Rose Couture

Rose Couture's development has been quite the roller coaster while sitting on my shelf for the last year, or so. When I first got it, I absolutely loved it... and rightfully so, as I bought RC because I love Delina Exclusif, I'm just not a fan of the pink PDM bottle. With that being said, after awhile and for the longest time, the juice kept drying down too powdery, creamy, vanilla for my liking. It was almost cloying. I went a few months without spraying it because I didn't want to feel like I couldn't enjoy a fragrance I bought to love. Well now that it has been over a year since I have had my bottle, RC is back to being that beautiful juicy, sweet rose with the perfect amount of creamy vanilla and just a touch of powder. I'm so glad the juice is back to normal. Spring will be here soon and I am ready to wear this beast mode rose beauty.

I did need to let this fragrance age for a month and maybe the perfume will continue to change. But initially, it was a loud rose and litchi. I was hoping the rose would tone down and the litchi wouldn't. But they both did. I still like it, it's a floral rose and litchi. I see a lot of people calling it too powdery, I don't think so. And i'm not getting a loud incense either. But I also enjoy powdery scents so I'm not the best to ask. I got it because I liked the idea of delina, but I never smelled it. But I got the opportunity to smell it today, it's not one to one but definitely similar. I would say Delina is overall more elegant, it's a perfect blend of all the notes. I would say this perfume has everything delina has, but in slightly different ratios which makes it overall less elegant

This was a hard one at first. Too much oud, too dry, too incensy, too all over the place. I gave it a little time and now, I think, it is what it was meant to be. Juicy, tart and green. In the middle just the right amount of incense and oud with a hint of that welcoming green all-the-lovely-flowers-in-bloom-in-the-room smell when entering to a florist boutique. The drydown takes one straight to a classy summer garden party in june in a beautifully tended estate, guests enjoying their freshly made rhubarb juice drinks and some tart berrypie surrounded by rose bushes and bouquets and sunshine. And this scentbubble party goes on all night long! Rose couture smells way more interesting and expensive than the 17€ I payed to get it. I like this one very very much. Or maybe it’s love?

To bellabae down below, thank you for your ranking! I’ve tried samples of Armaf Imperiale and Ameerat Al Arab Prive Rose. The first was much greener and not as creamy and rounded as Rose Couture, imperiale is spicier and not as sweet. The second was way fruitier and heavy on the strawberry note for me, which I didn’t like much. But Rose Couture? Oh my, it’s heavenly. Luckily the initial punch of bergamot quiets down almost immediately, the rose and lychee here are so well blended, rounded by the woody, ambery, vanillic base. I feel you could pair this with a stronger amber vanilla if you want to bring out the sweetness, but on its own is wonderful 😍. Elegant, elevated, not vintage smelling, certainly not a powdery rose which I despise. I love it!!

Rose couture has finally been added to Fragrantica 👏 This is one of my favorite scents, I prefer this to Delina Exclusif because the opening is fresher and less headache-inducing for me. Additionally, the dry down is VERY similar to delina exclusif, like 90-95% similar for a fraction of what delina exclusif costs. You get that creamy powdery vanillic rose with some sprinkle of bergamot and incense. I love that it isn’t super beast mode like Armaf dupe which makes it super versatile. It can be worn to bed, summer, events, etc. This retails for $25 for a 100ml while Delina Exclusif costs $350-$400 for a 75ml bottle. This perfume is also very similar to THOUQ BY LATTAFA, but still slightly cheaper.