Dolce Rosa Excelsa

I love this fragrance and I'm sad that it's been discontinued. It is a true floral smell to me, very rose but it's like a sweet and fresh rose with other floral notes. Not just strictly rose. It's a very romantic scent to me, and guys in my past have complimented this. A lot of people saying it's generic I really don't get that in my opinion! I think the cashemere wood ties it to make it sweet and all the notes in the middle row is what I smell most. Lasting power isn't the most strong but it's decent :) so sad I can't buy again!!

Lovely and rosey I like most of the D&G range this one is very nice for day wear I also have Light Blue, Rose the one and Dolce garden all of which I love this one is a welcome addition to my D&G perfumes we are currently coming into our Spring in NZ so this fragrance is perfect for now light and not too overpowering. I love roses I also own Stella and Paul Smith Rose which I love as well. so this perfume get's a thumbs up from me.

Love this perfume. This is the first perfume I have bought twice because I loved it so much. Very light and floral. The top papaya dries down almost immediately on me and the rest smells of roses and very lightly. I love it. Only downside is that there is barely any longevity. With higher end fragrance I expect at least a few hours of wear...this wears off after an hour on me.

I absolutely love Rosa Excelsa! It opens with a strong Neroli note, which is one of my favorites. The heart is like a tour of an upscale florist shop. There’s Turkish rose, lily, amaryllis, and narcissus. They interact in a very comforting, calming bouquet. The base is more sandalwood than musk, so it avoids being overly sweet. This is a great everyday scent for warmer months.

This perfume is truly fabulous. I loved it the instant I sampled it for the first time. Sometimes it takes me a while to make up my mind about a perfume but in this case, I just fell in love and had to have it. It's floral and sweet without being too much and the rose adds a delicate-ness to it. Rosa Excelsa is probably my new favorite perfume and I JUST got it. AMAZING.

Very strong on me ! Projects very well strange how skin is so different when it comes to perfumes ! This is my fresh out the shower sent to me this is a very shampooy fresh smell, dont really smell any rose at all , but that's okay with me really like this it's a good one for work or just a girls shopping day very nice

Shhhhh, my new "Secret". A lovely bouquet of mixed flowers with a youthful blend of well-known and new ROSES. The sandalwood base note is long lasting.....the overall fragrance, packaging and marketing is a love story with re-"generational" life! Such a beautiful bottle too. Well done Dolce&Gabbana, Thank You.

It's a bouquet in a bottle, a floral print sundress in olfactory form. Perfect for any occasion that requires a sundress. Wear it with your favorite cotton dress and a large straw hat. Also good for those days when your haircut ended up shorter than expected, and you needed a boost of femininity

Stylish and romantic. Luminous but also has depth. This replaces my first review because I said it smelled like fruit punch and candied roses and left it at that. But I’ve had it for months now and while it does smell of that to me lol it’s more beautiful and elegant than that sounds

For me this is the beautiful good-humoured scent. Rose is delicate and quiet. This scent is more gentle from the original Dolce edp ( I have it). The beautiful bottle.

This is rose in the most simple & most beautiful form! I love it! Classic & elegant, yet versatile & cozy enough to be causal. Love it!

Nice, easy to wear, very pleasant and feminine.

Don't fall in love with the first notes of Rosa Excelsa because the amazing, sweet neroli bouquet that greets the nose is not going to last for long. On my skin, this flanker of Dolce evolves rapidly (less than two minutes) into a fresh rose, with a touch of sweetness and powder. It's maybe slightly soapy at some point, when the roses are at their peak, but that's not going to last either. The actual fragrance is marvelous: a well blended, balanced and modern rose, with more transparent, fresh, hydrated and sweet flowers. At this point, it stays pretty much linear to my nose. Think about a peony scented hydrating body cream, I do get this vibe. The woody notes in the base are absolutely tamed and nowhere to stand out, they just help a bit with longevity and a touch of deepness that takes this apart from teenager fragrances. In terms of performance, Rosa Excelsa won't leave a trail unless you overspray. It is reduced to almost a skin scent in the amount of time it took me to write this review, but it usually lasts for at least 5-6 hours on the skin. You need to enjoy shy and subtle fragrances, but this is a lovely, feminine scent for spring and the bottle would be such a nice addition to any toilette table. It's a safe blind buy for any sweet flowers lover, especially for a younger lady that needs a formal youthful fragrance. Office safe, school safe, preppy, happy at heart and dreamy fragrance.

