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Jonny-smerch – :
This is not a flowery rose, this is better!
As other admirers have already stated, I too noticed the different facets of this perfume, and I hope to get them all before my 2ml sample runs out.
This perfume takes you on a different journey every day –
Une Folie de Rose opens as a Chypre, and the roses take their time before they decide to make an appearance. If you can detect the 3 individual types of roses – good for you! I admit I cannot differentiate them, but that doesn’t make this fragrance any less special for me. Bergamot and Patchouli present themselves before an almost syrupy Ylang-Ylang & Jasmine combo give their appearance in hour 2-3 (I could swear I also get hints of Blackcurrant during that phase). Coriander and Moss follow until the final drydown showcases some surprisingly clean smelling Vetiver and Sandal.
NB:
Folie translates to craziness / nonsense / extravagance… (to prank / gambol / kookiness… when I go via a third language). For once, a name that matches the scent perfectly!
What a find!
alexa6680 – :
This is beautiful – rose, oakmoss, patchouli and vetiver. I love it. It’s a darling rose. And I love the earthiness, and the balsamic feeling it has. It’s a lovely patchouli, and the oakmoss and vetiver are beautiful. It’s very aromatic, and has an almost leathery smell. It’s a gorgeous perfume. I wear it a lot and it is strong and stays strong for hours. It’s a beautiful, charming and feminine, earthy perfume, in a gorgeous bottle.
kuzzmma – :
Rich, complex rose. I had people stopping me in the store to find out what I was wearing. Sillage is great – 2-3′, and it lasted all afternoon. I could pick out the oakmoss, and sandalwood, but basically it is a beautiful rose accord. Loved wearing it!
fregat100 – :
(A review originally posted on MakeupAlley in 2005, I wanted to re-post it here now because I do not use MakeupAlley anymore [but have many fond memories of using it] and I am trying to get back into writing reviews, using old ‘work’ as inspiration…): I love this. It simply sparkles on my skin. It is green and red at the same time and feels very baroque and decorative somehow. The reviewer below provides a helpful list of notes and other reviewers have noted the exquisite qualtiy of this being a rose-chypre, another unusual combination from Marie-Heine Rogeon who I think is operating on a similar plane to Victoire Gobin Daude and the late Annick Goutal. Une Folie de Rose is sweet without being too sweet, with just the right greenish grounding (patchouli? oakmoss?), somehow calling to mind the entire rosebush stems leaves thorns and all…red and resplendent, living. I only need to check with a trusted SA here in Amsterdam to see if this would last on my skin, as I’ve heard that only Poussiere and Rose D’Homme might be for me with my coloring, skin type and gender…I just think it’s brilliant how someone could develop such an exciting line based on one flower, and then the queen of all flowers as it were–so diverse and complex. Really an art form in my beginner’s opinion.
Chidori – :
A little classic beauty, a much softer and rosier version of Chanel No.5. To my delight, the aldehyde is present but muted. I don’t smell pachouli and I am normally a pachouli-hater.
monolitleha – :
Une Folie De Rose is to me a very airy, almost warm, green rose. I picture an orange-red rose covered in morning dew, in the middle of a forest by the foot of a mountain.
It opens woody, almost immediately followed by a blast of mature roses. There’s a heaviness to it right from the start that lends a dark edge to its otherwise sweet demeanor. There’s something that’s almost like a wetness from the oakmoss that peeps through.
The green in this just keeps building as it goes on, but never overpowers the rose. In a way, it’s like they were back-up dancers to the rose. Somewhere along the line, the blend of ylang-ylang and jasmine and tea almost reminds me of lime.
Finally it settles into a pleasant, woody rose with prominent oakmoss and patchouli (which is reminiscent of L’Arte di Gucci). Some of the sweetness is still there, but at this stage, it is as green as it gets with a hint of darkness, kind of as if the aforementioned forest is now steeped in night. There’s a wetness to it in a mildly earthy manner.
I really enjoyed this. For lack of a better description, it’s a chypre that evokes a sense of humility and raw, comforting beauty. I haven’t tried too many chypre roses, but I know there are more interesting ones out there. Nevertheless, this is worth a try.
