Geranium Bourbon Miller Harris for women

A little definitely goes a long way, I was slightly nervous, it sounds very, well, elderly by the notes and I was pleasantly surprised. Not so excited that I'll be buying another bottle, but it will be a nice change from my usual scents.

The bourbon rose is a lovely highly scented double-cup rose not commonly seen in the United States. This is the bourbon that the perfume name refers to. Not the liquor, not Four Roses Whiskey. This scent opens with an almost sole fleur lemon geranium that warms to add an excellent rose note. After about half an hour it settles to an extremely accurate pleasant geranium that has the odd bloody note softened by the sweet lemon and rose. A sophisticated and extremely well done floral and a pleasant surprise.

Sillage: reasonable: 2-4 ft
Persistence: 4-5 hours, lovely drydown
Fabulosity: spring garden
Value to price ratio: reasonable
7/10

A little went a very long way on me, and I enjoyed every minute. I didn't know whether to expect bourbon as in booze or bourbon as in rose; would have been happy with either but in fact it is the latter, and the whole recipe appears to be just the bourbon rose and a hefty dose of rose geranium. Absolutely sublime. I was delighted that it had good lasting power on me and didn't fade off into some unrelated drydown. I'll keep a couple of vials on hand till I can find a full bottle. Recommended to try, at least.

As someone heavily into orientals, I'm not a huge fan of rose but thought I should have one example in my wardrobe.
Geranium Bourbon is the winner and I am now in possession of a hefty decant.

The infusion of lemon and geranium cuts through the girly- girl sweetness of many of its cousins and gives it a delicate spicy accord. This is rose with a bit of a kick.

A little more attitude than the polite Stella, with great staying power.
This one is for me!

I recently received a sample of GB and I think I'm in love, or at least an intense crush. fragrancefiend's description is perfect... fresh, herbal, lemony at first, and then it warms up to a nice fresh, bourbon/liquor scent. Amazing job as always, which is standard for Miller Harris fragrances.

On my skin, the scent smells straight up cardboardy. Maybe that's because I only have the scented balm (which, ladies, don't bother - it's the size of a pot of L'oreal eyeshadow and it was $55 - FIFTY FIVE - dollars). I'm going to write more later when the scent develops more on my skin.

ok..I'm guessing that it's the balm that just stinks, because no one wants to smell like cardboard. And that's still all I get. :( Sad.

Miller Harris Geranium Bourbon starts out as an herbal lemony scent, like you would smell if you crushed a lemon geranium leave between your fingers. After a bit, it begins to smell less fresh and more boozy and rich like good bourbon or cognac (but less grape). I was pleasantly surprised at the lasting power and depth. I was expecting a soapy smell and instead this is a full blown adult fragrance.