I've read some scathing reviews of this, but I like it, for what it is. Frankly, I expect nothing from new fragrance releases, so when one catches my attention, it's pretty exciting. I am a lifelong rose gardener and roses continue to be one of the greatest passions in my life. This does not smell like only roses, really. It smells like white flowers with some rose scent in the background, and even though no citrus notes are listed, I smell sweet lemon in the rose tones. There are roses with strong citrus bouquets, but my mind conjures "lemon" upon first sniff. Rose Excelsa is extremely "clean" but it doesn't smell like air freshener or laundry detergent. It smells like "perfume" as far as that goes since IFRA went insane. The bottle is very pretty, and this is a lovely hot weather fragrance. I really enjoy Dolce Rosa Excelsa, and it's a good purchase for me. If you like Florabotanica (I LOVE Florabotanica) you'll probably like this as well. They don't smell alike, but they are both fresh scents haunted by rose. Rosa Elcelsa's lasting power on skin is good. It lasts a few hours, especially when I'm warm. My husband thinks is smells wonderful...always a plus! In addition to enjoying this fragrance, I adore the video with Sophia Loren. So much fun!

A lovely scent. Just rosey and lovely. Clean and not powdery. No big deal. No imagination in my opinion. But if you want just a rose perfume, this is it, blooms in hot weather and wraps the skin softly. Not totally flat, but not very complex either despite the considerable amount of notes. In my opinion Rosa Excelsa is in desperate need of sandalwood, as the wood notes are not prominent at all. It is enough musky for an EDT but layered with a musk-centered perfume it will last longer. As for me I would layer it with patchouli. Opens like alcohol and soap; neroli. Very herbal, but it softens gradually in a soft borderline creamy rose. Feels indolic for some minutes, definitely a lot of flowers that I could not tell apart in Sephora, (and I don't know how to identify), dance around the rose. I can read them now, seeing the notes, but still, my nose needs to be trained on the different types of lilies, narcissus; never heard of papaya flower. Floral, rose, musky, fresh? Yes. Aquatic? No. I detect a creamy feeling. Nothing extraordinary or groundbreaking but at the same time nothing wrong or terrible. A well executed fresh rosy eau de toilette.

While I don't use this perfume as much as I thought I would I still can't hate it, it's not a perfume I would personally use everyday but something to use on days where I'm feeling romantic, maybe even a bit flirty but not sexy, it's just like a rose: beautiful on the outside but protected by thorns. The scent is elegant and sweet, the rose calmly fades away with the drydown and ends up smelling similar to the other dolce with the white top, fresh and sweet. Generally inoffensive scent but with just that hint of femininity that makes it special, I wouldn't recommend this if you want something powerful and bossy that will make you stand out immediately, this is a gentle scent. The bottle is absolutely adorable, the rose top and the simple black bow make this a beautiful addition to your collection, even if like me you don't use it often, you just can't shun it away. Would I buy it again? No, but that's because I use this so rarely that I think it will last me quite a bit, but even when it finishes I'm not sure how quickly I might be re-purchasing this, it's a nice scent yes but personally just a bit boring.

I definitely wouldn't consider this a rose scent, and in their plain dolce rose l can't even pick out any rose. But almost all of the flankers are misnomers. Garden doesn't smell like a garden, lily doesn't smell like lily, I wouldn't smell their jasmine and think of this smells like Jasmin, and don't even get me started on their peony. I am about to try their dolce violet. Violet is hard to screw up, but that doesn't seem to be the problem here. It will probably be a totally different scent with a violet note hidden in there. This is what happened with lily and the rose, but that isn't necessarily the problem. I truly love peony,, jasmine, garden, rose excelsa, shine, drops, and of course plain dolce. D&G always self title their best perfumes, including the only one ; )

This is a really pleasant, light, and inoffensive perfume, that I think younger people would enjoy more. It's subtle, it's sweet, and the sillage sits close to the skin. Unfortunately, I don't find this to be overwhelmingly rose scented (which is what I was looking for!). It's definitely floral, but on me, the floral scent is a bit vague. It smells like flowers, but the rose is almost indistinguishable from the white floral notes. It also smells a bit soapy too, like a Dove bar or laundry detergent, but it doesn't overpower the florals. For a brand like Dolce & Gabbana, I was expecting a bit more, honestly. It's a nice scent, but nothing that's remarkable or a must have for me.

I wanted to love this and I got so close, but this turns just a touch too 'dusty' on me before fading into oblivion at a pretty rapid rate. I really do like the initial few seconds where the beautiful full red rose is able to shine, but then the original Dolce comes out and while I like the original Dolce for what it is, I wanted the rose to shine here and the intensity of the musk just smothers it out too much for my liking. If only the musk were eliminated or it had a shot of aldehydes to make it clearer...

I was given this and it has surprised me, as it’s a perfume I would have walked right past. It’s a pretty straightforward fresh and bright rose, with musk and citrus. I’m not a huge rose lover, and the ones I usually choose tend to be dark/moody/sultry, but this is a delight to wear and I will happily work my way through the bottle! It’s quite a quiet close-to-skin scent, but the longevity is decent on me. Edit: ok, I’m too impatient and this isn’t enough of a love for me so I’m gifting it away!

