Cabotine Rosalie

My latest addition to my cache of Gres...Rosalie. When I first sprayed it. It was quite strange roast almonds? Hairspray? I was confused, where was that rose.. I was afraid this was yet another perfume that promised rose and didn't deliver.. The elusive rose. I let it sit for a few days to recover from its travels before delivery. This morning I gave it another spin. This morning top notes are a kind of lemony, almondy biscuit. Is it a gourmand, maybe. The rose was somewhere in the background. Left it for an hour and on the skin intimate perfume... And the rose emerges.. A deep mysterious damask rose... The lemon still hints.. And the biscuit becomes creamy delicious hovering. I think I'm loving it now, its hard to define... But I'm intrigued, my faith in Gres is untarnished... Each one of the three cabotine I now own are so unique. So I guess I should cave in and buy the Cabotine rose.. As my final, So I can compare. Always on the lookout for the perfect rose heaven, so hard to find. I can see this is not everyone's ideal, it's hard to pin down. The cabotine 100ml bottles of EDT all sell for under 20.. That is a major success story, I'm happy I found.

ABSTRACT HELIOTROPE. Opens with a fresh burst of Waldorf salad (nuts, mayo, apple, celery, grapes), that deepens into a rosy heart that has powdery, velvety, violet, sweet & plum-y nuances, all resting on a vanilla benzoin base with cedar & peach tones. Overall when I take as step back, what I get is an abstract composition of heliotrope (sometime called the "cherry-pie" flower with nuances of vanilla, baby powder, almond extract, deep & sweet fruit), going from lemony-green buds to full bloom. The heart & drydown smell a lot like heliotropin/heliotrope essential oil, most of which comes from Peru. Average or slightly above average performance. Contrast to Cinema Yves Saint Laurent: Although these have been compared, I find them different, however there are similarities with almond(blossom) and benzoin. Rosalie is more lemon forward in the opening, while Cinema dries down heavier with more benzoin. Cinema outperforms. Overall: Average or slightly above average performance, with a beautiful scent profile, this is the perfect scent to wear trekking the Inca Trail It's a love for me. Enjoy!

This is just lovely. I don't get many gourmand notes but the rose is astounding. Fresh, slightly sweet and so very casually elegant. Something you can wear in hot weather, very office friendly and also quite distinctive. In the same spirit of Chloé by Chloé or Agua Fresca de Rosas Blancas by Adolfo Domínguez. I still prefer the original Cabotine but these flankers are really nice and much more wearable. So pleasant you'll want to bathe in this. And its very cheap too. Unluckily this is not easy to find but if you find it get it, it's a pretty safe blind buy and you won't regret it Edit: did a side by side comparison and this reminds me of Rochas Tocade somehow but much lighter. I think the rose notes in Tocade and Rosalie are very close.

I just opened my bottle, a blind buy as I read people mention the links to Hypnotic Poison. Now, it's been decades since I last owned a bottle of that, so I don't really see any similarities although I suppose this has something mysterious, something maybe medicinal? In a good way! There's something I can't put my finger on about this fragrance, which makes me keep sniffing my wrist wanting to experience it over and over again... I get the floral, powdery notes too, making this soft and delicate to wear, like a soft knit or comfy PJs. It's an instant favourite for me and it was so affordable, too!

This is great for spring and summer and an amazing value for money. Incredibly complex and sparkling. It opens as a lemony/ limey pie and almond, like Hypnotic poison kind. Then the fresh rose or rose with peony/ petalia comes forward, but the almond and lemon are still there. The scent sparkles like this for quite a while until it dries down to a vanilla warm and cosy dry down. A totally different perfume to the green Cabotine, literally they have nothing in common besides the bottle shape.

Много приятно изненадана бях от този аромат. Май засега е единственият на Gres, който остава при мен. И да, наистина много напомня L'instant, но си има свое лице и характер. С мярка бонбонен, приятно пудрен, готин дамски аромат. Ще Ви хареса, ако харисвате този тип Guerlain, но ви се иска нещо бюджетно, което не мирише евтино. Ако разчитате на пирамидата тук, обърнете внимание главно на средните нотки. Изобщо тази къща прави интересни неща.

A pleasant almond and rose scent, reminds me of poison hypnotic but a lot less in strength and a whole lot simpler hence the price tag. PH is sweet and heavy, whereas this Rosalie is gentle and warm. It only lasted 2- 3 hours on my skin, but I don’t mind it at all. I find it unique and I’m keeping this in my collection.

I’m have Guerlain l’instant and i can tell you this and that are identical! This is a budget friendly Guerlain. Incredible! I have to change my comment It’s not identical to Guerlain, it is similar, but not identical. Highly underrated perfum going under the radar because of the cheapie looking bottle

Easy to love. Sweet, floral, feminine, modern but nods to vintage. I'm really happy with this purchase. I definitely agree with the comparisons to L'instant. Perhaps not a clone/dupe, but close enough for my pocketbook!

