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dimon pakimon – :
This is a vintage-like rose scent, for sure. But it is not all that is to it. It has many faces.
The first thing out of the bottle is that sharp vintagy ‘old’ twang, almost an 80’ies floral. The green is there, but is not nature-like, it is a little old-school chypre-like. Although there are no aldehydes, you start to imagine them and recoil in horror. At least I do.
The second phase is the simple little spray directly on skin. You cannot and should not stick your nose close to it if you value your sense of smell. It is not bad per se, but it can easily trigger migraines. Strong and pungent, soapy, concentated, oily ROSE, almost synthetic smelling, although far from that. It stays like this for hours and hours until you try to wash it out and fail. So, it spends the night with you.
Then there is the smell that lingers in the air. From the bottle itself, from you, from paper blotters, etc. There you start to discover the beauty of this stuff, as it lingers just far enough to enjoy its rosiness.
But the most enjoyment I got from it is by smelling my fingers after spraying some 15 min later. The miniscule concentration revealed a beautiful garden, with no soap, no nose burns, just a little greenery and roses in eternal bloom.
I strongly suggest to apply the spray version in a mist all over you and to use 1-2 sprays max.
gorobec.aleks – :
Honey, rose, violet, woods (raw & twiggy) & musk.
Very vintage and soapy in character – exceptionally beautifully done.
Potent and lasting. One of my favorite rose scents by LUSH, along with Flower’s Barrow (dry, herbal) and Rose Jam (sweet, gourmand).
gdf316Unlogrere – :
Straight up rose. Fresh, green, pungent and strong. If you love the scent of fresh roses then this is it. I like my rose more muted, reigned in a bit, not a star character, so this is not a love for me.
Meojo583Bessinepome – :
Like someone sprayed Love’s Babysoft inside a florist’s walk-in fridge containing cold fresh and bruised roses.
Imogen rose is a sharp and pungent green rose with a powdery musky vegetal facet. The rose smells alive, but crushed. The other green nuances are difficult for me to pin down though they’re very much present.
It almost smells like mulch made out of freshly torn up rose bushes, dirty musk, and makeup powder. It’s somehow wet and powdery smelling at the same time.
Definitely not for everyone but I think it’s pretty hot. I tried this a few years ago and it smelled different. It’s not sweet anymore, which is good.
SPOULPADESE – :
I would recommend the spray version over the solid unless you look for a very modest rosey scent. It is not that the spray has more rose, no it has less than the notes and name suggest. But it is a truly rich scent that combines young/modern (green and gourmand) with the classic (musky floral), thereby creating a rose portrait that manages to be contemporary and bohemian at once. There are definitely notes shared with “kerbside violet”, I perceive a green raspberry nuance and also lots of powdery orris of course, these notes pull imogen rose towards contemporary floral gourmands. And to top it off, I get a musky rose somewhere in the drydown that I can actually truly enjoy – that is a first for me. So definitely try this in spray form if you are having a difficult time with roses and particularly musky roses and are in search for something enjoyable and richly layered in that category. Sweet, powdery, deep. This is testing in summer.
sem22 – :
Opens pleasantly and brightly with rose, vetiver and lime.
Middle phase comes within the hour reminding me of a fresh rose scented linen/room spray.
Drydown apppears to be much warmer and very oriental with the tonka and musk mallow. This phase reminds me of a mix between incense and potpourri for some reason.
Overall, I like it. It’s fitting for when i want to smell an oriental rose scent.
krushka – :
I had been hesitating a lot before purchasing a 30 ml bottle of Imogen Rose. I’d been too convinced of it being overtly feminine – which eventually proved to be a false assumption. Imogen Rose deserves the unisex stamp. As green as a rose perfume can get. What has to be noted in the first place, though, is that you’ll have to accept that this is for your clothes, not your skin, having next to no staying power on skin. Since I bought it, I haven’t worn anything else out. So soothing and refined! I spritz some on my skin and some on my clothing, but I’ll stop using it on my skin — it is too much money and joy wasted.
I’ve also bought solids which I acually use as hand cream sometimes. The two are not the same scent-wise.
vasf – :
I have the solid perfume. It is a rose ‘perfume’. It is not the real Rose scent. Its just a rose fragrance. Nothing else to my nose. I find just rose boring. Sorry lovers.