Of all the dolce range, this is the best in terms of sillage and longevity I think. It doesn’t smell a great deal like roses particularly to me, but maybe that’s just me. I preferred the peony and the floral drops bottles to this one, although their lasting power or sillage wasn’t as good. But again, as I have mentioned in every dolce review... how cute are these little flower bottles? Just adorable in my opinion!

@Atreyus I agree about adding vanilla (honey not so much because while I love to eat honey, as a note in perfumes that I've tried it ends up 'flat' on my skin) to give this a touch of sweetness to break up the rosewater/dryer sheet scent this gives off. I just adore that opening spray of fresh red roses, but that dustiness it shortly turns into makes me :(.

Maybe it's that i tried it today. In autumn, on a cold day. Maybe it is something else. But I can not understand this perfume. It has no power at all. literally, no way to detect it on your skin. Maybe, if you inhale very deep on a spot where you sprayed it, than you'll fell a bit of soap. Unfortunately, it seems that it does not match with my skin.

At first it is very similar to the first Dolce. Very soapy and clean. However, after some time is reminds me of Dolce Floral Drops. I like it, but I won't buy it because it's nothing new, just the worse copy of existing fragrance. Moreover, red cap looks like cheap plastic indeed.

Botanical rose, peppercorn, spices, baby powder, florals, peony. A sophisticated fragrance with very strong silage, nicely blended. Beautiful, but not representative of something I personally would wear. Review by CycoEva , May/2017

Beautiful! I'm not a huge fan of rose fragrances. This is just the right amount of roses. Very calming and gentle rose blended with notes of musk. This is the perfect rose fragrance for people who's favorite fragrance isn't rose.

i've tried this today.nice,flowery everyday scent.nothing too special though.there are plenty fragrances like this. not good,not bad-normal :) i guess it would be good for spring,as it's about to come here in Northern Europe :)

I really love the scent, very nice and wearable for everyday use. But I get no sillage or longevity on my skin. Edit: eventually I got tired of it. I find it sharp on me. But I still find it fresh and versatile.

This smells very daily-use product-y. Shampoo, lotion, something. It's pretty though, perfume for those who don't want to be obvious that they are wearing perfume. Roses and soapyness. I like it!

I really like it. I mostly smell fruity and white flowers with a hint of rose and musk. It’s not my favorite, but it’s a lovely scent. Light, not overpowering, feminine and flirty.

Girly and floral perfume. My 4 years old daughter loved the scent and the design of the bottle ofcourse. However, does not last long and lacks in sillage

Pretty scent but it does not seem to last. I was expecting more. Its a very light creamy floral. A nice scent to wear to work as its inoffensive.

Not too sweet for me, so I was surprised that it smells pretty good on me. I might get a rollerball, but probably not a whole bottle.

Maybe I like this one from the line more. Nice and rosy.

Very elegant smell, but last 10 min max

Although the main note to my nose is neuroli, I would still say the scent of this fragrance matches the outside bottle. Just like how the bottle is frosted, it feels like this is a neuroli fragrance, lightly frosted with a powdery rose. This opens with a strong neroli, very lemony smelling, with a pretty light powdery rose. There's another floral note in here, when it settles, that is lightly soapy. Feels pretty, powdery, and clean. This does not last very long. There is a slight scent aura, but fleeting. If you love this fragrance, you will have to re-apply often.

Despite not having worn any D&G perfumes in years, I saw this on sale for an extremely low price and thought "Why not?" This perfume is sweet, inoffensive but ultimately lacks staying power. I've seen comments below that it is a cliché - this is true. I think I would gift this to a teenage girl, who would no doubt appreciate it more than I do. It's a nice perfume to keep in your beach bag for a quick spritz on a summer's day - but that's about it.

This is lovely, not overly sweet just true rose and gentle flowers. It's clean and pretty but unlike one is wearing fragrance. I can't imagine it would bother anyone. It stays consistent for me but sadly it just doesn't have enough oomph from the start. It does last on the skin a little longer than average but it is just too quiet.

I love rose fragrances, but this is very synthetic. It's not awful, but I won't be reaching for it very often. I can't think of an event where I'd rather wear this over something like West Side or Si or another more authentic rose.

