I don’t know if there is anybody that doesn’t like roses. The flower has been there for millions of years (I think 32 million years, actually) and no one has come out (officially) to declare it an enemy. As you would have also noticed, roses are usually used as the representative of flowers.
When you think of flowers, you will think of roses. Our minds and senses have been conditioned to see roses as the king as well as the queen of flowers. But is that the only reason roses are loved? I don’t think so.
Roses are loved for several reasons. The first one is that the flowers are beautiful. They are very lovely and beautiful to look at. They have this enchanting elegant nature that comes from how the petals are formed and coloured. The smoothness and softness of the petals also add to their beauty. The truth is, you can’t look at roses and not love them.
The next reason roses are loved is that they are easy to find. As delicate as this flower is, it is friendly and adaptable to almost every climate. You can plant them in your garden, avenues, and even the balcony and they will survive. Who wouldn’t want to have such an amazing flower close to him?
You may also need to know that roses are edible. Well, the petals are not poisonous and they are used by some people to flavour their homemade jams. You can also use them to flavour other dishes. If you want to do this, do further research to obtain all the information you need before consuming the flower petals.
Roses are also symbolic. For instance, we see roses on the logos of some companies, the emblem of some countries, and the emojis in many texts. These are all symbolic. For instance, red roses are usually used to symbolise love and romance. That’s why we use them a lot during Valentine’s Day.
White roses, on the other hand, symbolises purity. If you can use them as your wedding bouquet, that will be amazing. So, once we see roses, we smile because of what they represent to us.
The last amazing thing about roses that cause people to fall in love with them is their fragrance. The scent of roses cannot be equated with that of any other flower.
This is why Roses is the most preferred flower for making perfumes. The fragrance of roses is so unique that you can get different notes from them.
For instance, roses can offer you spicy notes, citrusy notes, floral notes, sweet notes, musky scent, honey notes, fruity smell, minty notes, and green notes. Now you understand why perfumes made from roses are valued all over the world.
But the question we asked here is, “Do you love roses?” We can rephrase it to, “Do you love rose perfumes?” I hope you do because we are here to present the 10 best rose perfumes you will love to have.
Of course, there are so many rose perfumes from good brands out there but we only want to bring ten of them to you. If you love roses and want to smell like one, this article is for you. Here, you are going to find out about the following perfumes:
There’s something about these perfumes you would have noticed. As you can see, they are all from good brands. But, we didn’t go for the rose perfumes that were created for men or women; we went for those that will be used by both men and women. That is, the perfumes are unisex; they can be worn comfortably by both men and women.
We had to do this because we realised that many rose perfumes out there are for women. So we decided to search for the ones that men can use too.
But during our search, we realised that some people want perfumes they can share with their special loved ones. So, we decided to bring you that perfume you can use on yourself as well as share with your partner.
For each of the perfumes to be reviewed, you will find out:
Without much delay, let’s take a deep look into these top 10 Rose perfumes.
Une Rose by Frederic Malle was initially designed for women that love the sultry floral fragrances but the menfolk have found it appealing too. The fragrance house of Frederic Malle launched this perfume in 2003 after it was created by Edouard Flechier. The perfume was created to bring back the longing for ancient rose perfumes. From its fruity opening to the soft soapy rosy middle accords and final woody honey notes, Une Rose by Frederic Malle is designed to keep its wearers happy and refreshed all day long.
Frederic Malle is a French perfume company that was founded by Frederic Malle in 2000. The full name of the company is actually Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle but it is usually shortened as Frederic Malle. Malle, the founder, was born into the perfume and creativity family because his grandfather, Serge Heftler, founded the Christian Dior Perfumes while his mother worked as Dior’s perfume art director.
With this background in perfumery, Malle started his career in the perfume industry. He first worked at the Roure Bertrand Dupont perfume lab, where he learned about the raw ingredients used in making perfumes, how to arrive at the best perfume compositions and ways of making exotic perfumes.
When he began his own perfume business, he simultaneously launched nine perfumes that were created by nine good perfumers, who were featured on the perfume bottles.
