Roses and More

This perfume smells at its finest in cold winter. It's 17 degrees Fahrenheit and this is long lasting soft sensual rose . It is lovely in this climate. Of course you have to wait for the notes to mingle with your own chemistry before you judge it. I sprayed this before bed and thought it was horrible but fell asleep. I woke in the middle of the night and got these soft sensual wafts of roses and I was trying to remember what I had sprayed cuz it was so lovely! Well, I then remembered it was roses and more, I am pleased with this fragrance. I'm glad I didn't disregard it. And it has longevity, buy only in this cold winter weather.

Roses and More is a deep, rich, ambery rose, not at all similar to the types of rose centric fragrances that I have encountered in more recent times. With Rose and More, the rose is hidden, not at the forefront as the name would suggest. Once you discover the rose, it lingers and remains the star of the scent, although never taking over and never becoming a simple rose based scent. The rose is not obvious but definitely there. On my skin, this reminds me very much of Victoria’s Secret Rapture, which was also an ambery non-sweet spicy rose, and issued in the 90s as well. I think I love this.

1blondangel hit the nail on the head using the word velvety, that it is, and elegant. Another blind buy gone great! This perfume has a warmth like the sunshine that blankets you while napping near a window. It's cozy, peaceful, and very feminine. I think this perfume would be just perfect any day of the year, floating on a warm breeze this would be a most natural pleasant note. I have a "tester" bottle and the lettering on the bottle is very appealing to me. The bottle itself fits nicely into your palm. This would be ideal for gift giving!

How is this not mainstream!? This is a masterpiece! It’s gorgeous! It’s subtle spice, a well rounded rose with very well behaving supporting characters. Mmmm get a whiff of this in the middle of winter with snow on the ground and you will get exactly what I mean. It’s a beauty on her own but also plays well with other fragrances to add depth to something more playful. This is a true perfume- notes blend beautifully and the fragrance lasts all day - it is full and crafted.

This is my first perfume ever, I was 17 when I bought it. It brings good memories, it's so fresh and long lasting, recognizable, young and feminine. Simple, yet it has a personality. It's a shame I can't find it anywhere anymore.

I like Priscilla's fragrances a lot and this one is no exception. I guess there aren't all ingredients listed. I can detect something peppery or even paprika in the top notes. This rose is a bit spicy in the beginning and then it switches into an 'adult' rose, with stems. The rose is red or tea rose. The bottom notes are ambery and this fragrance is slightly oriental. Mostly flowery. The rose isn't sweetened. It's like it is in nature, I mean, a bit sweet and a bit bitter. And a bit green (the stem). The sillage is moderate and lasting time is between moderate and long (the sillage decreases after a few hours). Pretty rose.

Roses and More was a really lovely fragrance and the best, softest, cleanest, fullest and rosiest rose scent out there so far. I hate bringing up the other dreaded a-word at all, but I have to say that I think Roses and More was suitable for all ages. It was feminine, quite classic, soft, elegant and a bit sweet and most suitable for autumn and winter. Lasting power and sillage were definitely above average. If I could buy another bottle, I would do that as I have fond memories only of this perfume.

Probably the most beautiful Rose perfume I've ever tried. It's all roses to my nose...with undertones of rose. It dries to a nice velvety Rose yet all the while has the springtime freshness of just opening roses with a fruity playfulness mixed in. I can't say enough about this Rose fragrance. I've tried a lot and most I end up not liking but this one is true elegant rose on my skin. To my nose, it could be worn by a teenager or a mature woman. Nothing generic to my nose. Lovely, lovely, lovely.

When it was around, I wasn't really ready to buy it - just because I'd expected a classic rose scent which "Roses & More" is not. It is however a perfect retro scent, one of the "long-lost-love" category that will smell better 20 years from the moment it was released. I miss it real bad, although it was not really a masterpiece in its times. Now it's a perfect vintage I'd love to get a hold of.

