Sheer Stella 2008

This fragrance is the most perfect rose scent I've ever smelled! So fresh, feminine, well-balanced and complex! Fresh, beautiful roses and peony with a hint of pink pepper and the sweetness of raspberry...hmmm...I'm sooo in love!!! I get compliments on this all the time both from women and men. This is my signature scent now, I use it for work and for dates and for every leisure activities. For evening occasions I reccomend its bigger sister, Stella. That one is absolutely perfect too! ^^

This is a very fresh rose with more than a hint of peony. Like a morning dew on a rosebud. I like the smell itself. I think it's a safe option for everyday use. I also like to spray it several times and then add a spray of Burberry Brit Red for slightly more dramatic effect.

I love the smell of this Stella Sheer, BUT - the downfall of this perfume is the longevity and power. The smell isn't very noticeable after a couple of hours, and when you do detect it, it smells weak and watered-down.

This is a gorgeous fresh creamy rose! I love it. Such a lovely perfume. I love love love it, and it lasts so well, about 8 hours, and I get so many compliments. It's the most gorgeous perfume.

A rose bush near my previous home had lavender-pink flowers and the most amazing fragrance. It smelled like a blend of Rose, Apricot and Raspberry. I'm not usually a fan of solifleur Rose or of strong Fruit. But i'd love to find a perfume that smells like this rose bush, not gourmand, yet rosy and fruity. The scent of those roses uplifted my often gloomy spirits. Someone suggested Sheer Stella 2008. Since it is a limited edition, it is out of production and hard to find. An eBay vendor was selling multiple bottles of Sheer Stella - year not specified - using a photo of the 2008 edition. I wrote asking if it looked as advertised. They said, no, that was a stock photo. Stock photo? Impossible! The box and the bottle are redesigned for each limited edition! I purchased from another vendor who specified 2008, but i was still a bit worried. My order of Sheer Stella arrived a few days ago, and it really was the 2008 edition. That was a relief! I sprayed some on my arms... and i was disappointed. It smelled of ordinary tea rose and citrus with a little "green", a bit cheap and overbearing. Plus i kept tasting "lemon" - was it the cintronellol, the citral, the limonene, or the linalool listed on the box? I have the same problem with natural lemon verbena fragrance - the taste stays in my mouth for hours and hours and hours. I was unhappy. I was sad. :-( Today I put on the same shirt and the scent of rose that lingered was so very appealing! So i decided to give Sheer Stella 2008 another try. This time it smelled richly rosy and fruity, although i didn't smell the berries specifically, and no "lemon" taste in my mouth. It was pleasantly complex, not just 2 or 3 boring notes. While the rose dominated, it was supported by non-specific fruity and green notes. As the day wore on, the berry scent grew stronger, while the green subsided. I don't know if the difference is the weather - it's much cooler today - or my body chemistry. But i'm quite fond of it and i keep sniffing my arms. It isn't the rose i am looking for, so i'll keep up the hunt for my apricot raspberry rose. But it's a good addition to my "fragrance library" and a very nice change from my usual fragrances. There are several other roses with apricot i intend to try. I suspect i may end up layering one of the apricoty fragrances and Sheer Stella 2008 to get closer to "my" rose.