Paul Smith Rose

I just love everything about this perfume...the name, the design of the bottle and of course the perfume itself. It is a beautiful, elegant sweet rose. It reminds me of summer when I was a child, my uncle used to maintain the gardens of this huge posh ( to me anyway ) country house that had beautiful gardens that seemed to go on forever and sometimes he would take me with him :) They had orchards with apple and pear tree's, herb gardens filled with rosemary and thyme etc...and a rose garden filled with so many different roses....the smell was like heaven. The pink ones where my favorites. One time a lady ( who must of lived there) came out to me with a blanket a glass of lemonade and a plastic bottle half filled with water and asked if I was bored and would I like to make some perfume. I was a 8 year old girl who already loved perfume...so stupid question :) It was very warm bright summers day and I remember i could hear the faint and constant hum of a lawn mower somewhere in the distance, probably my uncle. The smell of freshly cut grass mingled with the soft sweet rose petals that had been warmed by the sun....I will never forget that smell....it is the true smell of a summers day for me. I collected what seemed like 100's of rose petals that afternoon and pushed them all into the bottle one by one then shook the bottle until my arms felt like they would drop off! Sad to say that my perfume turned brown and vinegary and had to be binned a few days later :( I am in no way comparing my concoction with Paul Smith's Rose lol...not at all. But whenever I spray Paul Smith Rose it takes me right back to that day, sitting on that blanket in the center of a rose garden on a glorious summers day and I can almost feel the sunshine on my face.....its beautiful and the truest rose perfume I have ever smelled. This is a very soft, fresh and delicate rose scent, ultra feminine and innocent smelling. Longevity is ok, around 3-4 hrs on my skin, a little longer on clothes. Silage is soft but this is a soft innocent rose fragrance so I totally expected it to be. I love it :)

First impression of Paul Smith Rose: wow, this is a stunner! This perfume opens with a burst of newly-bloomed pink rose, green tea, and violet. The rose note is hypnotic. It isn't completely photorealistic — it lacks some headiness and depth of real roses, but it's close enough. More like a 90% true-to-life rose note. (To be honest, I compared this side-by-side with a rose right from my garden.) This perfume is sort of like The Healing Garden's Green Tea spray (remember those?) blended with light pink rose. All in all, a very modern, youthful fragrance. I've been outside in the June summer weather today, so the drydown of this fragrance started early. The drydown is absolutely gorgeous. It's a slightly powdery musk, with traces of the top notes. I can see why passerby may think this is a unisex or men's fragrance. The rose note stays close to the skin, while the fresh green tea emanates much farther out. The rose is much more noticeable to the wearer than to other people. It is the first note to fade away, as well. This does not bother me, as I'm personally captivated by this scent from start to finish. (Tip: the rose lasts much longer on clothing than skin). The longevity and sillage are weak to moderate. It obviously is more noticeable in warm weather, to which I think this perfume is tailored. When it comes to strength, this perfume is not in the same league as Perfumer's Workshop Tea Rose, which is basically a nuclear bomb. I love rose, in both perfumes and in nature. Actually, what brought me to this perfume are my bushes of fuschia and pink roses that have bloomed in the past week. The heat carries their scent all around the yard and it is enchanting. This is a once-a-year experience that renews my fervor for rose. Paul Smith Rose was $26 USD including tax, from ebay. It smells a lot more expensive than it is. Highly, highly recommended.

I went on a mission to find a true to life rose frgrance, not just a note but a main event type rose, and stumbled on this. I ended up getting Tea Rose by The Perfume Workshop, Rose by Paul Smith, and Les Infusions de Prada Rose, each from various price points. PW Tea Rose is by far my favorite, BUT the power of that scent should not be underestimated! I read the reviews that said how strong that was and i doubted it and gave myself 3 good sprays to test it out and OMG its crazy too much!! I have never gotten a headache from perfume before until that scent! EDT? It isnt even more like a EDP and i would put this up there with straight parfume its so strong. The actual scent is vibrant rose bush, juicy and succulent with a good amount of wood. Its absolutely beautiful....in very small doses xD. I also really loved the Paul Smith Rose, in comparison, i would say this one is less juicy and woody and more powdery, delicate, smokey and soft but also has decent sillage, not near as much but very decent. Les Infusions de Prada Rose was the most expensive and the biggest disappointment. It is more similar to Paul Smith Rose with a little more complexity and a more musk scent, but i dont think it lasted more than an hour or two and had almost no silage. If you are looking for straight up rose like I was, all 3 were a safe blind buy, but I am thinking Paul Smith Rose was the best middle ground, though i like PW Tea Rose better, it wont be as easy to wear. Prada Rose Infusion was a waste of money.