The scent opens up with sort of a generic floral scent - the very first scent is almost unpleasant, but it quickly smooths out to a nice floral scent. There is not a lot of rose in it, however. I do get just a touch of vanilla, especially toward the end. It doesn't seem to last very long on me. I give this a "meh"

Clean fresh Rose. Not sweet at all, slightly green with moderate silage and good longevity . Nice as a pick me when it's triple digit temps in summer ! Or anytime you'd like a simple Rose scent. .This review is for the original with the white cap and well made bottle !

roses mainly, dry green roses with oakmoss and maybe some lily of the valley mixed in

In a continuing series of rose reviews for fragrantica in time for Valentines day, let me explore Priscilla Presley and her fragrance Roses and More. Roses and More is a Queen Elizabeth grandiflora rose. Its not really a big huge projection monster like you might think of when you talk grandifloras but rather a strapping pink rose with a little more depth than most celebrity scents. If Elvis was the king then we will let Priscilla reign queen for a bit. Roses and More has a softer and gentler rose note like you would generally associate with pink and white roses. I do not smell a lot of complexity but there is a hint of anise or licorice to my nose that is not listed in the sparse note pyramid. Much like the Queen Elizabeth this seems to have a classic old rose feel to it that is a bit different than the newer and modern powerhouse reds. Unfortunately it is saddled with a bit of the generic dna that you find in many perfumes. Priscilla Presley was one of the first celebrity perfume brands not named Elizabeth Taylor and most of the older ones were far better than the fly by night teeny bopper bubble gum brands brought out into the modern market. There is still a hint of cheap in the smell of this fragrance, but it is an inexpensive purchase and you get a fine rose perfume for the money and the pink licorice back gives it just a sidestep of difference than most of the reds on the market. Usually I expect celebrity scents to perform just a bit better than drugstore or value scents and often below designer. Its not unfair to expect celebrity to perform for 5 hours and this one does that and perhaps goes to 7 with moderate to light sillage. This one gives you that 5 and you can get that 7 though the drydown is not great and after 4-5 I want to wear something else. My usage of this fragrance has been light and I have used basically 1/4th of a bottle. I usually prefer to do reviews only when I've used at least a half bottle but I think this will be discontinued and impossible to find by the time I do. Though in all fairness, it has stayed on shelves long after I expected it to be shot and discontinued. And I can write a fair review on this one even with limited use. I found this on bargain racks as an inexpensive tester, and one can google its name and still find it for sale. I do own a backup bottle of it. In fact, I own several though I mostly use this fragrance as gifts. I've never had a complaint about wearing it. And I've never had a female recipient accept a gifted bottle with anything less than sincere gratitude and appreciation. For whatever reason at this point, I think more testers have been sold of this product than ever were sold as full "official" bottles. Testers have been on the shelves for years now as the "original" bottles become hard to find. Personally, I have worn this about 3 times a year and maybe once a month during spring season only as a second scent of the day when other rose fragrances died before sleep arrived. I enjoy it and its rosy though it comes not close to being one that I honestly could say I like. Its more of one that is an upgrade from late evening smell before its time for the goodnight bath. Value on this product is ok. As mentioned, you can easily do a search and find testers of this product and they are often under $10 a bottle. Ive seen this product as low as $5 per 1.7 ounce bottle or $3 an ounce. I expect drugstore value scents to live at $10 an ounce and under and Designer to live at $20 so $3 per ounce is a steal. Though you might want to keep in mind that this is a proctor and gamble scent and there is something about almost every fragrance in this firms portfolio that hints at cheapness and poor quality. I'm going to grade this one out at 68 or a D+ rating in my book. It is a very acceptable rose scent to wear with a bit of interest in the lighter rose and backing licorice. It holds up well performance wise and a full bottle costs less than do many samples. There is a lot to like about Roses and More. It is older and it does not hold up to recent bestselling perfumes, but for a celebrity scent, it is solid. And it is a far better fragrance than many put out by singers who have sold a million records or thespians who have been on a top 100 sexy list. This fragrance has been in production for almost 20 years and outlasted many of the newer celebrity scents that have shorter stays between shelves and the bargain bin than another Taylor Swift generic he treated me bad song. Anybody can sell something cheap. To do it for 20 years is a feat. Priscilla Presley is a beautiful lady who was born around the time work began on the Queen Elizabeth Grandiflora. Like the rose shes lived a life of legend, married the king, been mother in law to another king, acted in movies, and designed her perfume line. Once this was a really good fragrance. But it seems old now. One can appreciate things like the Queen Elizabeth Grandiflora and there still are many who consider it the best Grand ever hybridized. There are others that are better now. Everyone has their own opinion and so do you. But this was a celebrity scent from someone that cared about what was inside a bottle with her name on it. And it still smells nice and is a viable wear. For $5 you too can remember a throwback time in the early 80s when Elvis started to slip into memory and Devo came into popularity thinking it cool to wear flowerpots on their heads and whip cigarettes out of womens teeth. There was a time when roses were still beautiful and Priscilla Presley was as well and though this came out in the late 90s, I like to think of Priscilla when she could still own the red carpet. There is something timeless about roses and classic roses that stand tall and get noticed. This one has a lot of synthetic in it but you can buy a full bottle as a gift right now for less than you might spend for a single perfect rose bud stem. There are better grandiflora roses to be grown these days than the Queen Elizabeth but sometimes remembrance of beauty is enough and the QE still sells. The chief merit of PP Roses and more these days is price. But who doesn't love a quality rose scent that has stayed on shelves for almost 20 years with decent fragrance and performance that you can buy, use, or gift for less than the price of bubble gum mall scent body mist. There is something timeless about roses and the QE Grandiflora has been selling for 52 years and keeps on inspiring new plantings year after year after year. Somewhere, Elvis is smiling knowing Priscilla still smells good and has a bit of heartbreak hotel in a rose fragrance that still fronts his name. And even the queen might crack a smile at a blue suede shoes rose perfume that is almost lonesome tonight in the obscurity of its age as hound dogs and dirt dogs sniff at its dying throes of shelf life exodus while softly crooning ... "dont be cruel.".

