Eau des 4 Reines

Loved, loved, loved this. Perfect combination which on me dryed down to a sweet powdery rose fragrance. Every time I sprayed this people asked me what it was. I bought a 2nd bottle but was bitterly disappointed this one bore no relation to the one I loved. I thought I'd bought the wrong scent and double checked it online and in store but it was the same as before. How can one bottle differ so much to another? I disliked the 2nd bottle so much I couldn't bear to wear it and threw it out. Each time I'm in a L'Occitane shop I keep on trying this perfume to see if I can find that elusive scent I love but no luck so far.

This has to be my most favourite rose scent EVER! I love the depth of this scent - I find it full & delicious. I've spent countless pounds on scents that are nice but ultimately 'not really me'....this is the one I return to when I want to 'be myself' again! I absolutely adore it!!!

It makes me very sad that this one is discontinued. It’s like a fluffy cloud of soft roses. So balanced, so addicting. I always layered it with other perfumes. Sadly, I will just admire it now.

I've always appreciated rose for its ability to be both dewy and musky, young and classic. Its a shape shifter that easily takes on new personalities. This perfume, being stuffed to the brim with rose is no exception. I find it to be utterly unpredictable. Some days this is powdery dried petals, some days fresh petals and citrus, and sometimes its even a peachy sort of violet. Ive never been able to quite sum up this fragrance. I love it in all its incarnations. It does seem to always have a fresh sour top note of exactly the kind i want in an everyday scent. I find myself wearing this to work on dreary days and the little whiffs of it i catch are a real pick-me-up. L'Occitane really does an excellent job of creating unique blends from common ingredients. They never smell cheap or artificial.

So I'm not the only one to wear this at bed! Yes, it's relaxing like a rose garden. It's suitable for daytime too, not too much, for making office grey air more rosy! Roses are very well rendered here, even if probably not true roses are used. I like the fact that it's not a powdery lipstick rose and not an overly fruity one, not heavy, but not weak either. It's just a well-being complex balanced rose lady scent. I like it better than the new Rose Nuit de Mai which has a colder smell, I would say introvert, while Eau des 4 Reines is more extroverted. Anyway, anything rose is mine!