A La Rose

À La Rose opens with beautiful rose Scent with combination of Citrusy notes of Bergamot and Orange which gives this Perfume a freshness and hints of Violets to give it a powdery vibe too. According to their official website "À la rose is an ode to femininity, a declaration of love translated into a fragrance. Two hundred and fifty freshly bloomed roses from Grasse offer their unequalled richness to every bottle." And this Perfume is really a beautiful rose Scent which is dewy, fresh, vibrant and sweet. It's not a powdery overpowering rose or cheap rose water type Fragrance . This one smells like real fresh, sweet, juicy, dewy rose and smells expensive. It's like a fresh bouquet of pink roses with hints of Powdery violets,cedar and musk. Cedar and Musk is really noticeable on the Drydown but two types of roses are the centre of this Perfume. 🌹 This Perfume is really uplifting and mesmerising. This is a clean inoffensive scent. And it's suitable for all kinds of formal or informal occasions. It's kind of romantic, innocent, gentle and comforting ❤️ 🌹If you love the smell of rose but you can't tolerate too much Strong perfume this Fragrance is for you. It's not overpowering or cloying so those who get migraine headaches from strong fragrances can use this Perfume without facing any problems. 🌹 Longevity- On my skin I get around 6+ hours and on clothes I get around 7+ hours of longevity. Performs better in warmer but less humid days from my experience. Apply a little on your hair(with a good hair serum) to get better performance and longevity. 🌹 Sillage & Projection- It's a close to skin scent. For the first 1-2 hours people within your hands distance will be able to smell this Perfume but after that gradually it will become a skin Scent and only when someone hugs you theywill be able to smell the perfume on you. It's good for close encounters. Apply a little on your scarves during hot summer days and you'll leave a soft trail of scent everywhere you go. 🌹 Overall it's a nice soft, romantic and elegant Scent. It's easy to love this fragrance ❤️ 💟I have a sentimental connection with this Fragrance as it was one of my wedding Scents. I wore this on the day of our Walima (wedding reception) and my Husband loves this Perfume too ❤️ So it's really close to my heart 😊 It's inspired by Marie Antoinette’s love of roses. She was the last Queen of France before the French Revolution. Maison Francis Kurkdjian named the perfume after a famous portrait of Marie Antoinette A La Rose painted by Louise Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun.

I got an 11 ml bottle of a La Rose in a Maison Francis Kurkdjian wardrobe set of fragrances, that I ordered from Nordstrom during their anniversary sale, for 20% off of the regular price of $275, so I paid $220 for the whole set of eight fragrances. I chose one of the two "feminine" sets, because this one included Baccarat Rouge 540 Extrait, Grand Soir, and Oud Satin Mood EDP, and I had really been wanting to try Oud Satin Mood and BR540. I did the math, by looking up the full bottle prices for each fragrance in the set, so Aqua Media Cologne Forte, this (a La Rose, the only feminine fragrance in the set), 724, Petit Matin, Gentle Fluidity Gold, Oud Satin Mood EDP, Grand Soir, and Baccarat Rouge 540 Extrait, and added it all up. I think it was $2,320 for 70 ml bottles of each, so to figure out how much I had paid for each one, I divided the individual price by that total, so for example the BR540 was $475, so divided by $2,320 and got 0.2047. I then multiplied that by $220 (the price I paid for the wardrobe set) and got just over $45! If they sold that alone, then it would never stay in stock! My point is that the wardrobe set is a really good deal! I would probably estimate that a La Rose is my least used so far, out of the eight 11 ml bottles. I definitely like it, but I have other rose fragrances that I use a lot more, like Louis Vuitton Ombre Nomade, MFK Oud Silk Mood Extrait (because I have a 70 ml bottle), or even my 11 ml bottle of Oud Satin Mood EDP, or my 7 ml splash bottle of Frederic Malle Portrait of a Lady. I definitely don't regret buying the wardrobe set, but I'm not sure if I would have bought a La Rose, if I could have just excluded it from the set and gotten a lower price. I'm glad that I got to try it, but I'm not sure if I will ever buy a full bottle. I'm hoping to buy another wardrobe set next summer during the anniversary sale again!