Last week I blind bought this perfume. After reading the notes and most of the reviews here, and knowing how much I love all things roses, I thought it was a safe bet. WRONG! (I'm so glad I paid less than $10 US including shipping!) I was so excited to try this, but I could tell right away this smelled nothing like roses to me. I'm wondering if it is my chemistry or if I tried it in the wrong time of year. (It is late Spring here, and the temp is 90F). Initially all I smell is hard to describe - melted plastic with cloves inside? I resisted the urge to scrub it off, wanting to give other notes a shot at being noticed. Sadly, the only thing I am getting is the plastic and the cloves, as well as many different, impossible to identify, spices. I smell no roses at all here. I'm so disappointed. I guess I'll hang on to it and try it again in Autumn and Winter. I really want to love this...wish me luck. If I still can't stand it after Winter, then I may welcome a swap. I've never done a swap here before, so hopefully I'll figure out how to do it if it comes to that. ETA: Ok, now we are nearing the end of winter so I decided to give this one another go. Recently with several other frags I have tried them again in a new climate and have had incredibly different reactions to perfumes I had written off as not for me. I'm sad to report that even in a completely different climate than when I wrote the first review, this one is still no winner on me. I imagine it must smell great on others, as many reviews are overwhelmingly positive. I don't hate it at this point, and I'm going to keep it for future experiments, but I don't love it. After the initial blast and a few minutes, I did enjoy the dry down quite a bit. So it seems there's still hope for me and Priscilla to love one another...just not yet.

Unfortunately, this one was a hard dislike. I liked the rose scent of it (which was pretty prominent) but the rest of it was just... The spices in here simply don't mix well with the rose and ultimately, it smelled as if I'd rubbed my wrist with raisins. Nope!

