Rosa

I will preface this review by saying I am not always a fan of L'Erbolario's bottle shapes, but I LOVE this line, the line of the vintage-looking bottles that comprises Rose, Tea and Citron, Vanilla, Vanilla and Ginger, Green Tea, Honeysuckle, Lily of the Valley and Fiorichiari (i might have forgotten some lol). I think they look so cute, and I am a sucker for nice packaging. So I wanted to buy a frag of this line, and Rose/Rosa was the one I liked best. It is such a good rose perfume. Not powdery, not syrupy, not jammy, not grassy, not heavy. It really smells VERY similar to a real, fresh rose - the best kind of rose, imo. It is pretty linear, i smell pretty much just rose and maybe some other flowers i can't well identify. There is some white musk, yes, but in the background. It is very fresh, sparkling and quite a happy perfume. I thought I was not a rose-perfume kinda person, it turns out i was wrong - like 90% of the time I have assumptions about perfumes lol. Surprisingly, it is pretty long lasting. L'Erbolario has so many gems I am discovering slowly but surely. This is a safe blind buy unless you hate rose. It is very feminine, but obviously anyone can wear anything

This is what I was looking for in a typical rose perfume. Smells like the old formula of Evelyn Rose too, before Crabtree & Evelyn company sold to a Hong Kong public listed company. Reading the perfume pyramid from L'Erbolario, this is a rose chypre. Mixture of Rose & Violet (my favorite combination), Geranium and Jasmine, and the base of White Moss (I like moss notes in my perfume). Sharing the same style with Classic Chloe EDP (synthetic rose), Guerlain Idylle (only small amount of rose, the others are lily of valley and white musk, and expensive), and Diptyque Eau Rose (not budget friendly). Rosa is an intense, sweet rose perfume with a friendly budget. As long as you don't mind the plain glass spray bottle and the sticker label. Rosa has good sillage too. 2 sprays on my full cotton long sleeve shirt, walking in a air-conditioned shop, my friends can detect the heavy rose scent. The only con is, Rosa only comes in 50ml bottle. Wish for larger bottle, 100ml or 200ml. Even I get 2 bottles of 50ml, the total price is still cheaper than 2 bottle of 50ml Crabtree & Evelyn - Evelyn Rose. And sure cheaper than a 100ml Chanel No 5

One incredibly delightful rose! It is blousey, full blown and robust and utterly delightful! The first spray gave me the sense that there were aldehydes in the blend, as it was so sparkling fresh. Much to my surprise, aldehydes are not mentioned in the notes. In fact, no notes other than rose appear! My nose detects a green aspect as well as a hint of woodiness. I find this fragrance to be much more complex than the name or note implies. It Blooms on my skin unfolding a middle medley of a blend of flowers. I can smell LOTV and jasmine and a whiff of honeysuckle along with the rose. The dry down reminds me of standing in the middle of a greenhouse inhaling all the scents of the hothouse flowers. Gardenia makes a soft entrance here, blending seamlessly with the other florals, and the woody and green notesThis is definitely a "rose" fragrance to love! I find it quite exhilarating! Sillage is moderate to heavy Longevity is a lovely moderate

I was in a store and I was trying some fragrances, I smelled Rose Tonnerre by Editions Frederic Malle and I was shocked! It is sooo incredibly similar to my beloved Rosa by L'Erbolario! I have being using Rosa since the early 1990s, when it was also available as an extrait de parfum, so Rosa definitely came before Rose Tonnerre. Now, maybe Rose Tonnerre is more longlasting, but Rosa costs a tiny fraction of the price and it is absolutely lovely and you can also get complementary products in the line, such as body wash, body cream and hand cream. If you like Rose Tonnerre, but don't want to spend that much, try Rosa by L'Erbolario!

The perfect classic rose. Absolutely beautiful. If you want a classic rose fragrance you can't go wrong here. I will be buying this for sure. Roses, just pure classic rose. Reminds me of Crabtree & Evelyn Rosewater. I've been looking for a replacement. I just found it. Roses with just a touch of violet.

