White Rose

It’s funny, I actually find this to be quite different to how many people find this perfume to be. Firstly, I think the rose is very prominent and I totally get the comparisons to a paired down ‘No 5’ the iris, the powder… I don’t find it to be sultry or opulent though. I’d describe this as an understated, realistic, but semi stylised, clear true rose, fresh powder and fresh greens. In face “semi” is a good way to describe it. Like your half in the garden and half in the boudoir. A beautiful white marble bath in a woodland of thriving white roses. And I don’t find it to be particularly “old lady” at all. For me, it’s actually quite youthful. Definitely summer dress and garden party, rather than high heels and opera gloves. Daytime luxury, perfect for when meeting the Queen.

I wanted to like this one and sadly I didn't. I think it is to aldehydic for my taste. I just can't get past the aldehyde bomb. It is the same thing for me and Chanel #5. Queen Elizabeth wears this one and I admire her so much but it just wasn't for me because the rose is to abstract, not like a living real rose.

I am wearing White Rose right now from a vial, I've worn it in small amounts abiut 4 hours ago and I still smell little buffs of fragrance coming up from my decollete! It is very very soft rose, not complicated at all but quite knowing. It smells like white roses with a little powdery base of musk. I didn't know it lists so many notes. It's teh kind of fragrance I like to wear when I'm not in a good mood to go out in the hard world, when I would rather stay home and take care of my painful body, having a cup of tea on my own, watching out of window with no one telling me what to do. A little moment for oneself in a spring morning, enjoying sun from a shadowed balcony with green lays around instead of stepping out like a wild nervous cat and pack yourself in the motorway to go and have your sun on your back from a grey window in a grey city. White Rose is the woman inside, happy in herself not because of others approval or not (family, bfs, boss...). I agree it smells delicate and romantic, only a little too much powdery in hot weather. It's not one that draws compliments but it's a very nice one to wear.

A clean, wet rosy violet, fresh and light. I don't find it as powdery as described. This is above all else a fresh scent and surprisingly spicy and green at times. It's quite English and timeless and completely unoffensive. It worked in 1800, it works today and it will work another hundred years from now. Absolutely worth trying, besides having such an impressive history it is a good scent though it has poor sillage and longevity. It's a very safe scent and has a natural smell.

This is a nice floral scent. I personally don't get any of the notes mentioned, not even rose. It has average strength but by the scent complexity it is rather simple than anything rich or complex, maybe because it was originally made so long time ago.