Stella Rose Absolute

I am an English woman who grows and loves roses and cannot get enough of their scent, but they only bloom here from June onward. Stella Rose Absolute allows me to enjoy the beautiful perfume of my wonderful English roses all year round. It is the most natural representation of fresh, delicious wet English roses in a perfume I have ever experienced. All rose varieties have a unique scent, and some perfumes capture one of these scents, but this fragrance captures the essence of an English Rose garden at dawn with a light summer breeze caressing the sweet morning dew and lifting the fragrance of all the roses and the nearby trees and shrubs to surround you in their beauty. Absolutely wonderful, this is my signature fragrance, and the comments I receive from friends and colleagues concur.

This is one of the most enchanting fragrances ever! One of my favorites! Soft, warm, sensual, elegant rose that melts and blends into the skin and makes the wearer into a glowing rose herself. It is definitely rosy with amber bringing out warmth and depth. It is like Stella with more intensity, and a bit less spicy yet more sexy than Stella Nude, which I also love but use as more of a daytime fragrance. Stella Rose Absolute is definite a date night fragrance! Seductive yet absolutely classy. The Jacqueline Kennedy of fragrances (hard to think of a modern day woman who combines such gentle sensuality with class!). My only regret about Stella Rose Absolute is that it fades too fast, like a real rose, but oh, what beauty while it lasts!!

I have been wearing this one for a few days trying to work out what I wanted to write in the review. Yes it's similar to the original but as the name suggests, deeper, darker and more intense while still being fresh. I know the notes are the same as the original but the composition is obviously different, less citrus, more amber. It does remind me a little of Givenchy VI L'Intense but it's sweeter. Roses such as Midnight Poison and SL Fille de Berlin often go sour on my skin but this thankfully doesn't. Some may say it's simplistic but it's a rose fragrance after all and I don't think it needs to be overly complicated to be beautiful.

BlackAmberMoon and jenniferlincol below have already said everything I want to say about this perfume. I received it in the mail today after a disappointment with the 2014 reformulated Stella (was so weak, I dumped half a sample on me and could barely smell it after an hour..) and I LOVE IT! It is deep, rich, warm, jammy, sexy, gorgeous, fantastic ROSE. The first spray literally took my breath away ;) Cannot endorse this enough for rose lovers. I think this might be my perfect rose! (Now to buy some back up bottles, cause I think this is soon going to become very hard to find, if it isn't already.)

After a miserable experience with reformulated 2014 Stella my hope was restored when this beauty arrived in the mail. I had 2003 Stella in both a bottle and a Rolette. I always favored the Rolette because it seemed more intense and lasted longer. I now know it is because it was actually Rose Absolute. THIS is the fragrance Stella should be. Now with 2014 Stella I feel this way more then ever. It lasts, the rose is jammy, you can wear it year round, it is just perfect, perfect, perfect! It's everything positive about original 2003 Stella intensified. LOVE!

One of my absolute favorite perfumes of ALL TIME. I think I went through 2-3 bottles when it was available and I would have stocked up on many more had I known it would end up being discontinued. THIS is what Stella should be...not the watery worse-than-EDT they are currently trying to pass off as perfume!! On another note (no pun intended), has anyone tried both this and Atelier Rose Anonyme, and if so, is Rose Anonyme similar to Rose Absolute??

Gorgeous! I have "Stella" and while it is a lovely rose fragrance, it doesn't last long enough. This one, though - deep, rich roses with amber, etc. to support it from the base on up. The best thing, though, is that it lasts much longer. I think having both versions is a good thing - "Stella" for a short jaunt out and about, "Rose Absolute" for a longer day. If you love roses and want a nice, lasting rose scent - get Rose Absolute.

One of the freshest, cleanest, deepest, truest rose scents on the market at the moment. It has tremendous lasting power and I've had many people approach me asking about this particular scent. The first day of wearing RA at the office and three ladies asked me about it - they ended up buying it that same week! Rose Absolute indeed! I love it!

THIIIIIIIIIS! Oh, Stella M., please bring this one on back! S.R.A. is by far and wide the BEST rose perfume I've encountered thus far. It's soft, but persistent; it lasts, but won't overwhelm; it intensely attracts anyone who comes near you. If you're going on THE date, this is one of the perfumes you want to be wearing.

I love the original Stella as well but it was too pale and with almost no lasting power. Stella Rose Absolute is more intense, way deeper and lasts longer. However, it might not be suitable to wear on a hot summer day due to the heavy amber note. I'd say it's perfect for spring, fall and winter, though!

I NEED to have this again. It doesn't look promising since it is selling on ebay now for around 190.00. That is insane. I do not understand why this is not re-released as popular as it is and was. I also don't get why they reformulated the original Stella from 2003. It was PERFECT.

Really liked this perfume, I remember it as a deeper, sexier and more intense version of the original Stella. Lots of rose with some alluring woodsy dark scents, but not overly complicated, yet very attractive. This perfume had a personality, and the longevity was amazing.

I love this - it's a beautiful, deep, intense, rich rose, and one of my favourite rose perfumes. It's brilliant. So strong! It lasts forever and ever - it has such depth and also a feeling of deep inner mystery, that pulls me into myself, and comforts me. I adore it.

Rose rose rose. My only perfume and signature scent for many years. Now I have found other fragrances, I have bought a lot of other perfumes. But still my 8 year old daughter wants me to wear just this "scent of mom" - just this rose rose rose.

Spicy, sweet, complex, refined, long-lasting rose. Rose absolute is deep crimson roses, piles and piles of plush, magenta and wine coloured petals. These roses are so velvety soft and plush I want to lay in a bed covered with them all day.

I am never into jammy intensely rose fragrances. But this right here is the exception. What a stunner! I cannot stop sniffing my wrists! The amber and rose mingles beautifully. Such a shame it's no more...

Agree with the commenter below, this is a rose oud perfume. Somewhat similar to coach rose d'or except that stella has more rose scent, less oud, and none of the masculine note that rose d'or has.

Beautiful, feminine fragrance. I was stopped by various women randomly when wearing this, to ask what fragrance I was wearing and the compliments flowed. It's just fabulous and so alluring.

I have this and loved, but not long lasting on me :( I can not find one scent stay on me all day, never, I will continue search the right fragrance for my.

Sweet, pretty and very feminine. An English Rose. I love this one for the afternoons that lead onto a special evening.