Just got this perfume it was a blind buy At first I was disappointed but then I kept spraying it and I started loving it. Cheap and cheerful great for spring it has a vibe of Red Roses Jo Malone

Gentle rosy flowers on a warm base of amber and cedar. It projects arms length and lasts a few hours. Really lovely comforting fragrance. I love the woody notes peaking through.

goes on lipstick powdery iris then deepens and richens with some vanilla, violet, and a little faint peachy/lemon to give it a rounded subtle fruit sweetness

Guerlain, но без да дотяга. Майсторски парфюм.

This is sooo pretty! It starts out smelling INSTANTLY like Love's Baby Soft with lemon merengue mixed in, soft and powdery...I do love that lemon pop...BUT it quickly changes... As it dries down it becomes less baby powder & citrus and becomes this creamy, violet petal (not leaf) & magnolia, ambery, slightly sweet goodness. You can only get the EDT now, unfortunately. Because I can only imagine how nice this was when it was an EDP. Very innocent but not juvenile. Like Baby Soft grew up, into a beautiful engenue. A young, Breakfast At Tiffany's, Audrey Hepburn. Just wished it lasted longer. But the price is so good you can afford to respray whenever you want. Pretty bottle too. NOTE- NO heliotrope. None. That's my favorite perfume note, no... NO Waldorf salad, LOL.. (what are ppl smoking? ..that was so funny to read..😂) Also, nothing like Cinema OR L'Instant, which I have. I DO get the reference to Hypnotic Poison, although, the drydowns of both perfumes are not alike. That almond note is definitely there.

Such a sweet, innocent fragrance from first spray, but the surprisingly complex development is a treat! This is a precious spring floral at first spray. I feel like I'm getting some lilac at the beginning, and it's just a nice, soft, billowy bouquet. However, soon enough the sweetness comes through, and here, it's almost like an entirely new scent. But the sweetness leans heavily floral. I'm looking at you, violet! And as that settles in, the orris joins in to create a lovely powdery acord. It's fairly light. I sprayed several generous sprays from a decant that sprays probably the equivalent of 4 normal sprays for each of it's sprays! But it is one that seems you can't possibly overspray. Maybe more like a body spray. But I feel that if this had better longevity and projection, it would be quite a popular scent. I would categorize this as almost universally likeable, and a safe enough blind buy as long as you're not expecting much.

If, like me, you are an absolute die-hard fan of Cabotine's army of flankers, I predict you will be pleased with Rosalie. Initial application suggests this is a "rose is a rose is a rose" fragrance but wait a few minutes for amber to step in to give depth to the lightness of pale pink roses. Hang in there for a few minutes longer and you'll find yourself sniffing your wrist as a delicious & edible scent emerges. It's warm almond cookies fresh from the oven or Jordan Almonds when you first open the box. A gourmand Cabotine... who'd have guessed? Decent longevity (4-5 hours) and modest sillage (does leave a trail). edit: Something seemed familiar about Rosalie the first couple of times I wore her but I couldn't say why until I sniffed my bottle of Tocade, another rose gourmand. While Tocade has red roses and vanilla cookies to Rosalie's pink roses and almond cookies, both shine with warmth & edible sweetness. Mystery solved.

If you're buying this because you like the look of the accords, you might be disappointed. I was. When I first tried it, I did get a bit of citrus in the beginning, some florals and a faint almond note that was very different than the sweet gourmand almonds I usually experience in fragrances. If anything, it was more of a raw almond. Trying this again after some months, and the herbally citrus is way stronger! For me this is a good thing, because it smells exactly like Limelight from Bath and Body Works, at least from what I can remember. It's been discontinued a long time, but I absolutely loved that scent! As the citrus dies down, I think I can pick up a faint whiff of almond along with a bit of perfuminess. Overall, I'm starting to enjoy this a lot more.

The house of Gres seems determined to raid my piggy bank yet again. I'm somehow compelled to make every Cabotine flanker MINE, all MINE but not without good reason: none has ever failed to please and some have absolutely delighted. I love the gorgeous floral caps and I'm excited that this 2014 release will arrive in an opaque bottle, a first for the Cabotine line. And the notes contain my favorites: violet, almond, cedar and benzoin... I can hardly wait! Edit: Today, May 31, 2015 this has FINALLY hit the on-line discounters. Scentedmonkey's ebay store has 100mls for $21.01 with free shipping. I'm dizzy with anticipation!

at first i get a lemony rose with petit grain, with a hint of the fruits in the background. i think the peach comes out more and the lemon stays strong. i can see the comparison with l'instant though i prefer it a bit more than this. the fruit is turning a bit on me and it's turning into fruity hairspray for awhile. luckily, that stops and the peach keeps getting stronger. it ends up primarily peach and lemon with some rose. very pretty for spring.

Ooh this is so tingly and spritely! What an interesting scent! I’m disappointed I’m not getting a whole lot of roses from a perfume that sort of white lie promised it, but this is pretty. The rose is there, but sort of softly in the background, and emerging more prominently the longer I savour it. Mmm the lemon. This one makes me happy.