I have been delaying this review. WHY? I geninuely don't know how to describe this scent. Roses, yes, and more. That is an excellent name. But it's like no other rose scent I've smelled. It is not my favorite rose, but it IS an excellent fragrance, well balanced and refreshing. This rose isn't at all sweet in aura. Though the base has vanilla and musk, it's only faintly sweet. It's rather a refreshing and interesting floral-laundry musk. The musk reminds me of that in Paul Sebastian Casual, though that is clean jasmine and hyacinth in style. This is roses and white florals and the kind of musk that smells clean and soap-like in the heat. I have had Rapture and I do have Perfumer's Workshop Tea Rose. Both smell nothing like this on me. For the record, I also like both better! But that's not surprising, as I am very picky about rose. This rose seems to have some lily of the valley or freesia melded well with the semi-indolic jasmine, generally a chemistry no-no for me! Happily, this will not affect most of you. And even on my freesia/calone hating skin, I find it works better than most. I'd even say I wouldn't turn down a bottle - it's unique. :) What fragrance is in the same family? It's hard to make comparisons when something IS unique, but it falls into the same group (for me) as Cerruti 1881. Not a dupe or even a sister, just a category. Yes, that kind of good-for-hot-weather, cooling scent. Not boring, not bland, but also not cloying, sweet, or heavy. To sum up - affordable, excellent summer floral. Grown up without any fusty or dry or heavy notes. NOT a sugared jasmine petals and vanilla rose, despite the notes listed. This is a classic and ladylike floral.

I have 2 huge bottles that I had to wrap up as Christmas presents for my girlfriends. I love soft rose fragrances but this was not anything special. Sure you get a rose accord but the abstract flowers in this fragrance, do not appear to be harmonizing very well with the roses. I detected tuberose, lily, lavender and jasmine. The lavener note really makes it soft but the tuberose is quite strong so the progression goes from startin off light to drying down as something super creamy and smells weird. If you like floral fragrances and you are alright with creamy drydowns in perfumes this is for you. I had to send these as gifts to friends who I know love the flowers I know are in this fragrance. I wish this was a soft bouquet of roses with a lavender and amber sandalwood base. The base notes are very hard to figure out. It smells like it might be some oak moss but it all turns to cream, at least on me. This isn't bad, it's soft, one might even say powdery but it's not a very impressive rose perfume. I have better rose fragrances like my all time favorite HISTORIAE ROSE DE FRANCE, and La Rose Jacqueminot by Coty as well as the very beautiful rose in Coty's Sophia. Don't blind buy this one unless you are experienced enough with fragrances to welcome white floral-mixed-with rose scents.

I can't say that I remember this smell, because my mother had it almost 20 years ago, I'll ask her, if she remembers. But I have clear memories with the writing on the bottle, and the box it came in. The bottle felt magic back then, funny how everything feels magic when you're a kid:)) when does magic dissapear? Anyway I'm here with a suggestion of layering, and if someone can confirm it for me, please pm me. Tea rose + Cabotine really feel like Roses and more, I'll also try layering tea rose and some citrusy smells. It's rough on the edges, but enough for me to have a vivid memory of the bottle of Roses and more. If you're going to try my ideea, please spray on fabric/paper and let it sit. Later edit: Finally I've put my hands on this. Words can't describe what turbulence this produced in my soul... I remember it being a scent from my childhood, but it has a good reason it clinged to my memory. The ingredients in this are superb! Sweet delicate mature rose, but it's sweetened by the most gorgeous vanilla. It has some green notes in there, which I still perceive as tuberose or lilies, it's a spring freshness like entering a flower shop at the end of a school year. They don't make stuff like this anymore and it's a shame... puts modern perfumes to shame.

