Description
“Les Parfums de Rosine is writing a new opus of the Ballerina Collection story with a perfume evocating the character of the White Swan in the famous and magical ballet created by Tchaïkovski. Dressed with white feathers, she is living near an enchanted lake and she is the ideal woman, desirable and untouchable. She is the absolute beauty. The purity, the grace and the innocence are translated by the fluffy touch of the white mat bottle adorned with a white tutu. For the perfume, Delphine Lebeau has selected the most precious and the most delicate, yet powerful, ingredient: a Rosa Alba (white rose) Bulagarian Absolute Oil. To be obtained, this very pure rose absolute needs twice more petals than the normally used absolute. It gives the perfume an incredible purity, enhanced by the other white flower components: the jasmin absolute and the tuberose, both from Grasse.
Even the top note reveals this complexicity when the fresness of the bergamot and of the cardamome is bound to the pink pepper giving deepness and strength to this freshness. The heart is an explosion of whithe flowers. The Rosa Alba absolute, the jasmin and the tuberose both from Grasse are combined with peach and incense for the sensuality of the perfume. Thanks to balm and powdery notes, the impression of a pure and clear perfume is preserved even in the base of the perfume. The pure and soft tolu balsam and ambroxan are coming with more sensual notes such as oak moss and sandalwood. Ballerina N°4 is a bright and luminous perfume with sensuous facets.” – a note from the brand.
Ballerina No 4 was launched in 2018.
мартис – :
I don’t know the exact smell that ticks me, but this perfume is suddenly becoming the prima ballerina in my perfume list. I smell the tuberose, but there’s one smell in the background that tied this tuberose and put together a perfect world. I never can smell this mixture in any other perfume. It was not cold and freezy nor aquatic. Ballerina no. 4 will put you in a warm summer when you walk in tuberose garden while you wearing your summer dress and your wide summer hat. It is friendly and heartwarming. It is not sugary nor sweet, which make this perfume smells so relieving, it is subtle and not cloying. I am trying very hard to find a good 100 or 50 ml bottle, right noe. My vial will not lasted another week
Hryysasaaas – :
I’m not normally a huge fan of tuberose as I find it can often be too pervasive but in Ballerina no 4 I find it rather pleasant. It’s delightfully creamy and sweet with a slight waxiness.
Jasmine is also very apparent and the 2 notes combine beautifully with one another to create a white floral fragrance that I can get on board with. I can’t distinguish a particular rose note per se, but this fragrance is all about the bombastic white florals rather than a delicate rose note.
Cardamom and pink pepper give this composition a bit of bite which I am thoroughly enjoying, tempering the white florals down to manageable levels, I find cardamom can impart a certain spicy freshness to a fragrance, and it does in this case.
I’m not smelling incense particularly, but I get the sandalwood and ambroxan on dry-down which is lovely and warming. Personally this would be a fragrance that I would reach for in the cooler weather months due to the creamy, waxy warmth this fragrance imparts.
Longevity is respectable, as many of the Rosine perfumes seem to be rather fleeting, but maybe that in part is due to my dabber samples (maybe I’m not applying enough).
Sillage is very good as is the case for most tuberose heavy perfumes.
uranm – :
I used to love Rosines beyond logic. It’s strange that I haven’t worn or owned a Rosine in many years. I need to fix that. Ballerina No. 4 is a must-try for me.