The success of these nine perfumes was all the perfume house of Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle needed to push more perfumes to the world. Today, the house boasts of about forty niche-designed perfumes that have gathered a lot of fans. Among its top bestselling perfumes are:
The Notes of Une Rose by Frederic Malle
The longevity of Une Rose by Frederic Malle is long-lasting. In the same vein, the perfume’s sillage is strong.
Rose Anonyme by Atelier Cologne is an amber floral woody perfume that was created and launched in 2012 to suit the desire of both men and women. The amazing thing about this perfume is that it was made with natural ingredients (86% of its ingredients are natural). This is to say that the perfume is not only exquisite but also clean.
Atelier Cologne is an American perfume house that is one of its kind. It was founded in 2009 by two super perfume creators, Sylvie Ganter and Christophe Cervasel.
When these two perfume giants came together, they decided to give the world something unique. So, they began to make perfumes that have citrusy and herbal undertones. The brand has launched several perfumes (about 50 of them) and is still creating more as we speak. Among its top bestselling perfumes are:
The longevity of Rose Anonyme by Atelier Cologne is long-lasting while its sillage is moderate.
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Rose Prick by Tom Ford is more than just a perfume. Its users can tell you that this perfume, from the moment its bottle is opened to when it dries down to the base notes, gives off heavenly scents. The perfume is known to give a prickly feeling, just as the name suggests. What else do you expect from a modern chypre floral fragrance that was launched in 2020? If you love the scent of roses on you, Tom Ford Rose Prick is a good bet for you.
Tom Ford Inc is a United States fashion house founded by Thomas Carlyle Ford. Before moving into the fashion world, Ford was an architect. He studied architecture at Parsons School of Design after which he left the country to have his internship at the fashion house of Chloe.
It was during this internship that his interest in fashion developed and picked momentum. He left his architectural background behind and began to pursue a career in the fashion world. He worked with several designers, such as Cathy Hardwick, Perry Ellis, and Gucci. He came back to the United States in 2005 and started his own company, Tom Ford, and began to build it up to what it is today.
The fashion house of Tom Ford went into perfume making in 2006 after it went into partnership with Estee Lauder. The first perfumed launched by the house in collaboration with Estee Lauder was Black Orchid.
Of course, the perfume took the world by waves and has continued to do so to date. With such an inspiration received from the success of its first perfume, the fashion house of Tom Ford has launched more than a hundred exotic perfumes. Among its top-selling perfumes are:
The longevity of Rose Prick by Tom Ford depends on the body chemistry of the users. To some users, the longevity is long-lasting. To others, it is eternal. There are also those that experience moderate longevity with the perfume. This is also the same with its sillage, which is enormous to some users, strong to others, moderate to many, and then intimate to a few. This is one of the reasons Rose Prick by Tom Ford is unique. It can identify with a lot of people.
If you are a lover of floral woody musky fragrances, irrespective of your gender, this perfume is for you. Blouse by Yves Saint Laurent was launched in 2018 to provide its wearers with self-confidence. The perfume creator, Quentin Bisch, who has given the world more than 82 exotic perfumes, formulated this fragance to meet the different demands of people. This means that Blouse by Yves Saint Laurent suits each person differently.
To describe how Blouse makes its wearers feel is uneasy. As mentioned above, the perfume was created to give different sensations to different wearers. Its floral note provides the much-needed sensual caress whereas the black pepper and bergamot freshen, rejuvenate, and uplift the spirits of its wearers. Its major note, the rose, ensures its wearers feel the supreme light sensation offered by the fragrance. The perfume finally dries down to a powdery to envelope the wearers until they retouch or change. Blouse by Yves Saint Laurent is a perfume of its kind.
Yves Saint Laurent is a French fashion house that was founded in the 1960s by Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent. Yves started his fashion career at an early age when he worked for Christian Dior. He rose to the position of Head of Dior’s fashion house when he was barely 21 years old. But he did not hold the position for a long time because he joined the military service during the Algerian War. However, he left the service shortly after he was drafted because of an injury he sustained at the war. When he recuperated from the injury, he founded his own fashion company, Yves Saint Laurent, and began to pave way for himself and his company in the fashion industry.