I've been told I resemble Priscilla Presley with blonde hair. I have similar features - the eyes, the hair, the physique. I've been a Priscilla Presley professoinal celebrity impersonator as well. When I found out she had a perfume I went out and bought it. Wow. Smells amazing. A romantic and sweet feminine rose, full bodied, velvety and luxurious. Why does Fragrantica not list the notes correctly? I think it should read like this: Top Notes: Aldehydes Bergamot Mandarin Orange Rose Middle Notes: Rose Jasmine Base Notes: Vanilla Amber Roses and More smells expensive, sweet, and gorgeous. I'm surprised it didn't get as much respect as other rose perfumes of the era. I love how there is vanilla and amber in this fragrance. A lot of people don't pick up on it because they can't get past the roses. There are a lot of roses and they smell very perfumy and pink like a bouquet of pink roses. The scent can be pretty strong if you spritz on too liberally. I wore this on Valentines Day and all I needed was one spritz on my collar bone-blouse. This might turn out to be my wedding perfume after all. It just smells so beautiful and romantic. It's also got a very long life and I can wear this all day and all night. Excellent sillage and projection. Just beautiful.

This turned out to be lovely, fresh cut, deep pink or red, of raindrops dewy roses. The exact smell that you get from sticking your nose down in one of the roses from your just received bouqet. Deep, fresh - lovely ! Not too sweet or messed up with another note. What comes the ladder is more fruity and - strawberry smelling to me, the roundness and sharpnes of Armani Mania , womens comes to mind. The rose half is defenitely worth it... the rest (and more ) is ok, like an average floral fruity. This is not sweet like the Stella sheers usually are, but lot better than les 4 reines ones..as a - for the day rose. I would actually call this rose to be more of an authentic rose than a lot others! Not bad Priscilla, I wasn ́t expecting this... Something for a real rose lover to own, very fresh, a little spice but subtle ! Love it as an everyday rose !!!

I first purchased this fragrance because of the great word of mouth as well as the positive reviews here on Fragrantica. When it arrived, I was not disappointed. This is a beautiful fragrance and, interestingly, it's one of my most complimented fragrances, even over my pricey, niche fragrances. I'm going to try other Priscilla Presley fragrances because this one is absolutely fantastic. I recommend it to anyone who appreciates a fresh, subtle rose scent. I don't care for "may rose" heavy perfumes and I much prefer a realistic, green rose. This fragrance is more a fresh rose fragrance that is not heavy or cloying. I love it! And will continue to purchase it until I cannot anymore. I've already purchased backups as I always want this fragrance to be in my collection. If you're on the fence, I recommend it highly!

I can remeber wearing it 10 years ago. I was surprised that a rosy fragrance can give me so much more. Even though it was only EDT, it lasted a good while. The bottle was very simple, pretty and very practical to fit in a handbag. I must say I totally agree with a review below, it was one of these I feared it might smell like a crowd of grannies on a Sunday mass :-) but instead, I was nicely surprised! Rose and More turned out to be very feminine, sweet floral with a distinct rose nuances. Like a Victorian rose garden in Lincolnshire at dawn... I loved it and it took me 10 years to realize how much I missed it :-) I got myself a 50ml bottle now and for $3.99 I would be crazy not to! Rose lovers - for that price it is your dresser's ''must have'' fragrance! Highly recommended!

The rose part of "Roses and More" is fine: big, velvety roses. Soft and pure as after a rain, and oh so feminine. The problem is the "and more". I don't smell anything except generic vanilla. They should remove the vanilla and relaunch as a soliflore. With some care taken with packaging and promotion this could become a classic.

A lovely perfume with almost no sillage or lasting power. RaM is a transparent rose fragrance with a new supporting notes and very feminine. Unfortunately the scent disappeared nearly immediately, which makes wearing the perfume rather pointless. I paid less than $7 for 50 ml, a great deal but for the poor performance.

There is something about this perfume that is subtle yet beautiful. It’s not an overly rose perfume. It’s amber rose warm. It’s gorgeous. And love it.