Rose 4 Reines

The more I smell this perfume the more I like it. The more I wear it the more I feel feminine, clean and sociable. I don't know if the mood it creates on me affects other, but I noticed that people are generally calmer when I'm around wearing this. Please, let me explain why I feel that Rose 4 Reines is my perfect fit or... just skip the long review! LOL I love complex, sophisticated, luxury and opulent perfumes: Samsara, Shalimar & Parfum Initial, Nahema, Mitsouko, Coco, original Poison, Organza, Aoud Queen Rose, Aoud Rose Damascus, By Kilyan Beyond Love, Ambre Extreme and the niche bombs ... got the idea? LOL Those are love and extasy for me, but after years of wearing them in small doses I had to come to a point when I realised that they are not always suitable for my everyday life and not finely understood among the crowd and they are not "friendly". Most people I have around at work in my run-of-the-mill employee job are younger than me (as a mere matter of age), they try hard to be fashionable and accepted in the group. They use clothes, makeup, shoes, even nail polish and some perfume to be noticed and feel part of the crowd at the same time. Seen from my sociological point of view this seems to me like animal behaviour: adopting a certain style and smell to reckon each other. And there is hierarchy, too. No need to say I smell a lot of Candy Prada, Coco Mademoiselle, Hypnotic Poison, Light Blue, Narciso Rodriguez and a pletora of candy fruity baskets, Light This and Light That. I mean, if you need to go fresh and light 4711 is a good and elegant option. No way. Better to put some fake berries on. I'm only happy that people are perhaps too conscious about their money to spray perfume more liberally. There is nothing so wrong about popular scents, some are nice. I've been wearing NR EdT in the black bottle when no one knew who NR is, at least here. I stopped wearing it when I met 1 woman every 4 wearing my same perfume and feeling sooo fashionable. As well as they want pleasure, people also need secureness. So I decided that I wanted a highly wearable, pleasant, feminine yet simple and meaningful and possibly inexpensive scent! Eau des 4 reines came to mind. To be honest my favourite was Rose Nuit de Mai: an easy wonder made of rose and wood with just a hint of berry. Great, subtle and longlasting, perfectly balance between floral and wood. They discontinued it. Apparently all perfumes with a good sandalwood have been discontinued or changed in formula. And I love sandalwood. When I went to the shop I was a bit confused. No Nuit de Mai anymore and no Eau des 4 Reines anymore, let alone the longtime discontinued Eau de Parfum (together with Eau des 7 Fleurs and first Neroli). Now we have Rose 4 Reines EdT. Well, ok. I sprayed and noticed that it's basically Eau des 4 Reunes with some little change. Liked on the spot, 35 euro for 75ml is a good deal. After a while, around 30 minutes and more I smelled a great whift of multi-faceted perfume, rose for sure with other notes. I thought that it was Bvlgari Rose essentiel on my other arm, but... no! It was Rose 4 Reines! Big value for my money.I love the way it moves with me, around me and maybe not too projecting. It's longlasting and unfolding on my skin. After about 6 hours I still smell it on my wrist with just a hint of rose and beautiful drydown smoothly woodsy and only vaguely vanillic/powdery. Calm, feminine, vaguely sensual in its angel-like aura and elegant in its simplicity. It's a type of scent that grows on you. If you like it on the spot gives it some time to unfold and it will impress you. Not for bitter/dry scents lovers, but never a candy-candy marshmallow fruit lollipop either. I love it! It makes me feel confortable during warmer days in autumn when I especially need rose in my life. I wear Idylle and Stella on colder days while keeping the orange blossom divinely uplifting with Fragonard Fleur d'Oranger (my summer perfume) at some moments. It's like a soft shift, no need to be shocked. Season will shock my body anyway with my ailments, but these perfumes keep me conforted and protected. From a social point of view I can enjoy a fragrance that makes me feel fine for a good price, without being too extravagant or weird-perceived neither mass-fashionable. Rose 4 Reines is definetely a winner! EDIT: the bath&shower gel is also a great treat in a warm bathtub!

This scent is so amazing the girls at L`Occitane managed to convince me to try this today. The girl when I went in asked me what kind of scents I usually like and I told her florals or fruity florals then she continues with another question and asked If I have any rose scents.I told her I have two other scent that have rose in them one is my Chole Intense and the other is my Bvlgari Rose Essentielle EDT. Rose 4 Reines smells so much more amazing to me, than both of the scents I already own, but they still have their uses. This is a delicate linear rose scent, ever since I tried it on I haven't been able to stop smelling my arm. Its a really nice young but at the same time mature rose, also I don't think this is too overpowering. I think I have found a new all year around favorite. Once its completely dried down an fading away you can actually also notice the wood notes, which is nice. It is a realistic rose to my nose its super lovely.This is just a great overall girly, soft, comfy, and romantic scent. I got the EDT and the body lotion so that I can layer it together. Because I spent a certain amount they also included the body wash for free, so I have the whole set for the fragrance which I'm really excited to have in my collection.

