Raving Rose

Wow! Just beautiful. This is a very realistic smelling rose fragrance with a slightly peppery opening and a slightly musky base, with just the tiniest hint of spiciness. It is a sweet rose fragrance without being too sweet and I am glad it isn't at all fruity or woody, as most rose fragrances are won't to be. It doesn't smell like rose water either, though there is a dewiness to it. There is something very romantic and feminine about Raving Rose, as if I were in a rose garden in Shiraz and listening to the poems of great poets as I sit on an ornate and beautiful Persian rug. This fragrance tells a story and it has me completely enthralled by its beauty! Projection is about arm's length on me and this fragrance lasted about 6 hours on my skin before completely dissappearing. I can imagine it being worn in either spring or summer during the day to a smart casual event, especially somewhere like the Ritz or the Movenpick for brunch. I love the pink and red bottle too and I think that it is so pretty. It is very pleasing to hold and to look at. Altogether, I would give this fragrance an 8.5/10 like I did for Jardin de L'orangerie by Dries Van Noten too.

Raving Rose opens with a very beautiful, photorealistic rose that immediately feels polished and high quality. The opening is dramatic in the best way, almost like smelling a vivid red rose at its most beautiful along. As it settles, the pepper and woods start to come forward and give the fragrance more structure. The rose never becomes dry to me, but it does become more masculine as it develops on skin, especially when it settles in with the peppery notes. I find it sensual, elegant, and a little dramatic without feeling loud. Overall, this is one of the more memorable rose fragrances I have tried, and it feels very wearable for someone who usually likes darker or more textured scents. I truly consider this to be a very unisex rose.

This is, without a doubt, the most beautiful rose fragrance I’ve ever smelled—the ultimate rose. It isn’t heavy, overly sweet, or overly floral. It simply smells like a rose, and that’s what makes it extraordinary. A subtle pepper note adds a fresh, airy quality, enhancing its realism. It reminds me of the pink roses my mother grew—like burying your face in their petals. It’s elegant, deeply nostalgic, and strikingly true to life. The longevity is excellent, with graceful projection that never overwhelms. Feminine, modern, and sophisticated, yet timeless.

Beautiful perfume! My husband who is very sensitive to all perfume, only likes Raving Rose on me. Stunning feminine and fresh..... puts me in a great mood when I put it on in the morning. Beautiful balance of sweet and pepper. I am completely obsessed so I even bought a refill as this will be in my collection for a foreseeable future. ....and to whoever said this smells like Rose01 from Swiss Arabian is COMPLETELY wrong !! oh my god those two fragrances have NOTHING in common !

liked this a lot more than i expected to, the dab on sample has become my go-to for going out. it’s a sharp green peppery rose— distinct from all the other roses i’ve smelled (admittedly not /that/ many). fairly linear, but i like where it sits.

This smells unbelievably sexy on a guy. I combine this with Terre d'Hermes EDP when I want to make an outstanding impression. Everyone will come up to you and smell "rosewood." Absolute masterpiece. Expensive and worth it.

Very close to Rose Roche from Dyptique, but a bit earthier with a stunning spiky musk dry down. It feels fruity without being too feminine and is definitely not sweet. It lasts and lasts, very big fan of this one

Yup, beautiful spicy rose! If that's your thing and you want to shell out the bucks. Kind of one-dimensional to me, but then I'm not a huge rose fan.

I was immediately blown away by how beautiful this perfume was to me (as someone who loves peppery and rosey perfumes). I kept sniffing the paper I had sprayed it on, in Selfridges, and eventually convinced myself to purchase a bottle. But I’ve noticed Dries Van Notens line of perfumes with the exception of 3 (voodoo chilli, soie malaquais and rock the myrrh) are very safe scents. For the designer price tag you’re not really buying something that competes with brands such as Floraiku, Fueguia 1833, Amouage etc. If you love roses, particularly rose water, you’ll instantly fall in love this as I did. It’s very peppery (for some people it will be too much), and yet incredibly calming to smell. In the initial spray and the first hour there’s an appreciable sillage, which might be polarising depending on where and what occasion this is sprayed, then it dries down to what smells to me as an exclusively peppery scent that wins the battle over the roses and dominates the base. I have extremely dry skin so one spray on my wrists doesn’t last long for me. After 3 hours I can only smell a faint peppery dry down, wafting around me, but on someone else’s skin it might last longer. Do not blind buy this. The price is hefty for what it is. It would be perfect if it was rounded off with a bergamot in my opinion but it’s a beautiful feminine scent and it makes me smile everytime i spray it. It it quite simplistic and you really have to love rose and pink pepper in perfumes to see the point of buying this over similar perfumes such as Laverne Lady Rose, Tom Ford Rose Prick, Oud for Glory or even something as juvenile but delightful as Lush Rose Jam which lacks a pepper but is a beautiful rose bergamot. I can see a man wearing this but if you’re a guy you’ll probably prefer Diptyque Eau Capitale to this for the patchouli Diptyque has. I personally love that it is a simple scent unlike Marquis, but for the price do not expect a complex niche perfume. I can find this DNA in Riyadh for way cheaper with a brand like Rashat.

