10 Une Rose Vermeille

This just doesn't suit my skin type. I spray it into the air and it smells lovely. I spray it on me and it develops into a cloying overly sweet old lady smell which gives me a headache.

Horrible!!! I'm not fond of roses and rasberries, but I have smelled other rosy perfumes that I almost liked them. This one is sharp, cheap synthetic on my skin, with a hair spray awful note. I think that lavender (which I like in other compositions) here, makes a terrible combo. Linear...., and not even the dry down helped to save me from the previous 3 hours' headache. I can't understand why this is so respectable. Because it's a Tauer? or there are others that truly find something marvelous on it?

Seems to literally jump of your skin on first spray. I gave it a quick 3 spray blast to the wrist, and going in for the first smell it had me coughing. Powerful bubblegum note as others have said but also the distinct smell of violet going through strongly as well as everything grounded by an earthier smell of something like wet Tomato plant vines. The astringent, almost sour, note balances the sweetness and the whole thing smells pretty sophisticated as it settles having started like it was going to be a sugar bomb. Having tested and bought a few Tauer's now this one was something of a surprise. If you love Rose but with a dark green, sour, twist - this might just be the one for you. Beautiful, to my nose at least - lasting well for 5-6 hours.

It's instant love at first sniff with Tauer's 'Une Rose Vermeille' I can cruedly sum this up; Johnsons Baby Oil mixed with geranium and a hint of citronella. But this brash description misleads, making it seem cheap and synthetic, when in fact, this is premium Tauer quality. Notice that I've used 'geranium' to describe the fragrance rather than rose as it reminds me of Frederic Malle's 'Geranium Pour Monsieur' (obviously without the mint) but with a baby powder vibe to it. It's almost like a mint-free 'Geranium Pour Monsieur' layed with an aldehyde-free Amouage 'Dia' woman - now that's a quality perfume comparison. The oily note reminds me a little of the rose based attar 'Marwah' by Al Haramain but much sweeter and warmer due to the slight vanilla. It's delicious and makes my mouth water.

This is a syrup rose with the barest hint of nostril tinging spice and poudre, similar to Rooh Afzah. Also similar to many other fragrances out there, so not sure it warrants the price.