Dickyoptiop – :
This reminds me of the way Coty Airspun face powder smells. A powdery, 50s/ 60s face powder type of a smell. The notes of this perfume are orris, vetivert, rose, basil, tonka, amaretto seed, bergamot, amber and powder. My nose detects a hint of patchouli, but I don’t see it listed in the notes. To me, the ambrette seed (musky, woody) and orris root (violet like) come through more than the rose. It’s a lovely scent. I have it in the solid, which is softer and not as “sharp” as the spray. Old school powdery, musky floral.
diger1 – :
This is a perfume that appears to be volatile with different body chemistry!
First spritz, I didn’t like it – too green with the basil and vertiver. Then, the other notes came through with what I thought was heliotrope, but is probably the rose geranium mentioned by a much earlier poster.
I was starting to like it the more I smelt it and then the rose finally came through.
I’m definitely buying this good value fragrance for everyday wear. After 3 hours it now displays a lovely, powdery rose. Not old lady, not too heavy.
To me, it’s like a bunch of roses and carnations
Strejlets – :
Rose flavored bubblegum! I love it! Imogen Rose is modern, playful and charming. I can only speak for the solid version which is strong enough for me. I put just a little and I am surrounded by this lovely reassuring smell. A very sweet rose with an hint of incense (there is no incense so it’s must be some other note). But it’s there and make me think of some sort of a pink plastic church for Barbie! Absolutely lovely scent, the olfactory equivalent of comfort food.
Enrinadrierne – :
This is a very “shy” rose fragrance. It’s a shame because it’s a very youthful and somewhat sweet take on rose, and I can’t seem to flaunt this beautiful scent to people more than an inch away from me.
rollin – :
Unfortunately I didn’t get any rose from this…just something sharp and herbal I didn’t particularly care for. I’m disappointed because I love Lush and rose and the design on the bottle!
mkp666 – :
The spray version is a lot less rosy than the wax version
Meteor228 – :
Imogen Rose opens with a green, slightly harsh, wild note, very mature. We can expect some sort of vintage, dry rose, very much in the Aromatics Elixir style. But not. This note quickly softens into a vagely powdery, soft, sweet scent, which is more like a sweet pea than a rose, reminscent of rice powders and make-up and vintage lipsticks. It is reminiscent of dolls, too (the feeling of taking off a new doll from its box, the people who have been little girls know what I am talking about). It is very nice, conforting and soft, but there is no much more. Even considering that this is made of natural oils and essences, I find it to be seriously overpriced. Sillage is soft, lasting power good.
Aleg-brabus – :
Imogen Rose is a time delayed powder bomb on my skin. That first spritz (only one) is a beautiful bergamot/basil; I love a soapy basil. And then in comes a dry, sweet rose; rose and I have an iffy relationship and this one comes on somewhat stronger that I’m comfortable with. And then: POOF! The powder bomb explodes and the whole composition dries and thickens. If more than one spritz was used, this moment feels like a scene in a movie where the naive ingenue dusts herself with too much scented powder and is coughing prettily in the hilarious white cloud she created. Except it doesn’t feel pretty to be choking in your own cloud. This bomb goes off every 20 minutes or so, and with this the sillage remains strong. This whole sequence goes on for upwards of 8 hours. Alltogether a bit overwhelming with my chemistry.
mango375 – :
This is an essay written in a hurry, with one or two undeveloped ideas and in desperate need of editing. There’s a lingering note of freshly cut grass, only it doesn’t smell fresh. The rose is in the background with another disturbingly meaty accord made up of vetiver and tonka lurking in the woodwork. This isn’t something I could wear, thanks.
Kostefan651 – :
I’m finally getting around to trying/reviewing all the solids I bought in 2014, and this still smells just as nice to me now as it did when I first sniffed it. I’m not *overly* fond of powder scents, but I was raised by old women so it’s a scent I associate with comfort and familiarity. This and Rose Jam are on fairly equal footing for me as “updated” rose perfumes (they smell nothing alike). Imogen feels like a young girl who likes to play alone in the woods. A little bit witchy, but sweet and playful. This association may just stem (ha! stem! *pun*) from playing outside in my Nana’s roses and breaking the stems by hand since what kid ever carries snips around??
