Highness Rose Montale for women

This one simply knocks you off your feet: rose oils - in their purest and most concentrated form. And this is where my objections starts: You might as well buy pure rosa damascena, turkish rose and rosa centifolia oils and mix them yourself - ready is your "Highness Rose Fragrance" (at a much lower price). Where is the artistry in that? The perfume feels like a fantastic aroma-therapeutic rose oil session, but it is devoid of any creativity and offers no fresh ideas on "roses". I'd rather stick to the good old Perfumer's Workshop Tea Rose ... - since Tea Rose comes much closer to the scent of real roses on a stem in your garden. "Highness Rose" smells of rose OILS - a very different smell from the actual flower outside.
Can't share the enthusiam... sorry!

This is a short note, because RosaMilena already did an amazing job reviewing this perfume.
It is simply the best rose scent I have ever smelled, and I am a rose addict. I collect all sorts or rose perfumes, but I must admit, this one is the ULTIMATE pure rose scent.
I am a tad disappointed with the silage, and with the lasting power, as it seems to me to be more of a skin scent. Not what I imagined from something advertized as extrait de parfum. On the bottle it says "parfum", but on the box the list of ingredients also contains water and alcohol. I got it from PerfumeShoppe and I have to say they are great, very professional.
The bottle is shiny gold, similar in shape to all other Montale scents, white pouch, gold box.
It smells indeed like you just put your nose in a blooming red rose. A bit sweet, a bit spicy ( clove like ), no greenery, no pepper, no soap. Indeed the most realistic representation of a rose, I believe I found the most perfect rose perfume in the world. It doesn't resemble rose oil, but rather the flower in itself.
Smells more like Middle Eastern roses rather than the Bulgarian type. Fresh, sweet,romantic, natural, opulent and delicate in the same time. Pure class and luxury, smells heavenly. I adore it, and words are not enough to describe its beauty. The price is not pretty though...

The richest, freshest, deepest ROSE soliflore ever. The quality of the rose absolute is the best I have ever smelled. I sense rose otto, rose absolute, damascena and centifolia here. It's not just Bulgarian damascena. I sense Turkish Rose absolute and French Rose centifolia absolute within this as well. I am sure there is even some rose otto. The rose component itself is so rich that I am saving it for fall/winter wear even though it is a soliflore. VERY Unusual. The base is also a smooth, rich, elegant mix of woods with a touch of incense. Still, the rose reigns supreme here from opening to drydown without any medicinal hospital antiseptic accords or rubbishy wilting chemical petal accords. No sickeningly sweet candy, vanilla, or other infantile sugar to sully this magnificent creation. The natural moderate sweetness derives from the very high quality of the rose extracts here. This lasts about 8 hours on the skin and is a parfum extrait. This is not a shy EDT or EDP. This is without question the best rose soliflore perfume I have ever smelled.

It is unique as far as rose scents go. There are dozens and dozens of rose scents out there. Fresh ones, clean ones, dark ones, spicy ones, oud ones, orientals, woody ones, and so on. This particular perfume has THE BEST rose absolute in it......of ALL OF THEM that I have smelled. I'm not saying it's the best perfume because we all have different chemistries and different tastes. I do feel confident in stating that to my nose, the quality of the rose absolute itself in this one is the best I've ever smelled regardless of what TYPE of fragrance you prefer. You can even detect the quality of it from just smelling the bottle top before spraying it on your skin. So, to clarify, I am making the comment regarding the particular quality of the rose absolute itself outside of what it smells like on my skin. (I happen to insanely love how it smells on my skin as well.)

In the bottle and on my skin, by far, the most breathtakingly beautiful rose soliflore I have ever encountered.

I have never experienced a rose so fresh, so pure, and yet so incredibly rich, deep, and heady. It's a gloriously intoxicating shower of roses dream. Everything I've ever dreamed of having in a soliflore rose blooms to extravagant perfection here. EVERYTHING! From bottle, to initial spray, to complete drydown, this is magnificent. I even love this just sniffing away at the bottle cap a la aromatherapy. I ADORE it on my skin. As far as I'm concerned, no other rose soliflore even comes close.

If you truly love roses, this could easily be your holy grail of rose soliflores. Without question, it has become mine. Pierre Montale, you have my heartfelt gratitude for this creation, thank you.