My initial impression after the first spray was of a fresh bouquet of roses in my grandmother’s garden. A true, fresh flower smell ... If only it could be more than that! I don’t get papaya blossom, and the neroli note is very green, which makes it kind of sneezy for me, so it’s not really the type of citrus opening I’d expect. I get white floral – even if the specific notes of white amaryllis, lily and daffodil are hard to discern – with lots of rose in the background, but it doesn’t really evolve beyond that. It smells like a strong rosewater and non-descript-floral room spray, actually. It's not bad, but it's nothing to write home about either. I’d like a sweet note like honey or vanilla to balance the rose and carry it on the skin longer. I can’t detect sandalwood or musk, although the cashmere does stick out as a base note. Again though, it’s more sneeze-worthy than anything else. Yes it’s clean, and I do love the rose notes, but it just stays flat, like a dryer sheet on my skin, before disappearing. That’s unfortunate, because I’ve wanted to add a good rose fragrance to my collection for some time. I will give this scent a couple more chances, of course. The first time I wore it was on a weekend morning, weather was very moderate, and I jumped in the shower to get ready to go somewhere within a few hours. So maybe wearing it longer, or wearing it in warmer weather, will have a different effect. But so far, there doesn’t seem to be anything really striking about this fragrance, except for its lack of depth. Disappointing.

So here we are with Rose Excelsa. I feel like we all know this perfume, ten times over. This is the rose to end all roses, meaning, after wearing this cliche, one might opt out of donning a rose scent for a very long time. Further complicated but a ridiculous price tag, and I tap the breaks. I'm not sure why we are experiencing these Dickens-like surges from a house I expect consistent quality from, but it has become a "best of times / worst of times" tribute to the author in their releases of late. Top notes suggest a garden scene with softly vibrant papaya flower and neroli, and for a few minutes the perfume is quite pleasant, almost giggly fresh. However, the heart blackens for me with a synthetic heavy handedness of aquatic notes and what's posing as amaryllis meets narcissus monkey screech. The rose begins to get smashed, as if against rocks, and muddied further with additional chemical notes of Cashmeran and sandalwood. What was once ethereal and young, transforms into a coarseness that catches in the throat. Screaming louder and louder through dry down, until a panicked soap and water scrub is commenced vigorously, in an attempt to remove any and all remaining residue. With a plethora of wonderful, and cheaply priced rose perfumes on the market today, a purchase such as this feels so terribly regrettable.

Featured rose events are usually not my favorites, but there are some stunners out there (Malle POAL???). But this is a dud imho. For the summer kick-off we have here a soft, forgettable, vaguely laundry detergent, somewhat-rose-mixed-with cashmeran everyday light aquatic (and office friedly)--because who after all doesn't generally enjoy that dryer-scent wafting through the early evening air as we worker bees come home and do the wash? Really folks--there are better, even prettier bottles (a feature many seem drawn to with this) with much better juice. However, if someone is wearing this next to me, I won't mind! I probably won't notice.

I became interested in this scent when I heard it described as a fresh, modern rose. This then became my very first blind buy, and it was such a failure it should really have put me off blind buying for life!! Completely and utterly boring scent, just a totally generic, basic smell. At the opening I get apples and pears. Then it vanishes. I tried and tried again with this one, willing it to somehow grow on me but I can't even detect any rose!! Massive disappointment. Will be selling on ASAP.

I had high hopes because I like rose note in perfumes. Unfortunately, this one has disappointed me. It's fresh in the beginning, soapy rose, nothing special. Then it becomes more close to skin and powdery rose, the kind of grandma one (no offense to grandmas), which I don't like. The end is very musky and green. I was tired with wearing this fragrance. Definitely prefer Lancome, O d'Azur or Baby Doll by YSL when it comes to rose note.

I agree that if you like Florabotanica, then there is a good chance you'd like this too. For me it was a miss. Not because I thought it smelt bad, but because it was almost too aggressively soapy clean smelling. It lasted a really long time for a fresh scent, much like Florabotanica did on me as well, however the rose note didn't stick around as long, which was a shame really since it was ok while it lasted.

there is a vague citrusy rose scent but its masked and ruined by a savory note - maybe this daffodil musk :/ and so I don't know if I like it or not - its v light and to smell all the notes I have to press my nose right up to the scent card otherwise all I can smell is musky daffodil... and on skin I got no rose at all.. its v light and soft, average longevity. reminds me of J'adore.

I think it's just awful. It's a stinking rose scent. Literally! It's musky and musty. I knew, I didn't like the other flankers, but I also didn't think it was going to be this bad. It's actually quite typical rose scent, but sometimes even rose scents are good. Well, not this time. I also think it's done before.

This is slightly less nauseating than the original, but I still cannot fathom why anybody would want to pay for it. I received it as a gift and don't know what exactly to do with it. It lasts all day long. Smells of soap and flowers, in the least appealing way imaginable. Ghastly. Do not blind purchase.

Nope nope and nope. genericly synthetic fresh. no rose, nill, some weird light but think rounded note which is nauseating, comes and goes then gone. nothing else to it. ive tried this over the years, its pathetic on me. dolce, floral drops are better. the others from the line seem good

Soapy, musky, sneeze-inducing floral. I do not get any rose in this sweetened generic bouquet. It begins sharply but the fresh greenery dies down and gives over to the musk It is an easily worn office ready scent. Low silage low interest