Rose Peonia

Very special. Starts out as a classic rose scent, happily without geranium (!) unlike Dior's Rose n' rose, but with a similar reference group/vibe of a rosy floral that can be found in many classic body products (soaps, lotions, talcum powders, etc) which I happen to love. But then, something quite extrordinary happens after a couple of hours; Hermes Un jardin en Mediterranee. How can this be?! I had been wearing Rose Peonia for a couple of days and for the life of me I couldn't figure out where I had smelled the surprising drydown, until it hit me: Un jardin en Mediterranee. Almost exactly the same drydown. I so wish I had taken my chemistry lessons a bit more seriously to understand that side of perfumery a bit better - there have been some great articles on Fragrantica that explain our scent experience through this lense - but I cannot name the base elements that these two fragrances share, unfortunately. But the experince is real! Although both scents have such a different starting point: Rose Peonia a floral, Jardin en mediterranee an aromatic, they close with the same note(s). Jardin en Mediterranee is my favourite of the Jardin series - I have a 100ml bottle of it, but only minis of the others, and am quite happy this way - so to have a beautiful fresh rose-floral start and to end up with a Jardin en Mediterranee drydown is quite fine with me. The bottle is a gem and I cannot be but very, very, _very_ disappointed to hear about the new Absolus series, that I've read has a _sticker_ as a label... but with a price increase from the previous Maison Lancome series... The newest from the Maison line (Rose peonia, Jasimin d'eau, I think even Figues agrumes) have been/still are on sale on certain sites, so if you love the bottles, get your favourite while they are quite resonably priced - obviously the gorgeuous metal plaques are gone for ever... A treasure for keeps.

I have to disagree with some of the earlier reviews of this perfume. Rose Peonia smell nothing like Delina. I cant find any note that I associate with roses in Delina... Delina feels much more like its a dupe of Miss Dior(2017), or maybe Miss Dior is a dupe of Delina. Rose Peonia on the other hand have a rich real rose note which you can also find in Lancomes "Mille Et Une Roses" and Flower Knows "Daydream Rose", but here its accompanied by the watery Peony and the pink pepper. Its lasting power might not be great but it holds longer than half an hour for sure. I love this perfume, its close to the sort of rose perfume I wanted, but I have to admit that its not easy to wear due to the rose pepper. At first I barely noticed the pepper but later my brain started homing in on it for some reason and it just started to feel too spicy.

I tried this yesterday... OMG I have Delina, and there is no comparisons. This fragrance is the definition of clean linen, and so sexy at the same time. This is how I want to smell fresh, clean, sexy, like it is from my body, my clothes not from my perfume. To me this is an everyday perfume, cuz it has that clean vibe and does smell more like you than a perfume.

Nice, smells like Delina mixed with Lust in paradise. A tart, more mature rose. Perhaps a little underwhelming considering the price.

A rose that is non cloying and easy to wear. It has the freshness of a garden. A shame its discontinued