Rose Amazone

My second bottle of this arrived today. I bought my first one back in 2015 and ran out of it sometime last year. I missed it so much that I ordered it again. Rose Amazone is a criminally underrated fragrance and I live in constant fear that it will be discontinued. This is a tart, fruity rose with some fresh, woody green and a hint of fizz. The citrus and berries are very present, but this perfume is not sweet - not in a sugary sense. The rose is so intertwined with the fruits and the woods that it doesn't come across as an intensely rose dominant experience either. It's a crisp halo of red, pink, and green. It smells clean, refreshing, and leans feminine. It's extremely approachable, yet very different from any other designer perfume I've smelled, which is why I find it so surprising that this isn't more popular. It has an expensive shampoo-like quality about it, and I mean this in the most complimentary way — that's part of what makes this fragrance so easy to wear. Spray it on and you smell "finished." The first time I tried it I was on a day spa trip at a very upscale place in NYC for an event with a group of women I had never met before. I'd packed a sample in my bag to put on after the spa activities. At first spray I was in love, and so happy that this was the sample that made it into my things that day. I smelled posh and effortlessly elegant. It was exactly the impression I wanted to make in that situation, and I couldn't stop smelling myself for the rest of the day. I ordered a full bottle as soon as I returned home from that trip. This is definitely more of a daytime scent. Some places I have worn it over the years include: office, off-site work meetings, brunches, shopping trips, birthday parties, baby showers, family events, and plane rides. It was perfect in all those environments. Longevity is good. Projection is moderate. I recommend it and I am happy to have a bottle of this back in my collection. I very rarely say this about anything but — this is a safe blind buy.

A divinely gorgeous fresh fruity beautiful perfume, full of rich ripe and juicy fruit, a delicate and sweet touch of lovely flowers - glorious rich rose, and I'm sure I smell lily-of-the-valley, and a sparkling green, and sweet, smooth woody base, with a lovely creamy amber too. The fruit is so juicy and sweet, with a lovely bitter edge which is a great contrast and stops it being tooo sweet, and the vanilla gives it a gorgeous full luxurious creamy custard element. It's so lovely and feminine, soft, delicate and sophisticated, as well as rich and potent. I adore it. It's perfect.

I think Hermes has now become my favourite designer fragrance house. I bought this beauty just yesterday and it is stunning. It has this beautifully green leafy herbal kind of tart nature to it in the beginning with beautifully delicate roses peaking through all the tartness. I just can’t get over it. It’s so beautiful! There are berries which are really fruity and juicy, but not in a frivolous or juvenile kind of way, but in a grown polished womanly kind of way. It’s so stunning and I think any woman could make this their signature perfume and they wouldn’t go wrong, you know?

I have been eyeballing this beauty for some time now. Today, I decide to take the plunge and bring her home. This fragrance is hard to describe. It is fresh, yet warm. Soft, yet strong. The rose is not your typical powder-puff, fruity mess of a rose. Instead, we are presented with a slightly woody, mature rose that can be worn by both men and women. I am so glad I finally bought this beautiful fragrance. A really under-rated gem by Hermes. Highly recommended for Hermes lovers.

Compared to the more stern Amazone, Rose Amazone has been gifted a bright, joyful spirit which makes her companionship fully enjoyable. Whereas the grand classic Amazone is mossy, wild and dark green, Rose Amazone appears cheerful, bright green and more feminine. I'd say that Amazone and Rose Amazone are of the same age but from the different eras. An effortlessly classy green- fruity perfume.