I don’t know how the spray behaves, I tend to stick with Lush’s solids since I get headaches easily from scents, but I’m thinking of giving it a try for the sake of extra longevity. EDIT: Bought a bottle of the spray and it’s divine. I think this is actually the first “green” rose scent I’ve ever owned.
The solids are great for the pulse points and the ends of the hair. The texture of the Imogen solid almost feels a bit powdery, and the pink tint is a little tricky, but it absorbs into the skin okay after some massaging. (I’m a redhead, so there isn’t a visible pink tint when I put it in my hair, but I’ve wondered what it would do to blondes).
The Powder Puff dusting powder from Lush shares its scent with Imogen Rose. Both have that rosey/vetiver thing going, but the powder seems like something extra special. I hope the Kitchen makes more soon, since I used up my last bottle this summer.
Duepainee – :
This is a strong mainly rose scent. Very old school femme but sweet femme not vixen femme. Girly in a vintagy way. I like it but don’t love it but I’m not a floral lover if it doesn’t have sweetness with it, like a gourmand base which this does not, this is for a floral purist pretty much but someone who doesn’t want to smell like granny. This is what I Imagine young women in Jane Austin novels to smell like.
gimnast – :
It is a very different rose scent, kinda special and unique. Opens green, very musky and a bit pungent. The citrusy part provides balance for the composition. Musky note has obvious vegetal aspects here, as a matter of fact, this is the scent of ambrette.
Some powdery notes bespeak the floral heart; a deep sweet rose. Becomes very soapy and tender after a while. The whole fragrance is based on a woody scaffolding.
This is a musky-powdery-green rose scent that leans toward oriental style. Nice one, but not a game changer.
Mewbf884intitytek – :
This is strong and very potent. For the first few minutes there is a strong alcoholic smell which after a while bursts into a very intoxicating, fresh and dewy citrusy rose. I guess that is the effect of oak moss. The spice note is strong, which I like. There is a slight animalic note but it is tempered by the greener notes. Longevity is great and sillage very good.
poringdoll – :
At first spritz this is overpowering and not pleasant, this needs time to settle down, give it half an hour for the brash top notes to fade, then the rose is finally revealed.
Once you get to the rose, it is soft, sweet, and rather like a vintage parfum.
However I highly suspect that the rose oil is mixed with the inexpensive rose geranium oil to keep prices down.
tural_005 – :
At first Imogen Rose is a strong overgrown rose garden, like a powerful brashly mixed roller ball from a hippy shop… But in the dry down becomes a mellow, warm hug from a box of Turkish delight. Best warn after a shower cosied up in fresh pjs sipping on tea,,. A delightful surprise
crazybull – :
This is a very nice, high quality, rose scent. Even if the rose note is very intense and velvety, as someone has already mentioned in the comments, this is a green rose. You can also smell the leaves and the whole bush.
I find it very sophisticated. There are so many rose scents who smell all the same, are not very intense, natural or long lasting. This is something completely different. And unique!
Alexandro48 – :
If Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails created a rose cologne …..this would be it.
Happily this is one of the first rose scents that a man can wear easily without feeling too girly-girl or pretty. This is an industrial hard-ass kicking rose frag that will last for days if you don’t wash anything. If only LUSH will do the same job on honeysuckle, lilac and violet for me (us)–I’d be so happy. _______________
And as always — coming from a USA customer PLEASE please LUSH, make your MULTITUDES of frags available in your USA STORES ! I have no idea why they have such a limited selection in their mall boutiques here in the USA; I can count them on one hand ! Too many bath bombs–not enough frags!
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This would make a good frag gift to a friend who is into “punk rock” or a “hippy / artist /writer / musician” type of person.
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SUMMERY: Fire-breathing Rose solution not for cowards. One spray will last you all month. (Tiny bottle will last you 3 or 4 years !).
As with ALL LUSH products;
DO NOT BLIND BUY !
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My Highest Rating !
WBA: Would Buy Again
WBABUB: Would buy a back up bottle
PNDT: Please never discontinue this !
