Reviews of Une Zeste de Rose
by Les Parfums de Rosine

Une Zeste de Rose engages the nose with a very pretty opening maneuver that entails crisp herbaceous notes (the maté in the pyramid?) moist lemon, green tea, and a sweet, gentle rose. The accord balances on a minute fulcrum lying somewhere between the garden and the salad bowl, and so manages to be appetizing without actually smelling like food.

The citrus naturally recedes over the first quarter hour of wear, leaving a very simple, clean, translucent green tea and rose accord at the core of the scent. As a happy, lightweight rose Une Zeste de Rose is a cousin to Olivia Giacobetti’s Drôle de Rose for L’Artisan Parfumeur. Une Zeste de Rose is the less sweet of the pair, with more soap and powder in its base notes. The soapy accent leaves Une Zeste de Rose smelling both more mature and more traditional than Drôle de Rose: where Drôle de Rose suggests childish mischief, Une Zeste de Rose projects a relaxed, yet composed dignity.

For such a crystalline and effervescent scent Une Zeste de Rose is surprisingly potent. It projects well off of the skin and leaves a conspicuous, though never overwhelming, cloud of sillage behind it. Lasting power is respectable, with a few hours of floral optimism before the clean musk drydown sets in. Une Zeste de Rose belongs to a class of fragrances, including Diorissimo, Monsieur Balmain, Givenchy’s Vetyver, En Passant, Cristalle, and Après l’Ondée (among others), which while diverse in style and content, all succeed on the basis of simplicity, clarity, and poise. Commendable and recommendable.

A citrusy rose. Fresh, sheer, and youthful. Some reviewers mention tea, which may be what smooths out anything overly pungent from the zesty lemon and orange, and gives the rose a damp, dew-dappled quality. Definitely an excellent rose-based fragrance for a young person (you won't smell like grandma's soap!), but enjoyable as well for the more mature person who shies away from fruity florals.

Un Zest de Rose is combines two of my favorites scents: rose and lemon together in a beautiful chipper little package. The top note has the fresh lemon zing of say Lostmarc'h Din Dan or Fresh Sugar (not Lemon Sugar) and then mellows out into a lovely fresh rose scent. It is an upbeat fragrance perfect for the summertime and the sillage is fine for an intentionally light perfume. The only thing I don't like about Un Zest de Rose is that it is a little pricy for its genre. If you like Creed's Virgin Island Water or the two perfumes mentioned above, you will like Un Zest de Rose.

Here are the notes, per The Perfumed Court: WIld roses, lemon bark, mandarin and orange blossom.

Une Zest de Rose was one of the first Rosines I fell for, a very lovely and effervescent rose scent with zingy & zesty zitrus and aromatic green tea and mate notes. This one will brighten up any day, no matter how grey and gloomy!

A lovely lemony apricot or white rose, I've smelled this in several varieties of rose. Very accurate, light and fresh, just a touch of tea and citrus to set it off. Reminds of a rose garden in April in the Deep South. Fabulous.

I loved this. The citrusy fragrance resembled the scent of my favorite rose: the orange-colored "Tropicana" rose, more closely than any other perfume I have ever smelled. Very natural smelling. Absolutely gorgeous. Highly recommended.

Un Zest de Rose is a surprisingly long lasting fresh rose scent. One of the main notes is Tea - green tea, mate tea, black tea - a very fresh, green and soft tea note, that's driving through to the dry down. Very, very unique!! A pearl, like all of the parfums de rosine!

'All Summer in a Day' by Ray Bradbury, is a short story about children on Venus who see the sun for only one day each seven years. When the sun shows its warm, wonderful self, the inhabitants of the planet are ecstatic, and the happiness given by the sun gives them reason to carry on for the next seven years. Un Zeste de Rose is the embodiment of that amazing, inspiring sun!