Rose Snow De HJ

Several years ago when my mom was dying rather slowly, we bought her this beautiful perfume. It was so lovely and kind of innocent yet a bit bubbly, maybe icy and champagne like; it was like her. She loved it. We found it in Portland, too, at the Perfume House. It did cost a lot but it was something a little special we could do. I'm glad we did that for her. I would love to find it again, but I guess from JoyJoy's comment they don't have it at the Perfume House anymore. Too bad, the owner told a fantastic story about it, too!

I've never smelled a rose that paired so perfectly with verbena! It smells sparkly and "alive" because of the spicy elements; a simple tea rose or lemon-rose fragrance cannot compare. *Fyi Henry Jacques opened a boutique in Beverly Hills

I'm so excited that Fragrantica has added Henry Jacques to the database! This line is exquisite. I discovered Snow Rose about 9 years ago at The Perfume House in Portland OR. I bought a 1 oz bottle for I think $325 (no more than $350). At the time it was the most I'd ever spent for perfume. Sadly they stopped being able to sell the line a few years back & now you can only buy HJ from Harrods. One half ounce of Snow Rose is now a little over $500! The real problem with anyone who is familiar with this line is that they've discontinued (possibly in a few instances renamed) many of the fragrances so that Snow Rose & their Musk are the only ones I'm acquainted with. They will not do samples even if you buy a perfume so it's pretty difficult to purchase. Anyway, re: the scent...it's simple & beautiful. You mainly smell the verbena & the rose. I don't detect a lot of iris nor do I find it powdery. It's beautiful but not old fashioned or dated. It makes me feel pretty when I wear it but not in a boring or matronly way, just pretty and feminine. It doesn't smell like any other perfume I'm familiar with. And it *crystalizes in the bottle. I've had natural rose perfumes & various rose oils but I've never seen the crystallization before. It's apparently the sign of true rose essences. For this scent I believe white roses are used. And if you're familiar with the perfume from years ago the 2016 smells the same to me. *(Re: crystallization, I believe it’s due to using high altitude roses which develop a waxy substance for protection. Or it’s just a characteristic of white rose/Rosa Alba essential oil & other pure rose oils as well).

I have purchased many and as JoyJoy mentioned a lot have been discontinued or renamed. I just recently scored a very small sample of Rose Snow from another HJ fan and I found it to be light in comparison to many other HJ's. That is not a bad thing at all! It starts out with a bit of a lemon scent and flows smoothly into the very beautiful rose, not much iris but it is there hiding in the background. I would purchase it in half a second if I could find it here in the states, Although my wallet would probably scream as it has many times in the past!!!! Well worth the purchase and a bottle will last for a very long time. I am the third generation to have most of mine.