Temoshese – :
Imogen Rose is a lush, velvety rose fragrance that’s loaded with powder and a really earthy orris root. That pretty much sums this up, there’s not much more to this perfume. This was a blind buy while on vacation and I’ve now worn it a couple of times, but am still on the fence whether I like this enough to keep it.
support – :
Lush in parfümleri ni merak edip aradığımda markanın Türkiye den çekildiğini öğrendim. Birçok yerde bu markanın bazı kokuları ile ilgili ilginç yazılar okumuştum. Yazılar tam bir övgü yada eleştiri değil genellikle “ilginclik” üzerine yoğunlaşıyor du. Luca Turin “Breath of God” kokusunu ise oldukça ovmustu.
Yurtdisindan bazı kokularını büküp aldım. İmage Rose un adı sizi aldatmasın. Bu bir gül parfumu değil. Gül kokusu sadece ilk 10 dakika sahnede. Sonra tamamen kayboluyor ve sahneye taze doğranmış sebze benzeri bir koku çıkıyor. Güzel yada kötü demek zor. Ancak ilginç olduğu kesin. Biraz hippi havasında, “kokuyorum ya daha ne istiyorsunuz ” havasında. Feminen bir parfüm ama bizim ülkemizde kadınların bu kokuyu seveceğini hiç sanmıyorum. Vetiver ve Tonka nerede bilmiyorum.her ikisini biraz olsun andıran bir hava bile yok. 10 ml lik boyunu alarak elinizin altında ilginç bir parfüm tutabilirsiniz. Kesinlikle soğuk havalarda, açık hava da ve rahat kıyafetlerle kullanılmalı. 30 un altındaki arkadaşlar hiç denemesin, kesinlikle begenmezler.
Apec – :
To me Lush Imogen Rose is just, odd. I had such high hopes for this one and to me it just smells like dusty basil with vetiver and a rose that someone squeezed into a cup of dirty tea. This is not a fragrance I can wear, so if you are able to pull it off or dare I say enjoy it – then your very lucky! Fortunately I was able to swap it!
RoNI85 – :
In the beginning there was a Rose.
Imagine a red rose with a thick, velvety petals in a sunny garden in the afternoon.
It’s hard to describe this wonderful perfume.
I got it for four years, and the truth, rarely wear it.
I used to think that this one is more wearable in winter, but turns out to be more beautiful in the spring.
At first blast, it can be too heavy for the nostrils, indeed. It smells like shoe polish somehow and is hardly bearable, due to the very high concentration of pure rose oil.
In the first ten minutes in fact, there is nothing romantic in it.
I noticed that usually in winter, i find a combination of rose, vetiver and ambrette seed, very strange to me. It smells dampy and musty, stale… don’t get me wrong, but i believe that wrong condition can completely spoil the experience of perfume.
So the flower that is in the foreground, actually smells like wilted.
Its time is really spring, I might even say, the right rose for summer evening also.
When it is fully developed, you will feel a lot of powdery rose, refreshed with solid touch of citrus, and bit of aromatic basil, then slightly added woodsy tone from tonka beans, to drown a little and put it on the ground.
This rose is sitting in the lap of the iris root and she’s all of his. His Love. Romantic one.
The overall feeling is refreshing and penetrating, yet soft as cotton. For someone too rosy, or perhaps too powdery, which depends.
But, it is certainly a unique one, to try at least once. Two splashes will be sufficient for whole day.
Well, once again to make sure that each flower has its own season … in fact every season has its own perfume.
Review done for 30ml EDP bottle, the same one as shown above.
senior.so – :
Imogen Rose is my seventh full sized bottle from this house, so it’s safe to say that I’m a LUSH fan. I have to say LUSH is my guilty pleasure. From where I live, it is not as popular as department store fragrances, and is considered overpriced (price/ml). Which I disagree because LUSH fragrances have a very high concentration of absolutes and natural oils, compared to their more commercial counterparts.
You either love them or hate them, no in betweens. They are guilty pleasures because I enjoy wearing them when I’m alone, but think twice of putting them on when I’m with other people, especially with those I’m meeting for the first time. I wouldn’t even attempt to give these as gifts unless the person specified that she’s a LUSH fan. These fragrances require acquired taste.
