Rose D'ete
by Les Parfums de Rosine

Les Parfums de Rosine ROSE D'ETE is a scrumptious BVLGARI POUR FEMME-like sweet rose-cum-mimosa composition to my nose. In fact, at several points during my wearing of this sample today I find myself thinking about the Bvlgari composition. Come to think of it, I really should do a side-by-side...

Okay I'm back. BVLGARI POUR FEMME is better, selon mon nez, than ROSE D'ETE. It's richer and resiny and, above all, it boasts violet! But I did enjoy wearing ROSE D'ETE, which is a smooth and friendly sweet rose perfume. I find the mimosa much more pronounced than the apple, but I do think that the sweetness of the apple together with the mimosa was what elicited memories of the violet-sweetened BVLGARI POUR FEMME. I'll continue my travels to through the world of Rosine. Looking forward to many more new and lovely rose encounters!

30th July, 2011.

Rose d'Ete starts as tutti fruity huge monster white florals, non-specific, but humongous nontheless, with absolutely no rose at all. Goes on screechy and rancid as a foot on the brake at a 100 miles per hour. Synthetic, headache inducing, non pleasant. The best part was no drydown -- it just stopped about 5 hours after application, without a trace. Thanks goodness!

22nd September, 2010.

Fresh & light natural rose smell, smooth with a touch of fruit, but much lighter than I like, too sheer on me.

3rd December, 2007.

Rose d'Ete is a summery apple and rose scent, nice but not the kind of perfume that I wear. I prefer Un Zeste de Rose, which smells like rose with iced tea and lemon as my summer rose scent. This is too fruity for me.

20th October, 2007.

This is one of my three favorite Rosines. I cannot decide which I like best of them, because I like them all for different reasons. I find this the most casual of all of them, maybe because of the fruity notes. And I love the fruit notes included. Yellow roses are my favorite, so that also contributes to my love for this scent. But most of all is the richness; it really DOES smell like a sunbaked rose in high summer fresh from the garden, and I LOVE my roses. Definitely a keeper!

6th August, 2007.

This Rose has got everything in it that my bod responds well to (let's hear it for old-er age!!) so the sunny mix of linden and mimosa and melon in the head notes bloom on me, with the young fresh roses right on top. Apples and citrus are missing, but not missed. Ditto galbanum. A fave!!

12nd June, 2007.