The cleanest, freshest, dewiest, purest, prettiest Rose fragrance that there is. It is the embodiment of a beautiful early morning in a verdant English garden in May. I have been so fortunate to bag a full bottle of the original version of this fragrance on Ebay. It is in perfect condition and smells exactly as I remember it. I paid less for a 75ml bottle of the original version than I would have done for a 50ml bottle of the new version. Not only is the bottle of the new version nowhere near as pretty, it doesn't smell as good either. When I tried it in the shop I thought it was my memory that was the problem but as soon as I sprayed the original I realized that the new version has been reformulated into a shadow of its former self. If you are fan of this I'd recommend trying to snag a vintage bottle rather than buying the new formulation. It's nice but nothing like the original.

Just plain rose. And just plain wonderful! It does not have that unpleasant artificial quality that plain rose perfumes can have -- it is like smelling an actual rose. My husband rarely notices perfume and always compliments me on this one. This perfume (the solid version) has also been my first experiment with layering! (I just tried it without thinking: I put this solid perfume behind ears and on wrists, then spray chest very lightly with Chanel No. 5 -- result is unique, and unexpectedly nice! It changes the experience of both). Since this is such a pure and simple fragrance, I think layering can work, if you're interested in that. But definitely it's at its most beautiful alone, the simplicity is so wonderful

Beautiful roses! I love it, it's so rosy; so sweet and fresh and moist and rich and delicate, all at the same time. It's wonderful. I wear it often, and with other perfumes too, as it adds a lovely delicate rose to many other perfumes I have. I adore the bottle too. It's beautiful, and so is the box. It's so elegant and feminine - the perfume and the bottle, and the colours. It looks regal, opulent and strong, and Queenly. And that's how it smells too. I love it. It lasts for hours, and stays very strong for most of that time (about 16!), and makes me feel fresh and as if I have roses all around me. Gorgeous perfume!!!

I absolutely adore this fragrance. I have the soap, the hand cream, and I really want the fragrance. It's just lovely and romantic. That's the best way to describe it. It really throws me back in time to my childhood. With my grandmother and I in the backyard picking fresh roses with moisture droplets still on them. And I'd put them up to my nose and smell them. Feeling the cold droplets touch my face. That's what this fragrance is like. Pure, fresh, roses. I know it lists other notes, but all I smell is the rose. Romantic, lovely, blissful roses.

Soft and lingering: a beautiful, romantic rose. Just when I think the scent is gone, I get another delicate waft. I don't often buy perfume - my budget doesn't allow more than buying minis and samples to try out, but this one I bought. It is a fresh, feminine and totally non-offensive fragrance. Working with Japanese people every day I have to be careful what I wear (like me, they can't stand loud, in-your-face people and smells), but ROSE 4 REINES feels completely suitable for any situation.

I loveee the smell, soft and fresh. I don't know if it contain citrus but to me it's a little citrusy. It smells just like the roses des 4 reines hand lotion. In fact, i bought the perfume after smelling the lotion..I feel so romantic wearing this as i have always love rose fragrance. price : quite affordable I am thinking of getting another rose perfume from L'occitane. Can anyone help me with which rose fragrance smell the best?

The velvet hand cream really is a "lipstick rose", which smells and feels expensive. At first, I didn't like it because I tried the body milk at Loccitane, and the body milk doesn't smell like anything to me...the velvet hand cream, on the other hand, smells strongly of real roses at first (and berries), and then dries down to a comforting, warm rose. Buy the hand cream (I don't smell anything in the body milk...) :)

Love this but sadly it has been discontinued and replaced by Roses et Reines, which is nice but much sweeter and not really my cup of tea. UK stores still have some bottles available, though not on display - you have to ask. The Leeds store I got some from said that from June they will only be available through outlet stores until stocks run out.

This is the epitome of a true rose perfume. In short, Rose 4 Reines is timeless. There are many rose perfumes out there but Rose 4 Reines is definitely a classic. Plain pure roses in a bottle. Nothing added (unlike a whole lot of rose perfumes out there...), nothing removed, just roses. Comforting, beautiful and alluring.

This perfume is a delight to wear. It is bursting with rose but without the powdery sweetness of Paris which I can't stand. I like the fruity touches and the darker musk, which makes the scent warm. I feel confident with it on my wrist but too much can be over powering for other people. So only a light spray is needed.

Delicate, not invasive and very romantic. I like it very much!