Enough with the lengthy intro. Let’s get to the juice.
Imogen Rose is not a single-note rose fragrance nor is it a pretty fresh cut bouquet of roses. Imogen Rose is a very natural rose, complete with the flower, leaves, roots and soil! It is a potted rose plant inside a very elegant boudoir. The opening is very similar to the herbal-floral Flower’s Barrow but is sharper and soapier. It then settles to a velvety, powdery rose with a slight sweetness and stays this way for around 5 hours. (Must be the orris which is used to scent powder cosmetics) Sillage is excellent at first, but quickly mellows down once the sharp, soapy topnotes are gone. It radiates but does not scream.
This is a very elegant rose to be worn with your best evening formals. I imagine myself getting dressed in a very elegant boudoir, sleek tight updo, applying expensive makeup in gold and tortoiseshell compacts. As I step out the door, I bring with me a small ladybag containing only my credit card, cellphone, blotting sheets, lipstick, and a purse-sized spray of Imogen Rose.
vlada10490 – :
Imogen Rose smells exacly like Musk Sticks candy popular in Australia and New Zeland. Rose accord is sugared and sweet mixed with hippy oils and musk…Very bohemian and gourmand.
palomaz – :
My reveiw isn’t showing :/ anyway I tried this again after many years and now I hate it. It’s like dusty old socks and decrepit powdered rose… It’s like a completely different perfume now or my nose has changed – I can’t believe I ever liked it. The notes listed sound great but not at all what it smells like
дмитрий049 – :
I had to smile at the post below…I was looking at these reviews because I’m wearing Imogen Rose today and I wore Chaos yesterday…
jacoolx – :
Soapy, powdery (baby lotion?) rose to my nose, but in a good way. I hate obvious rose. I DO like this, against all odds – I usually like strange/woody/unisex scents, so maybe this “rose” scent works for people like me? Maybe because it’s so…different?
Yes, baby lotion. Or something baby, but nice baby. I wouldn’t put this on a baby (there are baby perfumes formulated for their delicate skin, this probably isn’t one of them), but for some reason that’s what comes to mind. Baby lotion, or even baby shampoo? Oh baby, I thought I’d hate this even after sampling it in the Lush store but I bought the rollerball anyway because my gut told me to grab it and gift it if it didn’t work. Six months later, it’s still here, only because I have 9000 samples and rollerballs to get through before I buy one more full size in any scent that *doesn’t* come in samples or rollerballs. Otherwise I’d wear it more often just because it’s weird. This is why I love Donna Karan Chaos – it’s “weird,” or was 15 years ago when people said WTF when I made them smell my wrists. Same-same, but totally different from one another. My BFF who loves more traditional, classic scents hates this like fire.
tl;dr: Weird (yay), baby lotion (lolwut?), allegedly rose (hate rose), yet I somehow like it. It makes me smile. 🙂
zeropups – :
i always like karma but always find it too zesty and strong at the same time. today i popped into lush (which i hadn’t have set foot for ages) and out of curiosity and in order to kill time i tried this imogen-rose. okay, it was a rosy scent. i am not a person who has good chemistry with roses but this one surprises me. the drydown is particularly interesting as it has some karma on my skin too!! i often think karma is too a bit too strong being a solo-scent for me and imogen-rose is a beautiful surprise. rosy karma…. the sillage is pretty strong on me too, since it has been over 10 hours since i had the spray and there’s still a very slight scent on my wrist (after shower).
particularly love imogen-rose in times when i want to be feminine but also edgy :))
axc090speagoessenda – :
Beautiful simple rose patchouli, I thought…but no patchouli in the listed notes! So well done, smells fresh, smooth and natural. I am not a lover of heavy or dry rose perfumes so this rose is surprisingly lovely fresh and the patchouli reminiscent base is smooth and creamy sweetened. For it to be exquisite it is lacking something in between the rose and the base but as a simple everyday scent it is lovely. This review is for the solid perfume. It was very modest in sillage and longevity. Will try spray version next time.
jiPleriezem – :
There’s a briar patch on the edge of a forest where the wind doesn’t blow, where the ground is dry and covered in dust, and the dust crawls into the cracks of your feet and further up, and up, into your nostrils as you walk toward that briar patch, and on the briar patch there’s a rose. This is that rose.
