Rose Extreme

Ok, I have to admit I do not see/smell the appeal of this one at all. When I first sniffed it my initial reaction was yuck as it smelled really sour, so I put it away and retested again today. It smells better, admittedly, but not exceptional, not breathtaking, definitely not FB worthy for me. It reminds me a little bit of other rose perfume I already own, PHI by Andy Tauer, which I happen to love by the way. In terms of notes I can smell roses and apricot, then some peach and something acidic. The longevity is pretty amazing, sillage is moderate. I will retest it again, in hot weather perhaps, to see if it smells better as this has happened to me with another fragrance before. I will try to use up my sample as it had cost me a small fortune but so far the conslucion is : not for me.

Rose Extreme is a beautiful fragrance. It opens with a fresh, juicy burst of rose and apricot and transitions quickly to a heart of fruity rose and spicy, clove like carnation. As it dries down further, rose and peach persist but iris and musk emerge to lend the dry down a soapy quality. Its lovely in a prim and proper sort of way. Somehow this perfume strikes me more as a scent out of time, I imagine this would be the scent of one of the 'good girls' from a 1950's movie about high-schoolers. She's the ideal of virtuous femininity, the character who wears sweater sets, never has a hair out of place and is always home by 8pm. Its lovely, but not for me. Big thanks to Christinasegal123 for the chance to sample this!