Essences Insensées Rose de Mai Eau de Parfum

I love this. The bottle is gorgeous!!! The fragrance is divine. I HATE the sprayer. Sure wish it was removable and I could turn it into a splash. Sometimes I squeeze it 20 times before anything comes out. I bought it at Nordstrom years ago and I know they have a very generous return policy.........but I love the juice so I endure the squeeze atomizer. I have never again and never will purchase a fragrance with this type of atomizer.

stunning rose fragrance. simple but yet fantastic feeling to wear. warm weather is perfect. it opens and changes into sensuality

It's safe to say that 2016's Essences Insensées is a rose soliflore. Right from the beginning until its very end, it's almost entirely a suave, velvety cabbage rose. A subtle green spicy nuance accompanies the opening, while rich, sweet honey and tart, wine-like raspberry aspects render a voluptuous feeling in the heart and the dry down, yet the fragrance maintains a diffusive, weightless character, like the delicate pink petals of a rose flower. Essences Insensées becomes a bit more musky with time. Thanks to the slight animalic aspect of honey, it manages to avoid the clean "shampoo" route. The sillage is quite soft, and it becomes an intimate skin scent after about 6 hours, but I can always smell its trace even after 12 hours. I find 2016's Diptyque Essences Insensées a very pretty rose fragrance, showing all the charming side of rose in a quite natural way. But even though it does present different nuances of a cabbage rose, it's so focused on these characteristics of rose that it became kind of monotone in the long run. I'd definitely recommend it to ardent rose fans to give a try, or to those who would like to experience a cabbage rose soliflore, precisely because of its sole focus on rose. But it can also turn out to be a flaw to some people for the exact same reason.

I have to echo the problems with the bottle... its so beautiful but the atomizer never worked and then I got it apart it poured juice all over my pants which was a nightmare. but still smelled good? I dont understand why a wonderful and design-centric brand would go through all the trouble to make this beautiful object and then not go the final length to make it function perfectly. A spray is not just a spray -- there are levels of quality in a spray -- and you can tell when a company has put the money into an exquisite atomizer by the fine-ness of the particles and the resistance of the pump when you press on it... the speed at which it comes out. Luxury is about attention to detail. Especially for a limited edition this is crucial

A very pretty Rose, pink petals, sweet and a bit syrupy. I do notice the berries giving it sweetness. It has both powdery and juicy aspects. Its very nice, but also very similar to others out there already, like Rose Perfection and Attar de Roses, it is the same Rose note and sweetness, but not as loud as the afore mentioned. Stelladiverflynn's review is spot on!

This is a beautiful fragrance, and I would have hit 'love' if I had never smelled Malle's Une Rose, which I prefer. But if you're looking for something a little quieter and more office friendly than Une Rose, this fits. On me it smells a little smoky, but strangely clean.

It is a sweet & sour velvet rose, not as dense as some dark roses in perfumery, but very potent and red. Berries gives it an intoxicating slightly boozy vibe. It is not as sweet, but rozy sweet. Very comfortable to wear, I not percept it as an old-fashioned fragrance.

this is exactly that kind of Rosenote I can't stand! Tried it and it will never come close to my skin again. Dark, sour, boring rose.

I bought this in London in October 2016. With the exchange rate, I was able to get it for about $110. Went into the boutique on Bond St., had a chat with the SA, was determined to stock up on other frags - vetyverio, eau rose, my classics! Instead she guided me towards this one. When I sprayed it in store, I really enjoyed it - like a honeyed rose nectar, similar but stronger than eau rose. Given the great exchange rate and the "discount" (I'd never spend $180 in the US), I decided to go for it. I wish I hadn't. I didn't pay much attention the rest of that day, but she gave me a few samples. At home, in a different climate, this smelled like curry on my skin. Smoke and spice. How?! How could such a delicate rose soliflore end up so unpleasant? It wasn't a smoky, dark rose. It was just smoke (and mirrors, apparently). It opened with a jammy rose, and morphed into something very different indeed. None of the freshness of the rose de mai, none of the provencal sweetness of the honey, none of the heady romanticism of those velvety petals. Rose fragrances tend to do very well with my skin - out of the 30 or so perfumes currently in my wardrobe, most are rose based, often softened with honey or violet. I'm not sure what they have done to the rose, but surely it didn't ask for this? I ended up selling this one on Ebay. I hope the person who purchased this from me enjoys it more than I did!

This is one of two HG rose soliflores for this rose lover. That said, the bottle is wretched. Oh, it’s pretty all right, perfect Goth decorative dresser material. But the fabric squeezer leaks and sends out not a cloud, but a hard squirt. The juice, though... divine. An organics-intensive version; the botanical absolute is unmistakeable, with the green and smoky and slightly odd, almost onion-y (in a GOOD way!) notes that characterize genuine rose materials. But a very subtle hand has added a light berry touch that sweetens this, as well as a really light wisplike pepper to add spine. This is one of the only subtle uses of pepper I’ve smelled; you would never characterize this as “peppery,” or even, really, necessarily pick it out as a note. But a subtle line balances the berry, and both serve to enhance the facets of the actual essence. I wouldn’t say this smells so much like a living rose flower as like the materials produced from actual rose processing. It layers surprisingly well for all its complexity. I use it to take some of the oversweet oomph off Lancôme’s Parfait de Roses.

The juice is a lovely rose. High quality. HOWEVER, the bottle and packaging are nothing short of crap. I have purchased two bottles and both came leaking out during shipping inside sealed wraps with NONE OF THE JUICE LEFT but a last weak spray from the sprayer tube. This embarrassing design not only creates inconvenience to perfume lovers, but also puts delivery companies at risk of fire and combustion.