The fashion house of Yves Saint Laurent introduced perfume into its line of business in 1964. Its first perfume, Y for Women, launched that same year, was a huge success. Today, the fashion house has successfully launched more than two hundred perfumes, most of which have made their way into the bestsellers’ lists. Among its bestselling perfumes are:
Blouse by Yves Saint Laurent is best for those that can’t stand strong perfumes because the longevity is moderate. The sillage is also moderate. However, some users perceive the sillage as enormous and strong. You may need to test the perfume to determine how strong or mild it is for you.
Strong, powerful and independent women love to wear the floral woody Roses Musk Eau de Parfum by Montale to complete their looks every day. Roses Musk was launched in 2009 after it was created by Pierre Montale, the owner of the perfume house and renowned perfumer, who has created more than 164 exotic perfumes.
The perfume is exquisitely blended with rose-rich scents and other rare ingredients found in only luxury perfumes. Its fragrance gives a soft, clean, sensual, divine, and beautiful sensation that makes its fans come back for it.
The scent of Rose Musk can be equated to how a garden of roses smells. If you can receive that fragrance using your imaginary sense of smell, you have succeeded in smelling a bottle of Rose Musk.
Montale is a French fragrance company founded in 2003 in Paris by Pierre Montale. Before founding this company, Montale worked in Saudi Arabia as a niche perfume designer, where he was creating clean perfumes, made from natural materials for the Arabia nobles and royalties.
When he came back to Paris, he used the secret recipe for making exotic Arabian perfumes to create elegant French versions of Arabia perfumes made from natural materials.
As a result, most of the perfumes from the fragrance house of Montale have touches of cedar, agarwood (oud), incense, and sandalwood. Montale has successfully launched more than one hundred exotic irresistible perfumes. Among its top bestselling perfumes are:
Rose Musk by Montale is a strong, loud, and bold perfume. This is because its longevity is eternal while the sillage is strong. If you don’t use strong perfumes, we suggest you let this perfume pass.
Many men and women that want to smell nice because they love smelling good add this perfume to their collections. Rose of No Man’s Land, an amber spicy fragrance that was launched in 2015, was created to capture the delicate petals of the lush and sweet Turkish rose. The perfume was specially made and released to serve as a tribute to the nurses that cared for wounded soldiers at the front lines of World War I. Its name reflected how these nurses saved the lives of these soldiers in the “no man’s land”. Rose of No Man’s Land by Byredo is more than a perfume; it is a movement.
Byredo is a Swedish fragrance company that was founded in 2006 in Stockholm by Ben Gorham. Gorham was a basketball player, who later decided to allow his imaginative and creative skills to be nurtured. To see to this, he went to The School of Arts in Stockholm and graduated as an artist. After his graduation, he began his quest into how to communicate his ideas, thoughts, feelings, and messages through several mediums. He was not satisfied with his creations until he accidentally met a perfumer, Pierre Wulff, who made him realise that perfumes can be used as a means of communication. With that insight as an asset, Gorham took his chances into creating communicative fragrances and has been succeeding since.
Ben Gorham brought his knowledge of imagination, creativity, and communication to play in the perfumes created by his company. He made sure that every perfume launched by Byredo was not just created to make the wearers smell good. He saw to it that the perfumes remind them of special moments, places, someone, or experiences. With this objective, the perfume house of Byredo has launched over fifty perfumes that have won the hearts of many people. Among its top bestselling perfumes are
The longevity of Rose of No Man’s Land by Byredo is long-lasting. It sillage is moderate.
The lovers of floral woody musk fragrances stand a chance to love a bottle of Rose 31 EDP by Le Labo. Since it was launched in 2006, Rose 31 has been winning many fans, who keep coming back to it for more of its feminine notes that were laced with the emblem of masculinity. What does one expect from the perfume created by Daphne Bugey, who has formulated more than 103 perfumes that have been successfully launched by different good brands? The chief ingredient of Rose 31 is rose but it also contains other special floral, spicy, woody, and animalic components. The perfume alternates between floral and spicy notes but its woody and animalic notes show up from time to time to give the blend its exotic feel. If you need to add floral woody fragrance to your collection, pick a bottle of Rose 31 next time you go shopping.
