Sarabecca New Rose

I bought this before I realized it has geranium in it, but I must say, I still like it in spite of that. This perfume oil is slightly sweet and rosy. Ironically, this ‘new rose’ has a bit of an ‘over-bloomed’ quality, to me, but that’s probably the geranium. I’ve always thought geranium smells a bit like decaying roses. I think the citrus in this is more candied than fresh. I don’t get much spice and only a hint of woodiness. I’ll probably layer it PW Tea Rose to freshen it up.

Opened with sharp sour rose and tart, dry citrus—unfortunately on me it smelled almost like a Mrs. Meyers cleaning product. Faded into a barely discernible wood (the cedar I think), then vanished from my skin altogether in about an hour, with no sign of cloves, unless I missed them in the opening blast. I really wanted to like this—usually like rose and love the idea of a natural fragrance—and plan to revisit in a warmer season just in case.