English Rose Contemporary Edition

Omg. I never see testers out for Yardley but a store in my city re-jigged their perfume section a little bit and lo and behold - testers for the whole line! I only tried this one but I was blown away by how much it resembles Diptyque's Eau Rose EDT. I was about to purchase that one soon, so THANK GOODNESS I got to test this - saved a buttload of money in the process! Longevity is surprisingly decent too considering how little it costs. I can still smell it in the crook of my elbow 3-4 hours later Edit: now some time has passed I'm able to better pick the two apart; they're indeed very similar but Eau Rose is more aquatic and English Rose leans a touch green. I'll be transparent and say I prefer Eau Rose and now my budget allows for it I'll be buying it, but English Rose is a legitimately good dupe, not just "for the price", it just IS, period. It held me over these past two months and I didn't long for Eau Rose in that time, I'm just in the mindset of "I prefer the subtleties of the real thing, so why not buy it now I can?" Despite me making the switch I still maintain that this is an extremely good budget option if you don't want to fork out for the Diptyque!

I have kept Yardley rose soaps around since my childhood. For many years, I had forgotten about the rose soaps but I noticed my husband’s grandmother’s house smelled like Yardley rose soap. My husband expressed May times how much he liked the smell of his grandmother’s house so I ordered the soap on Amazon and gave it to him for a bath and he was so comforted. I stocked up on Yardley rose soap and have a bar in every bedroom drawer to fragrance the clothes and I have several bars in the closet to scent the closet. I have purchased the Yardley English Rose lotion, deodorant and the perfume. I recommend this Yardley scent in all available forms.This is a classic scent for all ages. I think it is especially appropriate with ballet pink dresses or darker paisleys. I wore some sort of soliflore rose perfume as a child especially at Christmas with darker velvet dresses in the 80s so I also associate rose scents with Christmas and winter church festivities. But since my husband so adores the soap, I mostly associate the scent with him and it is comforting to me. It is my romantic love scent, but it is also a scent of comfort, protection, and human connection.

A lovely, fairly complex rose water scent that lifts me up and calms me. I used to have a real hate for rose perfume. My tyrannical nanny wore rose everything and almost ruined it for me. In 2020 I kept hearing that smelling rose could help improve my mood, so I started using Yardley rose soap, cream, powder and quickly added the body mist. I soon forgot about nanny and just started enjoying rose. I usually detest when musk is paired with vanilla, but I love it with rose! It makes it smell so clean and cozy. The body care line is affordable and makes a nice base for other perfumes. I particularly like the cream. It’s rich and the smell lasts. I’ve been traveling without my Yardley so today i treated myself to a little edt bottle to lift my mood. Zero regrets.

I tried this on my wrist the other day and can't stop thinking of it. It's not often a rose perfume actually smells like an actual rose, but this certainly does. I think the added tea note really gives this fragrance the true "tea rose" scent. I can't wait to buy it now. I forgot to mention that I think this reformulation is much better than the original. As it is so reasonably priced, I'll buy a couple to tuck away in case the company re-reformulates and I don't like the result. I've been reading other reviews of the Yardley reformulation of the April Violets which has left many disappointed. Luckily my pre-2015 older version is still pretty full.

I finally tracked this down and purchased a bottle as Yardley products seem to be out of favour in local shops and online (I live in Australia). That would be so sad, because some of us appreciate the Old World Charm of this company. I think it would be a mistake to assume that the new edition of English Rose is basic, one noted and old fashioned. The citrus and tea notes are quite pronounced, but enhance the rose and rose bud, rather than overwhelm it. This is just a delightful fragrance.

This is 80-85% Paul Smith. I have both Yardley and Paul Smith. Yardley is milder, a tad bit sweeter (not really sweet),softer in a sense or more watery if you will. I can smell the stem. It has a very faint Turkish delight rose smell. but so very light. All in all for rose lovers this is amazing, soft and green rose. Paul Smith is brighter, fresher, screechier, but I like it, it's more energizing. Yardley is mellow and calmer. Love it. Can't have enough versions of rose anything ❤️🔥🌹

Exquisite tea rose. Comforting and joyful. Realistic and vivid in the way it combines notes to portray a perfect, natural rose. This rose is so delightful that perhaps it is only a perfumer’s dream of the perfect rose brought to life through perfume. A dream come true. I smell it as a skin scent more than 8 hours later. (I don’t care if it lasts an hour or 8 hours. I can re-apply if I’m in the mood.)

I don’t know how it used to be before and I don’t care how it is not Chloé. I’m wearing it right now and just let me enjoy this affordable pleasure of life without needing to prove anything to anyone. Thank you, Yardley.

My mother owns this and, while she doesn't wear it often, she let me try it... absolutely gorgeous! A true, sweet rose. I must own this! It's hard to get here, though?

