I am not a rose perfume person.And that is because in perfumes rose is usually portrayed as a heavy jammy sweet rose that bears no resemblance in real roses ,even the most heavily roses don’t smell that much or that way. Having said that, you might wonder why did I choose a perfume called roses n roses. Well, firstly,I absolutely love the older miss dior fragrance line (dior edp 2012,dior edt 2013,miss dior edt 2007, also the miss Dior edp 2017 which is too sweet and patchouli oriented which isn’t my thing).Secondly, I read the reviews here, and nobody mentioned a jammy rose aspect, eveybody wrote different aspects of this perfume and none of them as far as I read here at least, said that it is a sweet rose scent much less a jammy one. So this was another blind buy, and imagine my surprise when it arrived today and tried it on a hot humid Mediterranean weather, and what did I get? Jammy rose. Sweet jammy rose that is persistent and stays on the skin even even after a bath. So naturally I was disappointed. Sure, for a jammy rose perfume, this one is the least insufferable (yes, I know, this doesn’t sound very good or promising in a review). So I washed it off, I couldn’t stand it and let it develop more, and decided to leave the perfume ‘breathe’ before trying it again. I started reading the reviews again, wondering if I had missed something,but nope. Nothing in the reviews prepared me for this. And being nightfall as I am writing the review, I decided to spray it one more time before letting the perfume breathe for at least a few weeks before trying it again and giving my actual review here. I notice a change right away, the jammy rose isn’t immediate or that promiminent straight on, as it was when I sprayed it in daytime for the first time. I get a different flower mixed with the rose (my nose doesn’t recognize this flower note to compare it with a real life flower, so I am not sure what it is, but it isn’t the supposed geranium, in real life, geranium smells weird and bitter and I do not get that). I also get a floral powderiness which was made more smokey-dusty from the pepper note, the jammy rose is present, just thankfully not in the front row. As time passes by, the powderiness comes even more forth, and the rose even further back. A powdery muskiness,very soft, nothing screechy or disturbing the previous phases and notes of the perfume, makes its appearance, silently and softly settling into place. The sillage is moderate, but it lingers in the room, it has become a very toned down aspect of a perfume, something that makes people wonder, ‘am I actually smelling a perfume trail or something else, maybe a freshly washed laundry with a nice soft fabric softener?’-Lol, no matter the impression it gives, it feels as if this perfume is a small chameleon, a very subtle chameleon, that is affected by weather and daytime/nighttime conditions more than other perfumes. I can’t wait trying it again in a few weeks and in different cooler/colder seasons, and give my final review by adding an edit here :) EDIT: still writing in hot summer weather, it’s been a few weeks and I tried this again.This perfume is so, so, so pretty. And such a chameleon... I sniff the sprayer before putting this on (I do this to tell if I am in mood for the perfume) and the jammed rose is there and I am: oh no...But I decide to try it on nonetheless. And I am glad I did. I spray it and I get that jammy rose but toned downed and freshened up by another accord (probably the bergamot?), it just feels like a jammy rose in the background yet a freshly cut rose at the same time, it is so weird,but I love it. Very quickly it retreats even more in the background and a warm but very natural and sophisticated powderiness comes forth and stays there and smells like this throughout the duration.It is so pretty, it is so elegant, I cannot even describe it. In a sea of overly loud, or overly similar perfumes out there, this one is so special and so well made it stands out.Not by being loud, or a crowd pleaser, but by exuding effortless finesse. I honestly don’t know how this will perform in cold/er weather, but for summer and I think for spring too, this one is amazing!BIG LOVE ❤️💕❤️💕

I was given a teeny tiny tester of this fragrance 6 years ago and I couldn't stop sniffing it. Roses n' Roses is a classic scent, the perfect perfume rose that isn't too rich, too floral, too girly, nor too warm, just the right amount of the best part of smelling roses and best of all, IT'S DIVERSE! You can wear it anywhere but it will never lose its value. It was my signature scent for many years, but then I switched to cleaner fresher scents since I moved to the city and walked around a lot so I wanted to smell like soap (Versace Versace + Davidoff + no5... I know I am quite classic.) But I did meet my husband wearing this scent and while he doesn't tell me, I know he is bummed out that I no longer purchase it. It is a lovely scent for me, but the longevity at that price range? Ridiculous. Then today, my husband surprised me with YSL's Pour Femme Eau De Parfum Mon Paris and OMG--what a surprise, it is Roses n' Roses revamped! My husband was so shocked, he blindly bought it because he wanted him and I to match YSL since he loves their scents, and what do you know--it smells like a longlasting, picture-perfect version of Roses n' Roses. I literally cannot tell the difference, I can't believe it isn't on the forefront of the 'This perfume reminds me of' row on this fragrance. One spray 10 cm apart and it lasts hours. My husband gifted it to me in the car so I spritzed it into the air to get the spray going and he told me even hours later he could still smell the fragrance in the car. The price ranges for the same amounts on their official website but I bet you can find it from Macy's for cheap or if it ever goes on sale...In any case I value it a lot and one spray goes a long way. Both fragrances are lovely of course, but Mon Paris is like Roses' n Roses' reliable big sister who got the better genes :P

This is beautiful. Get ready for an artsy review with lots of vibes and feelings. I was looking for a rosy scent and so far this is my favourite. I was looking for something that was just rosy and not very complex. Tried it at the store and fell in love immediately. It's just roses on roses on roses. It's not at all synthetic or soapy to me. It's like if you haven't smelled roses for a really long time and try to remember what they smell like - realistic but a lot more romantic. I smelled it out of the bottle first - roses. Tried it on a tester paper - roses. Tried it on skin and suddenly roses is not the first thing that I get, instead I get this herbal almost basil-like smell, which I don't mind at all. Then the rose emerges softly but fairly quickly. It's not a powdery vintage rose but a fresh and dewy rose. Like it's been handpicked mere seconds ago with the morning dew still covering it. Gorgeous. Some might feel it is too mature, but personally I find it smells very clean and sophisticated and is perfectly suitable for younger ladies as well. It's not the old-lady type of scent to me, but there is a certain nostalgic vibe to it. It makes me miss a person I've never even known. Comforting and nurturing, I would love to be a child who associates their mother with this smell. As some have mentioned, I too would like to smell this on a man. While it is very feminine I feel like it would not be offensive at all on a man. I'm a chronic over-sprayer but Miss Dior is not forgiving in that sense, less is definitely more.

I bought Eau des Merveilles and received a 5ml bottle of this beauty as a complimentary gift. I fell in love harder with the tiny bottle than I did with my full size Hermes. I do love Eau des Merveilles, I like that one for my denim days, when I want to feel airy and free and confident, but this one is incredibly transformative. In my skin it smells amazingly sweet but not in a gourmand way, more in a powdery rose way, extremely clean, like you just left the shower and you feel like that all day. I can smell it in myself after good ten hours, I still get whiffs of it in my hair, when I go to sleep. I have received a good amount of compliments but even if I hadn't receive those, I love the way it smells. I don't get the comments about it smelling cheap or synthetic. For me it smells like roses with much more, the musk makes it so it blends with your skin beautifully. I love how this feels like it envelopes you through the day. I tried the other Miss Diors and they didn't come close to this one, and it's weird it's an eau de toiliette, but maybe that's what gives it such airyness and fluffyness. Not the original nor Blooming Bouquet impressed me as this one did, it's truly a "princess" fragance, and makes you feel like one. EDIT: I've seen other people describe it as sparkling and it had never occured to me, but it is extremely spot on. Sparkling and almost bubbly, carefree.