White Rose & Lemon Leaves

A rose and citrus lovers dream come true! The back story: I was looking for a replacement for Stella by Stella McCartney, its becoming harder to find and I wanted something which captured the same vintage yet modern, English garden rose scent, various things were suggested to me (I'm still going to sample them all) and I fell upon this one evening whilst browsing SpaceNK's website. If you dislike rose, you may very well like this since it isn't your typical dusty/blousey rose type scent, its a fresh, bright modern rose, reminding me slightly of rose lemonade. Its composition, with it being a Jo Malone/Jo Loves scent is really simple but its quite effective and really full bodied, Jo Loves states notes of: White Rose Oil, Lemon Peel, Rose Absolute and Cedar Wood. The opening is very bright and sharp from the lemon peel, on my skin, luckily it doesnt venture into kitchen cleaner territory, it doesnt take long for the white rose oil and the rose absolute to emerge with the lemon peel and cedar peaking out every so often to make things a little bit more interesting. Longevity is moderate, it follows the typical airy, fresh and simple style of most Jo Malone/Jo Loves scents and the silage on my skin is soft, its one of those scents that hides and bursts back out during the course of the day which I actually quite like. Definately a favourite and a 99% chance of repurchasing in a 100ml bottle <3

Do NOT judge this one prematurely because of the opening. It’s nothing but extremely loud lemon for the first 15 minutes or so, sort of obnoxious like lemon pledge. And then it morphs into a lovely, refreshing, bright rose. It’s delightful. At an hour or so, the rose blooms voluptuously. Dewy, velvety, lightly herbal and refreshing. Once it’s settled down, the lemon serves to “tarten” the rose, and it’s absolutely delicious, like rose cupcakes with lemonade. Hours and hours later in bed, I still get whiffs of that glorious magical rose. I would say the sillage becomes quite personal pretty early on, but the longevity is fantastic. Great candidate for layering with rose lotion. Update: yes, it layers beautifully with rose lotion. Arm length projection for at least 6 hours. I can still smell it on my arm 24 hours later and it’s so gorgeous. Heavenly.

Currently my new signature scent! As a huge fan of Eternity Rose Blush (sadly discontinued), this reminds me of the initial fresh notes of that perfume (I still have some so can compare). It also reminds me slightly of Turkish Delight - but it's a sharper, fresher note with the most beautiful fresh rose scent - imagine walking through a rose garden lightly misted with morning dew! It's heavenly. It reminds me of walking through my Grandparents garden as a child and also the lemon zest soap they kept in the bathroom. I absolutely love it!

Imagine a white rose in the cool morning mist with petals edged with silver lining of lemony sharpness. It could cut at first but when the flower blooms, it is astonishingly delicate. And I cannot agree what Marie_Anne mentioned about the longevity, this gem could be easily perceived at arm-length even further after 3 or 4 hours. Mind you that most current perfumes could not survive that long on me due to individual body chemistry. Hence I give White Rose & Lemon Leaves and Jo Malone, MBE my sincere respect.

Not a complicated scent, but a summery option for rose (and citrus) lovers. The lemon is refreshing and bracing for summer yet also round and soft - real lemon leaves, balm or blossoms instead of the sour, sharp fruit. The rose is a lovely and prominent garden variety - in fact wearing this perfume reminds me of sitting in my mother’s rose garden if I also had a lemon drop in my mouth. I absolutely love this pretty scent for summer and spring.