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Vadimks4 – :
White Rose opens with rose of course, but there’s such beautiful iris and violet in this that it is more than just a rose soliflore. It reminds me very much of YSL Paris, except without the mimosa, sandalwood, hyacinth and other notes that make Paris so complex. If you reduced Paris to its essence, this would be it.
White Rose is not as powdery as the note pyramid makes it appear. The green and floral notes dominate. Best of all, there is no peony in this. While I love peony, the rose and peony combination has been done so much that it’s nice not to have peony for a change.
Iris takes over in the dry down, which comes within an hour after application on me anyway. If I have any criticism for White Rose, it’s that sillage and life span are limited. True, it’s an EDT, but I wish it projected more.
If you are seeking a lovely quality rose skin scent, White Rose would be a great choice. Nothing offensive or hard to take about this at any point, just a beautiful classic.
yulia25 – :
It’s said that Queen Elizabeth II wore this perfume on her wedding day and still occasionally wears it. She is also very fond of D.R. Harris Almond bath products as well as Pear’s soap.
Sitarik – :
This is an old fashioned, white rose version of the entire YSL Paris line. Romantic, violet laden and powdery. It discreetly lingers for hours and hours, feminine, sure of herself and elegant. White Rose is uncomplicated and simple but then it’s well recognized that “simplicity is the key to beauty.”
Lovely and classic!
vmazin – :
When you spray this on,straight away you are hit with a strong white rose /white peony – it is sort of spicy nose tingling rose sensation – which may well be because of the presence of the clean and sharp iris note.
Overall it feels crisp, clean, rosy, spicy and to my nose very surprising it has a smell of the blue tin NIVEA cream I remember from my childhood, not nivea soft, but the original blue tin and it is sort of a spicy rose nivea.
Projection is non existend, fades away quite quickly on my skin and you have to press your nose to your sking to smell it.
Maybe good for layering with other clean type of scent or spritz after the shower if you want to feel clean and maybe even layer with Nivea cream itself
oriol – :
Actually,if I wanted a clean simple rose fragrance I would go for this one rather than Damarose by Xerjoff which smells very similar but costs £500…
odsk – :
House of Floris no longer makes edt or edp of Rose Geranium which I’ve just read was favored by Marilyn Monroe. I would love to smell…
Lema-lisa – :
A rich floral indeed!
Green opening with aldehydes and lemon notes, quite fresh and not overpowering.
Carnation and Iris are louder here
Spicy and Watery Rose, soft and smooth around its development on skin brings a delicate touch.
Jasmim, not so clean and pale, but natural here appears most of the time too.
It is a mix of flowers with a touch of freshness…
Evokes peace, relaxing time around the corners of a huge park as Hyde Park but do not forget it happens on summer and it is not as powerful as it looks
😛
Nice job,
drdee77 – :
More flower power from Floris, White Rose offers a good blend of various petals–it’s not just a standard frumpy British Tea Rose for dowagers. A bit soapy in the drydown, in a good way.
It’s surprising to me to learn that this composition was launched way back in 1800, because it does not smell dated at all–unless of course one has accepted the “no plants were sacrificed in the production of this perfume” twenty-first-century fragrance model.
I presume that some tweaking has been done to the formula of this perfume since 1800, but I must say that the flowers smell natural, not abstract, so perhaps Floris still uses perfume techniques acquired over centuries rather than jumping on the synthetic organic chemistry bandwagon. The house of Floris was established way back in 1730 and they claim to be the oldest extant family-owned perfumery. (LVMH, Coty Prestige and P&G–perhaps even Estée Lauder–may very well be scheming to “rectify” this state of affairs…)
White Rose smells like a well-made floral perfume to me. Above all, I do smell roses (unlike some reviewers), which is always a good thing, but the other floral elements add to the complexity of the bouquet. There is also some darkness in the base. I do not personally find this composition very sweet, as some have claimed. To me it’s more soapy than sweet, and I would never compare it to candied violets. A chacun son nez!
qyu624Negeltzex – :
Found a half-empty bottle at the Goodwill store in Chelsea, Manhattan for $7.99. Thought I had struck gold, but found that it had gone skunky. 🙁
Alex_Bond2011 – :
With a touch of parma violet sweetness and powder, this to me smells like expensive soap, plain and simple. No rose or aldehydes, just a touch of soapy jasmine and violet. I agree with JazzBirdSinger that White Violets would be a more appropriate name for this one. It’s very nice, but I would prefer to simply use scented soap for the same effect.