Le Labo is a United States fragrance company that was founded in 2006 by Fabrice Penot and Edouard Roschi. The launch of this company took the world by waves because it started by debuting ten fragrances at the same time. One amazing thing about this company is the way it names its perfumes. The name of the perfumes reflects the main material they contain and the number of notes they have. For instance, the name, Rose 31, tells you that the chief ingredient in the perfume is rose and that the perfume has thirty-one notes. This can tell you how exotic the fragrance of the perfume is, considering it is a blend of many scents. Le Labo has used this technique to create and successfully launch more than fifty perfumes. It is not surprising that many of the perfumes are bestsellers. Among its top bestselling perfumes are:
Rose 31 by Le Labo has long-lasting longevity and moderate sillage.
When Viktor & Rolf launched a perfume created by Sonia Constant and called it Dancing Roses, it wanted the world to imagine the amazing content in the bottle. This amber fruity oriental floral fragrance was launched in 2017 to capture the essence of the 20th century. The perfume has won the hearts of many users to the extent they are willing to pay handsomely to get just a bottle. Spraying this perfume promises to remind you of a bottle of fruity wine opened in the rose garden on a breezy cool evening. This is why many users recommend it for night outings.
Viktor & Rolf is a fashion house that is domiciled in the Netherlands. The company was founded by Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren, two friends that met at the Academy of Arts, Arnhem, when they were studying fashion. In 2004, the fashion house of Viktor & Rolf introduced perfume into its line of business and has been doing well since then. It has successfully launched about a hundred perfumes many of which have found their way to the bestselling perfumes’ lists. Among its top bestselling perfumes are:
Dancing Roses by Viktor & Rolf has moderate longevity and sillage. However, the sillage is strong as well as enormous to some wearers. You should test the perfume before buying it, to be its sillage suits your taste.
Dirty Rose by Heretic Parfums is a floral fragrance that captured the full essence of roses. The perfume was launched in 2018 after it was created by Douglas Little, the founder of the company. It was formulated with 100% natural essential oils and other naturally derived raw materials.
Dirty Rose is not like the regular rose perfumes because it shows the naughty side of this classic flower. It was created with a blend of damask rose, Rose de Mai, bergamot, apricot, and pink pepper to arrive at its intoxicating but heavenly scents.
Heretic Parfums is an American niche perfume designer house that was founded by Douglas Little to provide perfumes made from natural and non-toxic materials. Douglas discovered that many perfumers have not explored the natural perfume sector and so decided to delve into it.
Based on this, he established the Heretic Parfums brand to provide what is known as clean perfumes. The company has so far launched about thirty clean bestselling perfumes, among which are:
The longevity of Dirty Rose by Heretic Parfums is weak but its sillage is moderate. The perfume is created for those that use mild perfumes.
If you are among the men and women that love amber floral fragrances, you’ll love this perfume. Armani Prive Rose d’Arbie by Giorgio Armani was designed to capture and reveal the culture of the Middle East.
This amazing wonder was formulated with the traditional Arabian perfume recipe and rare ingredients because it was intended for the Middle East market. Ever since it was launched in 2010, it has not ceased to win fans all over the world.
Armani Prive Rose d’Arabie by Giorgio Armani became a bestseller from the moment it hit the market to the present. If you want to see the medieval Arabic tales from 1001 Nights come to life, use this perfume. That was the story it was created to tell.
Giorgio Armani is a household name. The Italian fashion designer house was founded by Giorgio Armani in the 1970s. Armani moved into the fashion world as a shop window dresser before working his way up. When he started designing clothes, he worked for many good fashion houses as a full-time and, sometimes, independent designer.
In 1975, he showed the world his debut collection of men’s clothing under his company’s brand. In 1982, it launched its first perfume, Armani for Women, and has not looked back in giving the world series of exotic and sensual perfumes. Some of the top bestselling perfumes (out of the two hundred plus perfumes it has launched) are:
The longevity of Armani Prive Rose d’ Arabie is eternal while its sillage is strong.
