Une Folie de Rose Les Parfums de Rosine for women

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

Lovely rose incense that dries to a clear, beautiful rose with only faint notes far behind to compliment it. Mostly, it's rose.

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.