Imogen Rose

I'm finally getting around to trying/reviewing all the solids I bought in 2014, and this still smells just as nice to me now as it did when I first sniffed it. I'm not *overly* fond of powder scents, but I was raised by old women so it's a scent I associate with comfort and familiarity. This and Rose Jam are on fairly equal footing for me as "updated" rose perfumes (they smell nothing alike). Imogen feels like a young girl who likes to play alone in the woods. A little bit witchy, but sweet and playful. This association may just stem (ha! stem! *pun*) from playing outside in my Nana's roses and breaking the stems by hand since what kid ever carries snips around?? I don't know how the spray behaves, I tend to stick with Lush's solids since I get headaches easily from scents, but I'm thinking of giving it a try for the sake of extra longevity. EDIT: Bought a bottle of the spray and it's divine. I think this is actually the first "green" rose scent I've ever owned. The solids are great for the pulse points and the ends of the hair. The texture of the Imogen solid almost feels a bit powdery, and the pink tint is a little tricky, but it absorbs into the skin okay after some massaging. (I'm a redhead, so there isn't a visible pink tint when I put it in my hair, but I've wondered what it would do to blondes). The Powder Puff dusting powder from Lush shares its scent with Imogen Rose. Both have that rosey/vetiver thing going, but the powder seems like something extra special. I hope the Kitchen makes more soon, since I used up my last bottle this summer.

This is one of the few that I didn't adore when I first tried it. But my sentiment has changed. Now I LOVE it! At first, the earthy hay note was just too off-putting. That is the note that I detect in ALL of Lush's scents, and I really disliked it at first as a perfume note. Maybe because I grew up in farm country and with cows and horses, and hay wasn't something I equated with perfume. But since being gifted a small solid stick of this, I've become a fan. BTW, why in the WORLD did Lush design this as a push-up? I push it up too far and it won't go back down. I have to put it in the freezer to make it solid so I can push it back in. Annoying. Anyhow, now, it's more spicy with a bit of this grassy/hay note. The rose is really legit rose with a bit of a sharp edge, but certainly not overpowering. It's not really sweet as far as many rose scents go, but there's a natural sweetness to it. This is not my favorite rose ever. And since I'm not an enormous rose lover (I guess due to the over-saturation of that note in perfume), I don't know that I would need to replace this once it runs out . . . if it ever does. But for now, I'm thrilled to have this in my wardrobe. Again, that's a solid, not the spray. YMMV.

I would recommend the spray version over the solid unless you look for a very modest rosey scent. It is not that the spray has more rose, no it has less than the notes and name suggest. But it is a truly rich scent that combines young/modern (green and gourmand) with the classic (musky floral), thereby creating a rose portrait that manages to be contemporary and bohemian at once. There are definitely notes shared with "kerbside violet", I perceive a green raspberry nuance and also lots of powdery orris of course, these notes pull imogen rose towards contemporary floral gourmands. And to top it off, I get a musky rose somewhere in the drydown that I can actually truly enjoy - that is a first for me. So definitely try this in spray form if you are having a difficult time with roses and particularly musky roses and are in search for something enjoyable and richly layered in that category. Sweet, powdery, deep. This is testing in summer.

I have had both edp sample and solid form of this. My then five year old took straight to the edp, choosing to apply it after her bath. On her skin it was beautiful, soft rose, vetiver held back, a teeny dab was plenty, and far more suitable for a child than most of the sickly baby offerings with their chemical musks and citrus. On me, the solid heralds its arrival on skin with an equal blast of vetiver and rose, but thankfully the rose wins. It softens as time goes by, allowing the mellow orris base to come through. as others have said, this is not every rose perfume. It's more real, and not that awful tea rose kind of perfume I hate, yes you... Paul Smith and Crabtree and Evelyn!! I'd recommend this for a comfort scent, post bath, on a dark winter evening. Pour yourself a glass of nice red wine to go with it, and make sure your bedlinen is fresh, I think sweet dreams should ensue.

Oh my gracious this is beautiful-not at ALL what I was expecting.I guess I expected a fussy rose scent but I actually don't get much rose-at least not in the traditional sense.I have the solid perfume-not sure if there is much difference between it and the liquid.It smelled a little odd before I put it on(maybe because it was so not-rosey) but once I did the first thing I smelled was honey(??!!)then I realized it must have been the tonka-ambrette seed combo.I smelled floral underneath-like the deepest,darkest,least powdery rose ever.Definitely not a tea rose type of smell.It smells so familiar to me-maybe because it has the undercurrent 'Lush' smell....will edit when I figure out what it smells like. Overall on me it is a honeyed rose-not much throw but lasts forever and had me wanting to eat my arm.I think even people who don't like rose scents would like this.....lovely:)