This is probably the only perfume by Maison Francis Kurkdijan that I really like! It is very feminine, sweet, floral, classy, sophisticated and romantic smelling. As per the description, it does really smell like something that Marie Antoinette would wear... I can imagine her with her white powdered hair piled up high and dressed in a powder blue roccoco dress while holding a pink rose as I smell this! À La Rose opens up with a bright and happy citrus smell from both the bergamot and the orange, but it doesn't overpower the composition and is very similar to the citric nuances you'd find in a real rose. I then smell a very sweet, powdery, lush, romantic and naturalistic pink rose that tickles my nostrils and makes me breathe a happy sigh of relief. It smells very quintessentially French, like a field of roses in Grasse. I smell the violet the most after the rose and it emphasizes the powderiness one finds in a rose. I sense a hint of magnolia too, but it is only faint. I finally smell a hint of the musk and cedar wood in the dry down, but it is only very subtle and it adds depth, dimension and longevity to À La Rose's composition. It doesn't take away from the rosy smell of this fragrance too and I can also smell more of the violet in the dry down as it dissipates. This perfume lasted an impressive 10 and a half hours on me and its sillage was a happy medium, so it definitely wouldn't offend anyone or choke anyone out and I think it is office safe. I feel like it would smell great in both the spring and the summer too. This isn't my absolute favorite rose fragrance ever, (that title goes to Rose Absolue by Annick Goutal) but I'd say it is a close second for me. All in all, I'd give À La Rose by Maison Francis Kurkdijan an 8.8/10.

I am so, so picky with my roses. I like roses in real life, but I'm usually not a fan when it comes to rose in perfumes. I often find them to be just too overwhelming and cloying and the very sweet jammy roses can really turn my stomach or set off a migraine. The more sensual, deep roses give me old dusty dirty vibes. There have been roses I like but I've never encountered a true rose perfume that I would say I love, but I love a la Rose. This is the freshest, brightest, most realistic rose fragrance I have ever smelled. When I spray this, I am sitting in a rose garden in the early morning. There's dew on the grass and there are fresh cut roses on the table. Maybe there's a lemon tree in this garden as well. This is not a dark heavy gothic rose, rather it is light and bright and happy. This is so feminine and pretty and I also think it's one of those scents that feels just ageless/timeless. A young girl could wear this as well as a more mature woman. In terms of performance, a la Rose has moderate projection (this is no BR 50) and lasts about 3-4 hours. I also think it will be a bit too fresh and bright for really cold days but for the realism of the rose itself none of this matters to me. I'll happily reapply and at the expense of my bank account, happily rebuy as well. I have been playing around with layering this with a woodier scent in the cooler mornings (specifically Santal Blanc by Van Cleef and Arpels) to help give it a bit more depth and I am liking the combo. It's still a fresh rose but the extra woody boost just helps ground it some.

Oh wow... This is THE ROSE. Bravo Francis Kurkdjian. This is a dream. It is a proud garden rose, almost a true smell, with all the nuances of that citrusy tinge full-blooming roses have. It smells like a rose in her most glorious days, petals just unfurled, young, but mature bloom on sunny days. This is femininity in a bottle. It makes me week in the knees, such beauty. Don't bother with the "similar to/reminds me of" comparisons, there is no other perfume that smells exactly like this. None of the mentions can compare. Delina is A la Rose's futuristic sister, she is all neon, latex, ultra-chemical. And A la Rose is a natural, fragile and tender beauty. I wish it lasted just a bit longer. But this is a perfect pink, fresh, dewy, true rose scent for everyday wear, morning glow, relaxation before bed... It feels like immersing yourself in an eternal beauty fountain. K-beauty admirers could love this. Update: Been testing this from my decant for two months now and I just can't get enough of it, it seems so simple, but what a true perfection, this is what true luxury is, a simple thing made to such heights. Easily the best dewy, pink, soft rose I have ever smelled in my life. Let's hope it never goes through reformulations. On the skin it barely stays on few hours, but on fluffy cotton garments - three days. Another update: One perfume that might come close to this is Un Zeste de Rose by Les Perfumes de Rosine. But Rosine's version is even more citrus forward, it seems.