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I'm Italian, and when I was a kid, my mother owned a herbalist's shop. Among other brands, she also used to sell L'Erbolario. That's how my perfumery journey began: with L'erbolario perfumes. When I was a kid, the rose frags she sold where always my favorites, and I especially loved Rosa. So, as a rose enthusiast, I had to a bottle. Now, this smells quite different from what I remembered. I remembered a strong, geranium rich, heady rose. This is not that. This is a powdery rose. Not soapy, but more like talcum powder. The geranium is present, but it's softened by violet and powder. Violet is actually so powerful on me that it almost overpowers the rose. Some people have described it as photorealistic, but I don't feel like it is: smells more like rose scented make-up powder rather than real roses. It feels like a girly girl, pale pink, coquette rose, and as a fan of strong and heady dark roses, that doesn't really compliment the aesthetic I like to project. Makes sense that I loved it at 12: it's a really powdery, girly scent. And as "girly" I mean something that a young girl might enjoy. Despite that I still find myself reaching for the bottle quite often, and I've used half of it. It's a feel good scent to wear at home for when I want to allow myself to be gentle. I really often layer it with scents that I find too masculine for my taste, or with other rose frags to give them some extra rose. Overall, not the type of rose for those who like very heady, "dark red" roses. But still nice to have for a rose lover, and I'm happy that a frag from my childhood is in my collection.

For me, it's the scent of a beautiful, classic rose, despite the addition of other flowers. It's lovely, not overpowering, close to the skin, with moderate longevity. Without extravagance, because in its beautiful simplicity and purity, it doesn't need it. Soothing, beautiful, classic, timeless.

To my nose, there's only one note to this fragrance. That's rose through and through. Green rose with soapy quality. It's so simply composed that it smells almost like rose absolute. It reminds me of Serge Lutens Sa Majeste La Rose, which is also a simple, clean rose scent.

A decent rose fragrance for the price. I would wear this when I want to wear a nice rose fragrance, yet do not want to spritz my expensive ones. Smells a tad bit green, and maybe not as refined as other ones, but pretty decent regardless.

this is a heavy ROSEscent. No sweet notes at all. Dry and loud ROSE. Not for a teenager but for a woman. One spray goes a long way - perfect scent to put under a sweet floral scent. One of few rose-scent that I don't like. Detta är en ROSdoft. Inga söta doftnoter alls. Torr och högljudd ROS. Inget för en tjej men en doft för kvinnan. En sprej räcker väldigt länge. En perfekt doft att ha under en sötare blomdoft. En av få Ros-dofter jag faktiskt inte gillar.

An ancient and synthetic rose. In name and in fact. A tea rose (that reminds me 'Tea Rose of Workshop) light, solar, soapy, almost mimosa tones. Fault of freesia. It feels very violet, here is the green notes that many feel. All in all not bad. Very traditional, almost English, a bit '800. At times it seems very natural, sometimes it looks very natural fresh flower of rose, sometime is very synthetic and certainly it is, you can tell just by the color, the natural essential oil of rose is a dark orange and even one drop diluted in alcohol immediately gives a bright yellow color while the synthetic essential oil of tea rose is transparent and has at the same time the fresh rose scent and a mushroom-powder smell. Romantic, Potent, sunny but a bit nostalgic. Classic. Between cheap and rich composition. Depend of the nose. Not for all.

Mmm...I'm not a fan of L'Erbolario fragrances. Skincare is nice and effective, but the brand is not so natural as they claim to be. Scents are very stiff, not airy, not sophisticated, somehow flat and cheap, but they are not bad smelling. The Rose one is a nice smelling typical imaginative rose, I would say the smell of rose perfume that most people have in mind and when they smell a real fragrant rose they say: "No, it is not really so". Pleasant but not breaking. Better than other L'Erbolario.

A poem.A bright rose that is sparkling in the dawn.Simply but elegant,when elegance is "Less is more". So feminine,it gives you the consciousness that sometimes the stars are smiling for you and inside you.

I totally agreed with Keedon. It reminds me Une rose of Frederic malle.

= F. Malle Une Rose but 10% of the price.