:D:D I HAVE FOUND THE ONE! I had been searching for the perfect rose-scented perfume for a while, then Paul Smith Rose came along and completed my journey. This is the ultimate fresh rose scent. The first whiff smells like taking a deep breath at a freshly bloomed rose after a night of rain, but minus the greenness. It resembles Roses De Chloe, but not as airy. It has a very juicy and sweet note to it that mixes nicely with the rose and gives the scent more body. I think that comes from the magnolia, which is a very sweet flower. The green tea comes out after a few minutes and gives it a crisp element that sets it apart from the Jo Malone Red Roses which gets a little heavy and cloying to me over time. It also resembles the gorgeous dry-down of D&G Rose The One, without the sugary and minty top notes that I dislike. Needless to say, this is the most well-rounded rose scent I've ever smelled. It's a very simple and basic rose scent that smells like nothing but roses. The lasting power on me is 3 to 4 hours. Not the best but great for a simple scent like this. The sillage is great as I sprayed my room with it and could somehow still smell it on me in the next hour after I had left my house. If you are interested in complicated rose scents such as Stella by Stella McCartney or Bvlgari Rose Essentielle, this is not for you. If you're into spicy, powdery rose, you should also look away. This is definitely in my top 3 favorites. I give it 10/10. :D :D

This is perhaps the best value perfume that I own, truly. I bought this in a dutyfree store way back in 2009, flush with the thrill of being on my first business trip with my first grownup job with my first real paychecks. This is the scent that got me hooked on fresh rose and the scent that I believe most people associate with me since it's the one I tend to wear during the day, most days. It is a light pink rose, tender, feminine and youthful, balanced by gorgeous green notes. The greenery keeps it from being overwhelmingly rosy for those that hate rose fragrances. It smells so true to life, sometimes I think I'm walking in an English garden. Apparently Paul Smith had this rose created for his wife so the added romanticism of the perfume makes it appealing! Though sillage isn't loud, it lingers in a very pleasant way long after you've left a room, and for something so light and inexpensive has great longevity - I can smell it on my skin and clothes 5+ hours after spraying it. I do like to bring a small purse spray of this when I wear it during the day so that I may refresh it, particularly as the first whiff of this is so particularly beautiful. This is a joyful spring fragrance that is easy to wear - and at $30 or so for 3.4oz, it is an absolute steal. I go through at least a bottle of this a year! NDLR: This fragrance smells almost exactly like Sargent's painting "Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose" looks. Look it up! :)

I love rose fragrances, I love Chloe de Roses and Stella. But of course you know you can't wear Stella in the Summer. I live where it is hot and very humid. I read the reviews here and took a chance and blind bought this. This is an absolute love for me! I'm so glad I took a chance on this. This is a very fresh rose fragrance. This is not your grandmother's rose that's for sure. If you have the body chemistry to pull a rose fragrance off then you should definitely try this. The first spray is a loud blast of fresh roses. I would not spray this in the car and walk straight into the office. This is one you definitely have to let die down. But the dry down is the best soft powdery rose I have ever smelled. But at the same time it's a very clean rose. This isn't sweet or cloying. I'm not a huge fanof sweet fragrances. I like very clean fragrances like Versace Versense or Bvlgari Omnia Crystalline. I'm so not disappointed with this fragrance. I just want to thank the people who review fragrances so that I get a real idea in my head of what a fragrance is truly going to smell like. Sometimes I limit myself because I don't like vanilla or patchouli. But I have picked fragrances based off of the reviews that have both vanilla and patchouli and I really ended up liking it which was surprising (Vince Camuto Femme). So to all those beautiful noses out there keep sniffing and writing spot on reviews. I really appreciate it.

