Rose Jam 2013

My daughter bought me a gift trio of the LUSH House “Ro’s Argan” scented body products for Christmas. I had to do a bit of research to discover that the 2017 Holiday edition of Rose Jam is apparently the same formulation of the one everyone loved from 2013 that the line brought back at the request of hard core Rose Jam groupies, & I can understand why LUSH was petitioned to re-create its return. It matches the Ro’s Argan scent which is available in shampoo bars, body butters, body washes, bombs & soaps, to delightfully scent ones self f/head to toe. (Although I can’t even fathom the strength of scent you’d be dealing with!) I craved more of this intoxicating scent, & on last weekends trip to Victoria, BC, I spent the good part of an hour at the LUSH store trying to plan on fitting as much ROSE scent in to my suitcase that I could JAM in. Rose Jam is one of the most intriguing scents I now own. The complexity of the scent seems to lie within its simplistic notes & they work together to create a Jam that is so damn good you will literally find yourself unashamedly using words like, “swoon”, “narcotic”, and “nirvana” when speaking of it aloud. Vanilla is not listed above in the data description as a note, but it is in fact listed in the description on the front of my black opaque spray bottle my husband purchased for me as an early Valentine’s Day gift. The bottle reads as follows: “A sweet, fruity rose & vanilla-scented mist that’ll leave you with a trail of admirers.” This stuff is a powerhouse. Spray judiciously & I would not recommend wearing this within an enclosed office space or to church. It’s too strong (in a good way). I tested 2-3 small sprays (it was a body spray after all, not perfume & a couple of hours later my son’s fiancée commented that if I were to get lost or separated f/ them, all they’d need to do is follow their noses to find me! We went to the theater later that evening & I felt self conscious as I had only brought one coat to wear on our trip, & I was afraid the scent, still radiating off of my jacket, would offend noses of others sitting w/in a square mile radius of my seat. In general, I do not gravitate toward rose scents, (exceptions: Yves Rosher Rose Absolute, Estée Lauder’s Very Estee), but I literally may be addicted to this. In my head, the recipe card for Rose Jam reads like this: Rose Jam~ Oil from 20,000 deeply colored, LUSH-ly scented distilled Turkish rose petals 500 marshmallows dredged in powdered confectioners sugar Extract of 100 Madagascar vanilla beans 200 lemons, ( including zest) 20 ounces geranium oil 80 lbs sun ripened berries, mashed 20 bags full of captured hot August summer air from Sofia, Bulgaria 1 1/2 gallons artisan Swiss glacier water Mix together in large, antiquated, smooth wooden vat. Let set for 2-4 years. Dogs, cats, & children will be called to you. Apply with caution. Enjoy! ❤️

Lately I've been kicking myself for not hopping on the Lush train sooner. Talk about a way to step up your self-care game. And, as your token rose lover...let's just say I'm positively head over heels. Rose Jam has become a bit of a holy grail rose for me, so I can't guarantee an objective review. (Is a perfume review ever TRULY objective?) Imagine: a bed of roses, macerated beneath lovers entwined, petals crushed again and again between fingertips and palms. There's a heady, surging undercurrent of sinfully dark vanilla oil massaged into skin. Then, from above, yet another fresh fall of velvet red rose petals covering their gorgeously spent bodies, dewed with sweat and the brief, tart lemon edge of passion. (There's a reason I'm not in ad copy, but I've thought about trying my hand at schlocky romance novels.) There is a persistent aura of sweetness, ripeness, and even an overt edge of decay in these layers of roses and vanilla. And for me, the decay is what keeps Rose Jam interesting, narcotic, compelling, and above all things, gorgeously naturalistic. This is no ordinary rose fragrance, and admittedly, it skirts the very edge of my tolerance of gourmands, which is very slim indeed. For all my repulsion of intensely sweet scents, I can't help but imagine this is a shade of the darkly enchanted Turkish Delight Jadis offered to poor naive Edmund. I am ensnared completely. It IS edible. But it is also stunningly true-rose, in the flower's most resplendent stages, even as the edges of the petals start to blacken and wither. "Honey" is another note that other reviewers have mentioned, and I think this is what I may be personally reading as "decay," with its slight animalic edge. I have the body spray in the terrifically ugly black windex-like bottle. The sillage is MASSIVE. The longevity equally so, at upwards of 12+ hours on my skin. Two tiny sprays will positively fill a room for days on end, in the most spellbinding, intoxicating way. This is absolutely not a safe blind buy, and I strongly recommend trying either the bubbleroon, shower gel, shower lotion, or Ro's Argan soap to see if this is a scent that would work for you. Though it was love at first sniff for me, the edge of decay and overwhelming sweetness could prove an issue for some, even other hardcore rose fanatics. Valentine's Day is coming up, and I can't think of a better way to fall in love. Rose Jam is a marvelous indulgence with remarkable heft and beauty par excellence. Friends, treat yourselves!

I have never been a fan of rose in perfumes... or so I thought. I bought it because I was intrigued by it being a rose "jam", thinking maybe it would be a little bit fruity. The day it arrived, I sprayed it and the rose seemed super overpowering. Within a half hour, it mellowed into a delicious, almost berry "jam" scent (which I was so excited about!) The rose was still there, just not as intense. Hours later, I still smell the rose and the jam, but also a very light powdery note. I went from being intrigued but concerned about the rose to this being pretty much my favorite perfume right now. I spray it at all times of day because I love the scent, not because I need to, because the longevity is surprisingly good. I have sprayed it before leaving for work, no re-applying, and still smell it when I get home 10 hours later. Lots of compliments whenever I wear it too. I also sometimes like to layer it with American Cream also by Lush. For now I have only worn it in the colder weather, looking forward to how it performs in the summer!

Oohhh..... now this IS nice. I was browsing in Lush the other day and had a test of their body sprays with the weird-looking caps. I liked several from the range, but I fell in love with Rose Jam straightaway. I wasn't expecting to, because although I love the smell of roses, I often find rose perfumes too light or subtle for my taste. Well, as is typical of Lush perfumes, subtle is the last word you'd use to describe this. It's rich, strong, deep, rosy, lemony, intoxicating and gorgeous. As someone else mentioned, it really does smell like magical Turkish Delight. It has that enchanting, narcotic quality to it. It's powerful stuff, not for the faint-hearted, and a spray or two is enough to last all day if not longer. And that's just the body spray, so I can't imagine what the EDP must be like! I ended up getting the shower gel too, which is also beautiful. Again, a little goes a long way, so I imagine both of these will end up being better value for money that they might first appear.

* black bottle body mist * I finally got a 100 ml bottle of this in a trio with a body conditioner and shower gel. HOLY MOLY. This stuff is BOMB. First of, let me tell you that 1) I love rose 2) this is the only body mist and only fragrance in general that literally lasts through EVERYTHING longevity, projection, and sillage are just incomparable to anything I have ever owned, any EDP or EDT, whether celebrity or designer. I am in awe. I spray this on my hair at night and I smell it soooooo strongly in the morning, I smell like a beautiful rose! I smell this through a full day of work, 3 hours of hot yoga, cold, rain, heat, ALWAYSSSSS The quality of this product is outstanding as you can clearly feel that it's not one of those cheap diluted alcohol flowery scents or whatever. I honestly fell in love with this. I got a trio for 50 CAD dollars which includes a 100 ml body spray. It is incredible how this BODY SPRAY is much stronger than any any any perfumes I own!