Sillage wasn’t too prominent, but not entirely unnoticeable. Longevity was pretty decent – almost 6 hours on me.
laex – :
A strong and classic chypre. Started with a dark, almost leathery and sharp rose combined with oakmoss, patchouli and resins. This is a very “cold” perfume, it seems really elegant and “distant”, I imagine some high class lady with pearls around her neck and cigarette between her lips sitting in a Paris cafe and enjoying her own company. You know, giving the look that she doesn’t want to be disturbed.
This is a very special rose for me, it is very classical, it has the great quality I’ve seen in many good old classics, like Guerlain’s.
A very lovely, feminine and sensual perfume, do try if you love classic chypre. One of the best of Les Parfums de Rosine line.
msiexpres – :
I really like how this starts: velvety, crunchy, juicy, green, resinous rose petals. Add to that a little bit of dark green leaves and crushed stem and you’ve got the woody freshness of a long stemmed tea rose. There’s not much sweetness here, just the palpable impression of rose petals and leaves. I suppose the patchouli is responsible for the woody greenness here but I don’t feel it distinctly. By the end, however, the rose wilts away and takes on a peppery, musky, oily character. It sort of reminds me of the rose in Agent Provocateur here, only thicker and … on me, I get the scent and texture of an oil painting.
rinatos – :
Since I adore rose fragrances I cast the vote to buy Une Folie first. I should have paid much better attention to the list of ingredients posted on Fragrantica because at the moment of truth, UF barely smells of roses!
I tried to conjure up what this fragrance reminded me of, something older and very pungent, and then, quite by accident I found Tania Sanchez’s remark…
“Une Folie de Rose…grows up unexpectantly into the leathery, patchouli-oakmoss of Miss Balmain.”
Boy did she get it right this time!
So, I am waiting to find a lovely rose that I can mix this with…any suggestions?
аркус55 – :
Les parfums de Rosine UNE FOLIE DE ROSE has a slightly dark and dirty, oakmossy edge. The rose petals seems somehow black around the edges in this perfume, imparting a distinctly gothic feeling to the composition as a whole. I would describe the overall effect as somewhere between a floralized light leather and a rose chypre.
Although to my nose this is a fairly linear presentation, it might open up differently under various weather conditions, and I suspect that it would heat up quite nicely on the skin in the depths of winter.
manalit – :
Beautiful! I loved this from the very first sniff. There’s not just the expected rose, but much, much more. The rose is sharp, citrusy, and aldehydic in the beginning, flavored with a definite patchouli note, but still sweet and spicy. As it dries down, the chypre structure becomes evident, with the typical mix of citrus, ylang-ylang shaded florals, and a soft cushiony base of musky oakmoss. It’s strong – just a tiny dab is enough to produce plenty of sillage – and it lasts all day, at least 8 hours on skin. To me, this beauty is FB-worthy and worth a try by anyone who loves rose, but prefers that it not be too flowery.
Xeroxouggf – :
This review is for Rose de Feu, which doesn’t appear on the Fragrantica list.
My top scorer, a 9/10. I really liked this one and it had the highest “you smell great, what’s that fragrance” count too.
The freshest of the heavier P de R fragrances, there is a lovely, spicy ginger rose top note that lasts and lasts, over the warmer middle and base notes, in a beautiful, sophisticated style.
Lisii281967 – :
A classic chypre, and as usual, with this type of fragrance, it takes to get used to it. I scored this 7/10 on my Rosines test scale. The more I wore it, the more I loved it. The initial strength quickly dies down to a mysterious, mossy rose.
gravitius – :
Lovely rose incense that dries to a clear, beautiful rose with only faint notes far behind to compliment it. Mostly, it’s rose.
Smedycoedly – :
Woohoo! they added this one 🙂 My sample lasted 6 wearings, so I had a nice long time to develop my opinion, which was a good thing since it seemed to wear differently every time. Weather appeared to be a factor: hot and dry was better, a rainy day made it more metallic. Interesting. this wears well on my clothes, and it lasts a good 7-8 hours. Great fragrance, but I had a hard time finding a vendor that included this one in the U.S. (I looked) This is one of three roses I sampled from this line. I also like La Rose, but if I had to buy one, I would pick this simply because I never know how the notes with play wiht each other, which keeps it interesting, and I always liked the result.