This was a blind buy for me after researching the best rose fragrances. I feel like I have tried them all at this point... I dislike most floral perfumes but the true smell of roses really does it for me so I have been on a years long quest to find my favorites. Paul Smith Rose takes a spot in my favorite rose scents of all time. The others would include #1 Aerin "Rose de Grasse", #2 "Paul Smith Rose", #3 the new "Rose Amber" by 7 Virtues, #4 Jo Malone "Red Roses" and #5 "Stella" by Stella McCartney. If you like these rose fragrances, you may love Paul Smith Rose and it would be a safe blind buy if we like similar fragrances. Paul Smith Rose is universally loved and probably my most complimented. I work in the wedding industry and this perfume is enjoyed by wedding guests and vendors alike- they stop me to ask what I'm wearing (sometimes many hours after applying). It is about 50% rose and 50% fresh (the green tea and cedar) with no hint of sweetness or embellished floral notes like the Stella or Rose Amber. This perfume is not trying to be sexy or loud or flirty, but this almost makes it sexier IMO. I feel confident, unique, dainty, and feminine in this perfume. Paul Smith Rose is my crowd pleasing, day time, any season, at work, at the pool, all around MVP. The only fragrance that can beat it (for me) is Aerin's Rose de Grasse which costs a fortune but is absolutely perfect.

About a month ago, I became completely obsessed with the rose note. I've always hated this note because it was so poorly done in every rose perfume I smelled. I purchased a sample of a niche rose perfume that made me fall madly in love with the note, but the full flanker (just like the sample vials) is quite pricy. So I was on the hunt for reasonably priced rose fragrances to tide me over while I save up for the niche rose. Paul Smith's "Rose" is such a beautiful fragrance, especially on the dry-down. It packs quite a punch when you first spray it on and leaves a trail. That's the cedar working with the rose. I walked out of the room and when I came back I could still smell the delicate, pretty rose scent. The magnolia is more noticeable in the dry-down. It settles fairly quickly and sits close to the skin. A respray is required before the end of the day because longevity is not great. It lasted longer when I sprayed it on my top. This is overall an inoffensive, pretty, clean everyday fragrance. There's no need to use a heavy hand with it, because rose being rose, too much of it may offend some people. Unless you dislike/don't have experience with the rose note, it's a safe blind-buy. p.s., I just received a flanker of Yardley's English Rose. These two smell quite similar and I can't decide which I love more.

Why is nobody comparing this absolute beauty to MFK A la rose? I feel like it is hushed and somebody will come at night and terminate you if you say something. Well, I feel the need to speak up. I've tested them side by side on skin, this one, yes it's more soapy and more sharp, MFK is more rounded and refined, but if you put somebody to compare them side by side, the first second they would bet it's the same, the nuances need a bit more time to be picked up. MFK lasts an hour, hour and a half more on skin as a skin scent compared to PS. Now to review it, PS is a rose that wouldn't offend rose haters, it could be an introductory rose. It's clean, soapy, transparent, refreshing, calming, slightly powdery and more importantly: dainty. It doesn't have lasting power, but if you spray behind your ears and clothes it will stay there for others to smell, and on your wrists stays a few hours as a skin scent for you to smell. It took me a few times testing it to find it absolutely breathtaking, at first it was an ok, but it's a grower. I've applied from a dabber, I'll be back to slap myself silly if the spray doesn't match the dab. PS: I have to agree with jacksparrow_1700 about it being bright, slightly musky and expensive smelling! PPS: It sweetens up on skin after a while.

I am very happy that my blind purchase wwas successful.. I was deciding between Paul and Roses de Chloé, but I was discouraged by the fruit there and I think I did well, although ok, I haven't tried Chloé. But this is exactly the rose scent I've been looking for for so long. Fresh, soft, sparkling, no oily hangover. There are also green elements, but they do not stand out. I personally smell more green leaves and stem there than tea. The tea would be more muted, heavier, this is sparkling, light and juicy. Although I would like the rose to be more red than wild, anyway, it's a lot of music for a little money. Don't look for complexity, it's a simple more or less linear scent, but it's magical. Magic wild rose. In my opinion, this is the perfect scent for spring and although it is youthful, I wouldn't mind it on an older lady either, because I'm not 20 anymore either :D If you're looking for a delicate scent of fresh roses, you've come to the right place and you really won't go wrong with a blind purchase. .This is probably my most successful yet... UPDATE: Regarding the lasting power of the perfume, I can say that surprisingly I can still feel it on me the next day. For me, the lasting power is excellent for a rose perfume...