I’m pretty sure this is what it smelled like outside of Sleeping Beauty’s castle when she was asleep and Maleficent was in charge, all darkness and dirt with no sweetness to be found. Sniffing this makes me feel like coughing. I will say it’s enchanted in a dark way, but no thanks. I like my roses more optimistic.
BushAntilogic – :
too basil!!!the basil is most than rose!!!not for me!!
samosa72 – :
A sharp blend of woody notes and rose and quite soapy too. I was trying to find a true rose fragrance so sadly this is not quite what I have in mind. Also, it is so difficult to smell the perfume as krmarich mentioned earlier that in the lush store you are engulfed by these different scents. It kinda makes it hard to try perfume in this store.
anyzookorma – :
I’ve tried the stick version, it’s a beautiful, delicate, powdery (a bit soapy) rose.
Perfect for layering too. Recommended.
Snopikov – :
A musky rose with a woody vanillic base. Surprisingly, despite this impression, it doesn’t really come off as powdery to me. A rather generic rendition of rose. Soft, feminine and ultimately nice but not particularly memorable. The EDT has very polite but noticeable sillage, the solid perfume has no sillage to speak of.
Антон Гур – :
My ultimate rose fragrance. I never thought such a day would come when I not only like a perfume with rose as the main note but LOVE one. Rose notes usually (unfortunately, because I quite adore the smell of the actual flowers) nauseate me. But not Imogen Rose! I’ve got little idea what makes this perfume work for me, but honestly I don’t even want to know. I really love the idea of this mysterious, hardly identifiable, enigmatic rose scent with the subtle undertone of powdery sweetness. It feels somewhat vintage on me, and I can just imagine Marie Antoinette wear something like this. Such a misfortune she has no chance to grab a bottle of the delirious Imogen Rose!
FEAR – :
The top notes are lovely, powdery roses, and I can appreciate the natural essences used to construct it… but there is also that something clunky and crude in the base of most of the LUSH fragrances I’ve tried that is strongly reminiscent of a tootsie roll. Being that the LUSH bottles are opaque, at some point in my sampling I began to imagine that there is an actual tootsie roll floating around half-dissolved in the bottle itself. Now there’s no turning back, and no wearing anything from this house either.
marat1963 – :
I was able to sample Imogen Rose at a local Lush store. One thing is for sure, upon entering the store my nose locked up and I couldn’t smell anything. The over whelming rush of soap and whatnot products filled my nose until I could leave!
I am a rose lover, yet Imogen Rose fails to capture my affection. As a solid, you can control it thankfully! It begins as a dry, soapy affair that isn’t very modern or youthful. I waited. Maybe it was just my nose, as I had to step outside of the store to experience it.
Is this stale lipstick? No. It has a vintage quality to it. Its not quite funeral home roses. Its more like an old bathroom spray. The only thing I could think of is fragranced toilette paper from the 1970s. Its not repulsive or overbearing. Its like background music. It seems afraid to be a rose based composition. A better word for it would be Powder Room Rose.
In fact it is rather natural, clean and comfortable. Its just not something I would wear in public. I find it more a middle of the road scent.
Update 3/19/14-Lush sent me a sample of Queen of Hearts in a solid. It is the definitive rose scent from Gorilla Perfumes. If only they would release this! It has a Victorian rose-violet character that puts Imogen to shame.
Voltikus – :
Edit to add, I was wrong–they DO still make this!! I am waiting for my order to arrive, and I am thrilled to have found this incredible scent.
massssik – :
Still searching, searching for my perfect rose–got a deal on the solid, so I chanced it. Well–not what I was expecting, but WOW! I LOVE it! The reviews said it was made for a little girl, but I don’t get anything childlike or innocent from this. It is rich, spicy, and sensual. I cannot say I have ever experienced a fragrance like this one. On me, I do not get any powder notes. After an hour on my skin, it really does not seem to have changed at all! Kind of a cinnamony/rose, sweet but not overly so. Of course I would find this now that they don’t make it any longer!
alex1955136 – :
Now, I love me some rose. But I DON’T love me some Imogen Rose. Whereas I like my roses to be modern and unusual. This feels old fashioned, way too musky and unusually sweet in a bad way. It smells dusky.
