Prima Ballerina

It's an interesting take on rose. In the opening, I get the LIME with a backup singer of rose. After it warms up I get the sage on my skin but the sillage is still mostly lime. The rose is in the background singing softly while the sage/lime dance around more energetically. I never smelled the musk. This is a very unique and different combination of notes. It's interesting and worth testing out. I, like the other reviewers, will not buy a full bottle. It is one of those scents everyone should sniff for the experience, but not necessarily wear daily. Edit: Because of how unique this is I find myself coming back to it again and again. I think I actually will look in to a FB. I've used up two samples.

From beginning to end this scent is basically about rose. At first the rose is accompanied by a nose-prickling lime or lime leaf and by an herbal note (presumably the sage), getting the whole composition off to a rousing, slightly metallic start. Like Musc Botanique, this fragrance has a good bit of ambrette in the base, and the combination of ambrette and rose is lovely. After the top notes are gone the rose-ambrette mix stays close to the body as a skin scent. I like this fragrance enough to eventually finish up my generous sample, but would not feel compelled to buy a FB even if I could afford it.

This is a prima ballerina, rose oil-embued "Giselle": vulnerable, but compelling all the same. Its naivety(or should I say 'soliflore' character?) annoys me, as it does in Giselle's case, and I don't believe I'm entranced enough to choose it as my principal role for the season.

Definitely not a soliflore, but rose is definitely the strongest note throughout. The hydro-distilled rose SIP uses is extremely high quality, I don't think I've ever smelled a more realistic rose perfume. The sage and lime combo makes this a very unusual take on rose - herbal verging on metallic, very much leaning into the vintage vibe. I think this is a must-try for rose lovers. By far the most feminine fragrance from this house, it evokes innocent and sweet youth. The musk base is ambrette, almost a signature note for SIP. As with pretty much all perfumes from Strange Invisible, projection is low; I happen to like this quality, but if you're after something people can smell across the room this one will disappoint.

This smells like a much weaker version of Hiram Green's Lustre fragrance. If you like a clean citrus rose and want it to be all natural try Lustre instead.