The one scent that consistently gets me compliments from men AND women, everywhere (and I do mean every. where.) I go. And for how accessible it is I am surprised not more people wear this! It is a delicate but full pink garden rose still on the bush, glistening with raindrops. Not the kind of rose you'd find in a florist's or even a bouquet, mind you, but the kind with the dense ruffly petals and heavy flowerheads only your green-thumbed grandmother could grow, climbing up the walls of her house. What makes it special is there is no musk, powder, spice, soap, fruit, or peony––which seems to be the combination put forth by every other brand. Even the included violet and magnolia are largely inperceptible. Beyond the rose itself, there is only that dewy green freshness from the green tea (but the tea notes are not strong at all either). As a bonus, the bottle is very elegant and understated; certainly one of my favourite designs and very fitting for the juice it holds. All in all, a very easy fragrance to wear to any day-time activity, or a casual first date. Moderate sillage but good longevity (especially on clothes) so quite office-safe as well. Praying they never discontinue this!

I see there are a lot of reformulations of this fragrance. The batch code for my bottle shows that it was produced in 2008, so I can assume I have the original version of this scent and not a later formulation. I didn't go out of my way to look for a first formula, it just happened to be what the seller sent me. I find it a very pretty, though watery rose more akin to rose water than a perfume, though slightly stronger than that. It smells like the soft scent of roses that permeate the air in the early springtime morning. Very fresh and clean. I get a little bit of green, light citrus notes at the top, and violet and magnolia though they never overwhelm the rose. I don't smell tea as in a typical tea scent though this has the refreshing quality of a tea scent. Dry down it becomes a little musky, though not enough to make the fragrance powdery and has a light hint of cedar. Silage wise, it works better in the spring and fall as wearing it in the heat of the summer it all but disappeared. Sometimes I need a break from heavier fragrances, but don't want to go sans perfume. This goes far in fulfilling that need. As a casual fragrance I like it a lot.

Inoffensive, feminine, light, pretty rose fragrance. I love rose fragrances a lot, so i wanted to try this one since its really affordable. I’m glad i tried it and bought a full bottle. I bought a decant first, hoping it would be something like Chloe Signature so i can use this one daily without worrying about the cost. However this isnt like Chloe at all. This is a more realistic rose, it isnt airy and super clean like Chloe. Just literally smells like a fully bloomed pink rose. Its not heavy or old lady-like. Green tea lifts the rose a bit and makes it younger. Every age group can rock this daily though. Definitely day-time fragrance, more suited to spring-summer. On me, it performs well and projects beautifully for 4 hours. The bottle comes in a very cute rose print pouch, but i personally dont like the bottle, this fragrance deserves a prettier, more feminine bottle. The only downside is it doesnt smell expensive, but its not expensive so you get what you pay for. Also first 20 mins i get a very deodorant-y smell which i think the musk notes doing? I dont know. Over all amazing affordable fragrance for rose lovers.

I can’t believe this has been discontinued and is now overpriced I’m glad I got it when I did! I managed to snag it at a bargain. I love this so much, and I do tend to overspray. It’s a fresh clean sheer and realistic pink rose. To me this is appropriate almost everywhere I don’t think anyone would be offended by this smell, but at the same time it is not like one of those bland “soap” smells – to me it smells elegant and somewhat expensive. I don’t get any green or sharpness in this one, just smooth, lovely pink rose There are huge similarities between this one and idole, I can imagine layering them although Idole is much more complex (and expensive!) This is a simple one note sent – but it is still “expensive” vibes. I’m not sure this would suit a younger person, since I associate them more with “sweet “smells But this is not overly “old” either. It’s an easy wear for me – sad that it’s been discontinued, maybe they’ll bring it back? It definitely feels like a classic to me. Not something I see as a “date” or “man attracting” scent, just something super elegant and classy if you like rose scents.