Nice light scent. Rose is my favorite now!

lush, pink dewy rose - it's love!

After the dismal Yardley Lily Of The Valley, I was hoping that English Rose would be a more successful blind buy. I needn’t have worried – ER is a much better scent. It is, unsurprisingly, a fairly simple rose scent with good performance. It is not the best rosewater-style soliflore I’ve smelled, and while it is certainly a bargain, so is the likes of Perfumer’s Workshop Tea Rose and Paul Smith Rose, both of which I rate higher than this. Rose is clearly dominant here, but it is enhanced nicely by violet, tea and patchouli in supporting roles. However, ER really reminds me of potpourri – the rose feels dry in texture throughout. ER is, predictably, rosy from initial spray. I get some orange up top, but it isn’t bright or fresh – instead, it is dry, further enhancing the potpourri quality. The herbal tea note adds some greenness to the rose as it develops. After a little while, it becomes somewhat powdery, with violet creeping in alongside the rose. It is not lipstick-y. Some dry patchouli adds earthiness to the drydown, and it becomes softly musky in its later stages. It remains dry and potpourri-like as it fades. Sillage and longevity are moderate. It is a feminine transeasonal daytime scent. A pleasant rose scent that will work for many, this is too potpourri-like for my liking. Still, not bad for its bargain price. I wonder how the original English Rose compares. 3/5.

It was a blind buy. I saw reviews saying it smells like Eau Rose from Diptyque, which I knew and liked, so I bought it. The first time I sprayed it, I was a bit disappointed because it's not the photorealistic and sweet rose that as I expected. However, a few weeks later, I really like it. It is between a realistic rose (fresh, dewy) and a rose water type of rose (powdery, woody). The slightly bitter tea note adds more depth and freshness. I also like the patchouli in it, which makes it more unisex. A not-sweet-at-all rose. It somehow reminds me of the opening of Homme A La Rose but without the green apple note. It is a quite lineal scent, performance is weak on me, I need to spray 8 times to actually smell it. Lasts 1-2 hours, but for the price I can always reapply as much as I want. Actually I like it even better than Eau Rose now for how light and unisex it is. The dry down of Eau Rose is too strong and always gives me a headache. Reapply is much easier than scraping off.

My 7 year old son tonight started reading Fragrantica when I left my laptop open, he was really enjoying it and asked if he could write a review. I got a few of my perfumes out for hit to play with. Unable to choose which he wanted to write about, we did a little "smell test". I sprayed 4 perfumes onto tissue (CK One shock, JPG Classique, Ghost Deep Night and Yardley English Rose) and he narrowed them down to his favourite out of those. So here is his little review.... "Lovely sweet scent, nice and rosy. Perfect amount of strength. Great to wear on a special occasions like birthdays. It reminds me of a flower garden. It also smells like rose cream sweets. I like the tall thin bottle with its patterned lid. Really great perfume! Love it!"

Classically gorgeous, smells like the pinkest rosewater delivered on a warm blanket of white musks. Fresh and clean, sweet without being saccharin, a fragrance I use liberally especially now it's springtime. Moderate sillage, it isn't in your face it just radiates out with the heat of your body, a rare case of its' softness making me like it more as I usually veer towards more powerhouse fragrances. This is just familiar and comforting, spraying it gives me the same feeling as stepping into a nice warm bath. Will keep repurchasing.

It's lovely. Just fresh, nice roses. I have easily triggered migraines and I have had troubles with rose scents through the years. I love roses, but rose fragrances can be so heavy and overwhelming. But not this one. Yardley ́s English Rose is perfect for me. The scent is definitely more like new roses on a bush in a beautiful garden than dark, red hothouse roses in a crystal vase indoors, if you get my point. I like that, and I like the way it settles: musk and flowers nicely blended.

i do not get grandma vibes from rose perfumes, because my grandma always wore vanilla, so perhaps thats why, but i love this scent and it does not feel dated to me. its a very fresh dewy rose. i like this for early morning walks in spring, naps, before bed, and any other time id like some fresh spring air. that is exactly what this smells like to me. a rainy spring breeze passing through a rosebush.

I LOVE roses! I have been looking for a rose scent and when I was younger I was all about TeaRose from The Perfumer's Workshop! This one is similar but on the softer side which is nice. It is a true rose while not being heady or offensive. I think it would also work nice layering with other fragrances. I am extremely happy that I picked this one up! 2.2.19

I like this parfume. It reminds me of a scent Cora Crawley from Downton Abbey would wear. A lovely scent of an English rose garden, from the 1800-century. On me it has a fantastic strength, sillage & staying-power. I like the vintage bottle, the sweet juice is in, and for 10 $, this is a keeper

It is very fresh, clean and moderate silage and longevity. More of a tea rose than true rose scent to me but still very good eau de toilette that has a good price value. I layer it under more true rose perfumes.