Lush perfumes all have this underlying “lushie” feel and Imogen rose steps out of that bubble slightly. There’s just something tooooo rosey (if there is such a thing) about this which strikes a weird chord with my nose. I really can appreciate it for it’s roseyness and boy…it IS rosey but, the combination of powder puffy musk and a very strong candyish feel just isn’t sitting right with me.
It smells like rose that’s been left in a cupboard for a while.
It’s my least favourite of all the lush perfumes to date. I worked there for 2 years so have smelled some good and some bad fragrances they’ve made whether it be in perfumes or products and this one is a miss for me.
A big plus is the throw and staying power. It’s really impressive. This dries down really nicely and is still noticeable for a really long time. I woke up this morning and could still smell it quote strongly on my pj’s and skin!!!
You can’t win em all!
wadyNissiskd – :
I think its quite animalic/musky – which must be from the ambrette – it gives a warm skin-like quality to the rose and the orris root makes it breathy. I imagine a flesh coloured rose and babys breath.. it’s just lovely
anyta.emelyanova – :
I am obsessed with rose scents, but IMOGEN ROSE is old rose, as in a period piece with whale bone corsets and petticoats. And the vetiver represents the butler. IMOGEN ROSE smells like the powder room of an overly-decorated loo, fit with too many shell hand soaps and tassels over stiff hand towels.
Selena626 – :
Rose Absolute AND Rose oil? YES PLEASE!
It is rare, very rare that you’ll find a fragrance with both… and the fact that this is only around £40 for 30ml is fantastic value for money.
If you’re a rose fan you must try this!
It’s such a delicate, soft-powdery, buttery, green scent. I like to wear it in winter and spring.
Opissenippamn – :
I put this on before going out, and after partying for hours, around 4 AM, I was standing alone shattered when a guy came up to me, apologised and hugged me ‘simply because I smelled so good’. enough said.
Aerohoplenerigcq – :
Gorgeous perfume! What an experience. The opening is an intens fresh, dewy rose, surrounded by some greens, but the rose quickly becomes incredibly smoky and dark.
The drydown is dark, balsamic, incensy smoky, but the rose is still quite noticeble and even sweet. A true delight to the nose. Strange and maybe not entirely wearable but glorious non the less. This goes straight to my want list.
Alexis_fromAD – :
This is excellent value for money. The rose is pretty, but not too sweet. It smells a lot more expensive than it is. There is something retro about it, like those rose breath sweets you used to be able to get in a tin. Longevity is very good too. It’s also great to see the solid perfume being available more.
Foreks_Kniga – :
This reminds me a bit of the iconic Lipstick Rose (not as wonderful, though) just a bit more powdery with a tiny hint of citrus over a classic, pure rose.
поврелкогнп – :
When I tried on the solid perfume at a Lush store, I could barely smell anything, even after leaving the building. The liquid sample smelt horrible in the bottle, so I put it off of my mind until today when I wanted something rose-scented. It started off clean and floral (I pictured a nice cup of herbal tea, and then a spring shower on a quiet rose garden), then it slowly turned to reveal a sweet, melon-like scent. Though I’m not particularly fond of wearing fruity fragrances, the development is interesting for such a subtle and calming perfume. This might just become my daytime staple.
Erockkich – :
At first, I was kind of attracted to the innocent quality of this scent. This is a rather Victorian and extremely powdery kind of rose. I find it to be very dusty and melancholy. At times it can be cloying, but it is clearly of high quality ingredients and it is a long lasting scent. However, I just never find myself able to wear this one. I can’t get past those depressing green powdery notes.
Desfnt48 – :
I have had both edp sample and solid form of this. My then five year old took straight to the edp, choosing to apply it after her bath. On her skin it was beautiful, soft rose, vetiver held back, a teeny dab was plenty, and far more suitable for a child than most of the sickly baby offerings with their chemical musks and citrus.
On me, the solid heralds its arrival on skin with an equal blast of vetiver and rose, but thankfully the rose wins. It softens as time goes by, allowing the mellow orris base to come through. as others have said, this is not every rose perfume. It’s more real, and not that awful tea ros