In this article, we are going to review the perfumes we are bringing to you. We will present you with the nature of the perfumes so you can understand what they smell like, how long they last, and how strong their projections are. Hence, you will find sections that discuss the perfumes’ main accords, notes, longevity, and sillage. Let’s look at these terms one after the other so you can tell what they mean when you find them.
The main accords of perfumes refer to the imagination the perfumes evoke in people. As you spray perfumes, the fragrances remind you of something. For instance, they can remind you of chocolates, white flowers, citrus fruits, nuts, roses, and so on. These imaginations are possible because of the scents contained in the perfumes.
For instance, you cannot imagine roses if the rose scents weren’t added to the perfume. Hence, the main accords of perfumes you will meet here will reveal how the perfume will make you feel as well as tell you the scents you will perceive.
Notes in perfumery refer to the depth of scents a perfume has. You can use the term interchangeably with scents. However, notes are slightly different because they are more defined than scents.
Sometimes, perfume makers formulate their perfumes so that their notes are released in batches. In this review, you may find the notes of some perfumes analysed as top notes, middle notes, and base notes. This is done to let you know that the perfumes’ fragrances are activated in batches. We will explain these terms separately to throw more light on them.
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Top notes, also known as headnotes, refer to the first set of fragrances (or in some cases, fragrance) that is released the moment the content of a bottle of perfume is released. That moment you sprayed or rubbed your perfume, the scents that wafted are known as top notes.
In most perfumes, top notes dissipate after ten to fifteen minutes to give room for other sets of fragrances to take over. This is why it is not wise to buy a bottle of perfume immediately after you checked out its smell. You should wait for some minutes so that it can dry down to the middle notes.
When the top notes dissipate, they give room for the middle notes to take over. The middle notes may share some fragrances with the top notes or be entirely different. Note that some perfumes do not have the top, middle, and base notes because they were created to release all their scents at the same time.
However, for those formulated to release their notes in batches, the middle notes come up when the top notes have left the stage. The middle notes will stay on stage to perform for some hours, depending on the longevity of the perfume, before leaving the stage for the base notes. So, remember to go for perfumes with the middle notes you love because you’re going to have a long session with them.
As you would have guessed, the base notes of any perfume are the group of scents that are released after the middle notes have gone weak and left. These notes stay on your clothes and skin for hours until you have a bath or wash your clothes. They are the scents that make sure you don’t smell awful after the exuberant top notes and the hardworking middle notes have gone.
You may not need to wait for hours for this note to be released before you pick your choice perfume bottle but you can determine what they are by reading reviews about the perfume. You should also go for perfumes that have the type of base notes you love.
The longevity of perfumes simply means how long their scents last on skins and clothes. Some perfumes are said to have eternal longevity because they can last longer than 12 hours. Some have long-lasting longevity because they can last up to 12 hours. You can find those with moderate longevity because their scents last up to 7 hours.
There are perfumes with weak longevity (they last up to 4 or 5 hours) and those with very weak longevity (they cannot last longer than 3 or 4 hours). Hence, in this review, you will find longevity described as:
Sillage in perfumery simply refers to the level of projection the fragrance of perfume has. If it is so strong that it continues to smell strongly in a room long after it was sprayed or it can be smelt on the wearer from a far distance, the sillage is said to be enormous.
If the sillage is strong but not as bold, loud, and intimidating as that of enormous sillage, it is said to be strong. If the perfume can be smelt in a room immediately after it was sprayed or applied but is subtle, the sillage is described as moderate.
And, if it is so subtle you can only smell it on the wearer when you come too close to him or her (you may not smell it when it is sprayed or applied), the perfume’s sillage is said to be intimate. Hence, the perfumes’ sillage is described in this review as:
As promised, we have given you a list of ten amazing rose perfumes from good perfume brands. You can judge from the brief history of each perfume brand that the companies were founded to give the world the best of perfumes. This can also tell you that the perfumes were created to give you great value for your money.
From the review of each perfume, you would have discovered their fragrances, longevity, and sillage. It is now your turn to choose the one you love amongst them. Remember to go for the perfume that has the kind of fragrance that met your taste and desire. You should also go for the one that has the longevity and sillage levels you want. The choice to choose is entirely yours now.
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