barsa07 – :
Floris White Rose is one of the few floral perfumes I really like. It’s such a powdery veil of white roses and peony(I can smell peony although it is not listed) so smooth and transcluscent that makes this perfume magical.Although it contains aldehydes you will barely understand it.It does resemble to Calvin Klein’s Eternity,they both share the slightly soapy,clean,powdery aspect but Floris White Rose is much more sophisticated. My only complain is the poor lasting power,I shower in it to make it last.The good part of it is that it gives me the excuse to buy the matching body products,hehe!
hds028Unlogrere – :
White Rose does begin with a soft, floral rose but quickly turns into a candied violet. There are notes that remind me of Kenzo’s Flower on some level, but it is less powdery and more floral. The violet notes linger for quite some time before turning into a light musk that disappears quietly on my skin. It is a very feminine and somewhat old-fashioned scent, by which I mean classic not musty. Perfect for garden parties and picnics and attractive to men looking for a classic lady. My only gripe is it isn’t the longest lasting fragrance on my skin, though it tends to linger on my clothes.
Melok894Diobtetty – :
I love this one for its musk and amber more than anything else. It really sings in humid weather (which hardly ever happens here) when it turns sultry and sexy – in spite of its pristine name. Surprisingly, a bombshell fragrance.
ВалD – :
What a fantastic violet scent!!! The name is indeed misleading but i bought it according to the reviews because I wanted a soft, safe violet scent to go to work at Uni… and I’ve found it, this is perfect!
I wish all my blind buys would be like this!! O.o
bimer – :
I agree with you all, about it not truly being a “rose” fragrance. The staying power with this is very weak. It smells like My Fair Lady by Washington Tremlett without the citrus. White Rose is a lighter fragrance than Ninfea by Profumum and Ninfea lasts forever. The rose in Rose De Siwa by MDCI Parfums is much more apparent.
xxguts – :
I completely agree with JazzBirdSinger. This is a VIOLET scent, not a white rose scent. It smells just like those candied violet mints.
den040481 – :
Did not like it so much because of the very alcoholic strange syrupy opening. Maybe I’ll give it another try sometime but for now I say no.
rufat19921 – :
I’m into rose scents, but this one did not convince me as a rose scent. It’s all flowery, maybe even white flowery, but not really a rose scent IMO. I’m not so much into violets or all-florals. Also the lasting power I experienced with the Floris scents I tried was never really good.
vikvs1 – :
In the beginning this smells like rose, pure and simple, but the rose promptly disappears and I start smelling carnation (just like the one in Floris Malmaison) and transparent, slightly powdery violets that verge on leather. It’s a pretty floral scent, perfect if you want to be daintily feminine for a few hours. There’s a good bit of sillage, even after most of the floral notes have dried down to the dry, violet-suede ending.
As might be expected with a delicate scent like this, it doesn’t last very long, about 4-5 hours at most, but I did notice the violet scent on my clothes the following day. I’m not sure why this is called White Rose, since the rose was upstaged by a hoard of violets early on. If you like subtle and pretty violet scents that are not too sweet, woody or musky, White Rose is worth a try.
hk – :
@adrienhuang & @adrien99 yes this perfume really smelled of white roses almost like a dried white roses actually. However the smell in this perfume is pretty transparent and you have to carefully smell it to recognize the smell.
Lecloclorataw – :
cinsot, thanks for coming back on this for me! 🙂 have a nice day, will make a try and see what happens 🙂
Mikelvaegt – :
guys, do you know if this actually smell like white rose or more like any kind of rose? 🙂 sorry I have got an obsession with white roses as to me they smell different …
hggh – :
Blind purchased this one over the internet again.It pretty much becomes my habit now LOL.
Totally agree that this frag smells very soft & delicate. It stays close to the skin without being overbearing.i’m also agreed wth Melyhelly as this frag can get a little bit powdery on a hot weather. Well i can definitely smell the rose with a little touch of jasmine but not the violet and iris. Strangely,I also get the soft smell of white frangipani on my skin after a couple of hours which is not listed anywhere in the notes. On the drydown i can smell the trail of amber and musk which i find very lovely.
Anyone who’s a big fan of roses should try this frag as it’s really worth trying n having.
armando – :
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.
anntun – :
White Rose has been widely regarded as one of the loveable rose-motif fragrance at its height of allure and romance. The rich scent of rose is floating smoothly (but I would like to find out if the rose used is actually the precious ‘white roses’), with a little ‘kick’ from the orris and amber. I found that the jasmine was barely noticeable. I was just getting that faint & illusionary violet at last which I found pretty ‘dreamy’ It is NOT those kind of sickly abundant rose aroma, even though rose is well dominated in this fragrance, but it is a bunch of ‘deep-thinking’ roses.