Oh my God, this is so good! I was brimming with fear and anticipation over this one given that I bought it blindly and I'm generally afraid of rose perfumes (but ironically, I have many rose perfumes). A bad rose perfume can be awful for me so I'm always very careful researching the correct ones to buy according to what I read and test before buying them. This one was 100% successful. It is true what they say that this is a realistic bouquet of roses. To me they are pink, but the real beauty comes in with the violet that truly balances out this composition to perfection. This is so well blended, it begs me to wear more of it. The roses and the sweetness of the violet are combined at the perfect ratio making it seem realistic but softened enough with the right touch of violets. This is perfection of roses in a bottle, so soft, delicate and feminine. This is what I call a "pretty" perfume.

Successful blind purchase. I heard this smells similar to Stella by Stella McCartney and that's all I needed to know to secure a bottle. I'm obsessed. The second I smelled the atomizer, it immediately reminded me of Stella. I couldn't believe it! That's never happened to me before and I've smelled hundreds of rose fragrances just to find one that gave me as much joy as Stella did. Difficult to accomplish, I know. Stella was a one-of-a-kind fragrance. Anyway, Rose by Paul Smith is a beautiful, bright yet light, sparkling, slightly green rose fragrance. It has a subtle sweetness but it's not synthetic smelling IMO. Longevity isn't the greatest. I get maybe five hours on skin MAX. Even though this is a discontinued fragrance, the prices are reasonable for it right now. I'm going to get a few backup bottles before this disappears forever from the market and/or suddenly triples in price.

This is my 'little diamond in the rough' of a scent. My very first rose perfume as I have noticed I mostly have floral fruity ones so I gave this a try as I it is quite affordable and plainly because of the notes listed. The opening notes I got were citrus, green tea, and real roses like they were just starting to bloom not overly ripe freshly cut. The dry down on my skin was creamy almost like milky and the fresh roses were still there. Most people dear to me compliments on how this perfume smells good on me even my dear husband who is nonchalant if ever I wear a perfume or not which is a very good surprise indeed! The image I have of this on my mind is someone who is a non complex type of girl who can easily blend in with the crowd but will still get noticed for her understated charms. Any English rose at heart can wear this scent and make this their own statement. ♡♥♡

To me this is a very fresh rose, I get green tea but not to sharp, warm natural rose rose rose,perfect in my opinion! It lasts really well on me, I refreshed only once at lunchtime and husband could smell it in the evening which I find to be quite rare without a liberally refreshing. Imagine your skin when you've been in the fresh air all day if you rolled about on a bed of roses and refreshing green tea and I reckon this is that smell! Very classy, not your generic floral or over bearing rose, this is rose done very well, so nice not to have fruit competing with flora. This is a very special smell to me.........could it be the elusive signature scent I've never found???? I'm not sure yet, I get excited about wearing it, I'm getting tingly typing!!! Mmmmmmmmm I'm hearing the Stone Roses 'This is the one'!!!!

ahhh this is beautiful! Im so glad I finally bought this! I had it on my want list for ages and finally decided to go for it. Trying to expand my wardrobe with all different types of frags and I needed something more floral and rosey for summer but without being aquatic (aquatic scents give me headaches) Paul smith rose is actually beautiful! Its the perfect fresh rose smell, no mustyness, no powder, just fresh roses! The green tea is noticable but it doesnt take over the rose at all, it brings a nice coolness to the fragrance so the rose doesnt become musty.. I love it! Its going to be amazing for summer!! Cant wait to use it : ) I actually really like the bottle design as well and mine came in a little flowery satchet inside the box, so cute! Well done paul smith please dont ever discontinue this one!!

Wearing this today for testing. I have Tea Rose by Perfumers Workshop on one hand and this one on the other. Initially, these two are very different. The PSR is more floral (more floral elements) than Tea Rose. The Tea Rose is more linear the same from beginning to dry down. It is hard to capture true rose it seems most of them smell synthetic in some way even rosewater doesn't smell like a big beautiful rose. Anyway, my verdict. PSR is multidimensional, lovely and soft. It is a skin scent. Not a huge sillage. But it is there after a couple of hours now. One problem, it is headache inducing and I am not sensitive. In the end, after the drydown as it sits on your skin after a couple of hours, it is almost exactly the same as Tea Rose (doesn't give me headache). Happy Perfuming! ♥