This is instantly different to the other rose in this collection and I mean, you'd hope so right? This is sweeter, perhaps a little more traditionally rosy, I get pink pepper for a moment but then it turns to that soapy, high end version of herbal essence shampoo. Actually has a nice 'dark' green, peppery note a it dries down. Not my taste or the best example of this genre but joins a host of competent and likable modern rose perfumes. I must say I do like it overall. It's certainly more suitable for raving than the other rose, but did it really do it for me in the way certain modern roses have? Not quite. Update 26/01/25 I’m trying this again today and have nothing to add to my above review. Honestly, I don’t mean to toot my own horn but I read it and was like... yeah... I said it then. Now sometimes I come back to these reviews and think... what the hell was I thinking writing that? But here...well... it’s spot on.

The opening is a sweet rose that borders fruity territory, almost reminiscent of an artificial pear. It settles quite quickly into a mild, peppery rose. If you have ever used rose water on your face or in your hair, the dry down is very realistic. It manages to capture the soapy, inedible qualities of bottled rose water. I appreciate the reliability of this perfume. Pink bottle, pure rose scent, nothing more and nothing less. The notes in this capture the calm aspects of a rose garden which I imagine could be cherished by someone who found Delina too sharp or sour.

This is absolutely nothing like Swiss Arabian Rose 01, which is a sour Delina dupe. I really enjoy Raving Rose. The rose note is really realistic and beautiful here, and the pepper is enough to keep things interesting but not overwhelming. The drydown gets muskier, and I wonder if there might be a touch of unlisted tobacco as well. Overall it's very enjoyable. The pricepoint is completely ridiculous though. I'm enjoying this as a sample, but would absolutely not purchase a FB unless it was heavily discounted.

It's a very pink almost photorealistic rose scent without it being girly necessarily. I did not like it but gave it to my nonbinary partner and they loved it. The pepper and rose combination gives it a soft scent with a bite. Recommend for those who want a pink non feminine scent.

As a cliche rose skeptic I don't mind this. It's like rose with bold typeface. Rose to the power of two. I thought I picked up on some citrus like bergamot but I guess I'm tweakin. This is nice I would consider wearing it.

Forget the 'reminds me of' section. This is Swiss Arabian Rose 01 in a fancier bottle, exact same juice! like it can't get any closer than that!

It’s an ok perfume, nothing special.

When I read the notes breakdown, I was expecting a spicy rose perfume; however, it turned out to be very different from my expectation. I don't get any pepper note, either pink pepper or black pepper; instead, I get a fruity, jam-like opening. It reminds of red berries. Rose is definitely the main role here. It appears in the opening too, well mixed with the fruity scent. For the first 10 minutes, I will describe it as a fruity feminine rose perfume. After it develops on my skin for 10 minutes, I start getting this metallic smell. It turns into a metallic rose perfume. It leaves me with a picture of bleeding finger after getting stung by the thorns of roses. The drydown is clean and fresh, but also somewhat simple and even mediocre. Especially when you consider the price, it is somewhat disappointing. The performance is weak, and the longevitiy is just fine. I would say there are a lot of rose perfumes on the market with wow-factor, but this bottle is not one of them.

The name made me anticipate a drugstore bottle of something like “Love Island: The Fragrance!,” but I found a more cultured spicy rose. Feisty and youthful without being syrupy or cloying. Essentially a fruity, red rose tempered with photorealistic pepperberries. (My childhood bedroom abutted a pepperberry tree so I drank that scent for a decade). Someone online also said “Herbal Essences,” which, once said, cannot be unsaid. Basic, but pleasant! Longevity: Burned out around 4h on skin, but got >7 in fabric Mental Snapshot: You’re a thirty-something playing a teen-something in an upcoming drama. (It’s ok: you’re still hot). Besides, you’re revisiting the follies of youth through the lens of wisdom and experience. (It’s ok: it’s an HBO production, not some CW cringe). You drink Mike's Hard in the back of a Maybach. tl;dr: stupid sexy shower gel 🌹🌶

IGNORE the "reminds me" section for this scent because apparently a lot of people think all rose scents smell the same. Who ever thinks this smells like Delina, Baie Rose, Rose 31, Eau Rose, or La Fille de Berlin is TRIPPING. Is it bad no, is it nice... maybe? It's fine. It's a basic rose scent. Reminds me a lot of the drug store gem Tea Rose by Perfumer's Workshop but more musky and way more expensive. I honestly think this is very generic and over priced rose.

A strong fruit-rose opening. I could swear there was some lychee in it. It is so similar to so many others, a brighter version of Fetiche La Rose. Then it turns a bit more cashmere but rose remains quite linear. I personally loved the other DVN rose more. This one is not as complex as I would have preferred but it is definitely a safe choice.