Absolutely adore mellyhelly's review. I also realized that perfume without rose never feels complete to me and I do like the rose in different incarnations, lipsticky, deep and honied dirty, light dry rose powder combined with peony or lily of the valley, rose this and rose that, rose in the notes makes things more forgivable and less forgettable for me. And yes I have 15 different antique rose varieties, including Rose de Reines, growing in my garden, in addition to 22 bushes of peonies, 5 kinds of French lilac, 3 types of the lily of the valley. Apologize for being overly sentimental here but Rose has a very special place in my heart. And I know firsthand the fresh on the bush (without sprays, pesticides and herbicides and synthetic fertilizers)smell of this rose. You have no idea what a wonderful job L'Occitane does allowing us, city dwellers, enjoy genuine rose and other flowers. I have just started to explore L'Occitane and Rose 4 reines creme was my 1st purchase. First it does seem incredibly fresh and just pure rose on freshly showered skin, smell is close to the skin. Then I realized there is a trail, just as another reviewer noted, beautiful lightest trail in the room that follwed me. So, this fragrance is not so simple at all. It's simplicity is exquisite. And even if I do not smell it on myself I know the aura sarrounds me, positive pleasing healthy aura. In fact,I have all L'Occitane fragrances on my wish list now. And I do have both 1.6 oz and 2.5 oz Chloe by Chloe new EDP which is the closest to Rose 4 Reines fragrance I know of but is not as casual and a little bit more demanding of me. It's interesting, how most L'ooccitane fragrances, including this one and "Verveine", seemingly the most clean fragrance, have just a little bit of "dirt" in them, cat peesh, something that makes them more Guerlainish "old fashioned" and more "complex". Does it come from the amber or black current or cinnamon, I do not know.

In my skin is a very warm fragrance at the start, that goes a little fresher with time. I can smell the roses and the woody notes, basically. Is feminine, but not as much as i though it would be. The bergamot almost doesn't exist. You can feel a hint of it, but fades very quickly. It's a strong woody-floral scent. I think is a safe scent. It does not make a statement. Is not unissex, but not very feminine either, cause is 'soapy'. It makes me feel clean. I like it :) I would like it more if it was fresher. In my skin, is TOO powdery. I feel kinda overpowered by that much powder. Is very classic, and easy going. You can use it almost anywhere, if you like the rose-powder thing. Unfortunately, it's not for me. Here in Brazil, you still can find it. On both L'Occitane stores and on their website.

Rose 4 Reines Eau de toilette has that fresh and crispy rose scent you sometimes want to be pampered with. While it's quite linear it does have a certain depth. As it heats up on your skin, a delicate honey smell appears, the kind you often only get when smelling a real rose. Nothing cheap about it, on the contrary. It is a comforting scent which I associate with quiet (romantic?) evenings on the couch. Projection is fair given this type of fragrance, I sprayed 4 times and anyone within 2-3 feet noticed it within the first 3 hours. Leaves no real trail behind but Rose 4 Reines does last for hours on end, slowly dissolving in the air and loosing its power till you can only pick it up ever so lightly on your skin. But by then, the next morning has arrived..

I get absolutely no other note but rose in this. And I’m fine with that! It’s really lovely. Very,very true rose scent. Like a very dewy, fresh bouquet. And for whatever reason I envision only pink or white roses. I’m an avid gardener, but roses are not my thing as far as growing them. I love them very much, the scent, the look etc, but they are very fickle and hard to keep alive and looking nice! So I envision this scent to be more of the bouquet roses, freshly cut, than the plants themselves, if that makes sense. This is great for layering but very nice on its own. Longevity is really good for this, a good 6 hours for me, and this leaves a nice light trail. Completely inoffensive, office safe. Just a really solid scent.

I find 4 Reines really beautiful. Soft and uncomplicated, starts with a burst of juicy blackcurrant and then you get a fresh bouquet spring roses for a few hours. The drydown is a little creamier but still rosey. Reminds me of Rose Essentielle (rose and blackberries) while here we have rose and blackcurrant. I find Rose Essentielle a bit more interesting - I think the powdery violets make the perfume more nuanced - it's a shame I don't get the violets in 4 reines - but the silage and longevity are disappointing. For the pricetag I'd rather get the L'occitane for now. I also like the pretty yet minimal retro clear glass bottle with light pink juice. Very fresh, springy, happy and romantic.

I was introduced to this by a co-worker, who always smelled like a fresh, clean dream. I finally asked her what the hell she was wearing, and it was this. I think her body chemistry pulled the sandalwood out -- because sniffing at the L'Occitane store did not give me the same vibes I got from her. I purchased a roller ball - and while I LOATHE roses - somehow I find this to be a really beautiful fragrance. My nose grabs the heliotrope and sandalwood, kind of evening out the intense rosiness. I doubt I would have ever sought this out if not for that co-worker of mine and her signature scent!

I am really enjoying this fragrance, and I'm wearing it more often than I thought I would. It's really cozy to me. Comfy, cozy, sweet and fresh. I feel like I'm wearing a beautifully scented body cream...it doesn't dry down to a harsh "perfumey" base. It stays rosy, but goes gently creamy and sweet as it dries down. Not a vanilla/gourmand sweet, but a delicious, mellow, floral sweet. The notes don't show this, but I know I smell heliotrope in the base. A hint of creamy sandalwood, probably, and heliotrope. Fresh, soft, slightly candied rose petals. I love it. :)