Rose de France

French Rose NOTES IN HISTORIAE'S ROSE DE FRANCE Head Notes: Pear Bergamot Tagetes, May Rose Damask Rose Heart Notes: Rose, Magnolia, Clove, Artemisia, Peony, Geranium, Mock Orange Base Notes: Benzoin Vanilla, Musk Amber In this world of rose perfumes, you're spoilt for choice, but for any rose fan this is such a nice treat. For me personally this is the best, I repeat THE BEST rose perfume. Everyone's favorite and the ever popular Tea Rose by the Perfumer's Workshop can blow your mind with it's graphic realism, but this is more appealing to me. This is a soft realistic rose. There are three different roses of different colors in this frag: a white May Rose, a Damask or Pink Rose and a red rose. It's fragrant with the other floral scents of tagetes (French marigolds) magnolia and peony. I didn't get any of the fruit notes: pear and bergamot. Upon first spray there is something like a pear but it never turns into a bowl of fruit. This is purely a floral fragrance with a dominant rose accord. It's divine. It's light, soft, more like smelling the petals of a rose while holding the stem in your hand, and the greeness or dewiness is not overwhelming. You get that rosy scent in a soft and tenuous dream like haze. This was like a dream of walking in the gardens of Versailles, but all you see is pink, white and red roses everywhere. There's a feeling of security, warmth and peace. We are in Versailles before the French Revolution. Marie Antoinette is out for a walk in the rose garden, holding a pale pink parasol out in the warm sun and wearing a pink floral print gown. She's walking hand in hand with her daughter Therese and son Louis by the hand. This is like the Jean Honore Fragonard painting L'escarpolette or THE SWING from 1767. It features a beautifully dressed woman in pink swinging herself on a swing hung on a tree in her garden while two chevaliers watch her. Her dainty slipper comes off as she swings. This is exactly what this fragrance tries to recreate: a royal garden where no weeds can grow, and where no evil serpents can slither. It's light, fun and airy. I am contented that I found the perfect rose perfume. If you are in a seemingly endless quest for the greatest rose perfume, this is it. As for it's practical uses, I would recommend this for day time wear in the spring or summer. It's definitely French so you can wear it while traveling to France. I would even go as far to say that this is even better than Jean Desprez Bal a Versailles which is mainly synthetic waxy artificial flowers. The flowers in Rose de France are totally real, but they are not shockingly overpowering or graphic or too green or too wet. Other pure floral frags on my skin become too oily, and the scent is way too strong. This one is tender, sweet, but still made up of real flowers. It's a rose garden dream. What are you waiting for? Buy it. It's affordable and you can buy it on Amazon.com, Ebay or on the Historiae website. They are a French indie niche fragrance line that specialize in fragrances that recreate historic perfumes of 17th and 18th century France. As a historian and history lover, this really hits the spot. I love this perfume and will wear it as often as I can.

Rose potpourri; kinda pear that went bad with stale rose.

I brought a small vial sample which was also a spritz to test it out because the bigger bottle looks like it's going to last me through the year. O my God I love it. Never mind the French history stuff. This is a lovely rose perfume. It's all about the roses. They smell very realistic but not overwhelming, cold, nor too green or dewy. They're like rose scented sachets or little rose powder puffs. It's got little bits of pear fruit in it, vanilla, and white floral scents of magnolia and a geranium. There's also amber and creamy benzoin. It's a pretty strong scent so I only put on a little bit of it. It's so pretty. I wear this in spring time in the day time when I want a simple little rose scent. I also agree with other reviews that say this is better than Tea Rose or any other rose perfume. This rose has got to be experienced.

This is a really beautiful floral fragrance. It opens with a pear and magnolia. The progression into the rose heart is quick and you get a perfumy but subtle rose fragrance. This scent is warmed up with benzoin and sweetened by vanilla. It's really lovely. I have the fragrance and matching heart shaped soap. I don't get any French history vibe out of this. It's just a very soothing, soft warm rose fragrance. I have smelled better rose fragrances out there my favorite being from L'Occitaine their Roses Et Reines. But this is also very nice.

The perfume is too lovely and fresh portrait serving a character like Henry IV, Machiavellian: Henry IV of France said (well, obviously in French): "Paris is well worth a Mass" It was proper for his personality and his age, dangerous, deep, dirty too, something like Black Oud Either way the fragance is a charming and fresh EDT.