Elisabethan Rose Penhaligon`s for women

I personally don't think there is anything "old-fashioned" about smelling like fresh roses. I am very careful about using the word "soapy" because it's overused on this site, but I do think this is identical to the scent of a bar of rose soap. The drydown contains a hint of musk, which probably lends to the soapy quality. I would highly recommend this for rose lovers, especially lovers of fresh, pink roses covered in morning dew.

This is a delicate rose scent...imagine an English tea party in a quiet garden! This perfume is too old-fashioned for me, but if you lived in the early 1900s, it would have been perfect!

Perhaps I'm "too American" to appreciate such an old-fashioned fragrance. There, I've said it.

Make no mistake, I do appreciate the craftsmanship and can understand the appeal of recreating the fragrance of a well-tended garden filled with heirloom plantings. I can imagine myself smiling as that fragrance comes through my window on a light breeze that ruffles the curtains. But that's the problem: Elisabethan Rose is closer to a fine air freshener than any perfume I'd want on my skin.

Geranium opens and stars in this production while Rose is relegated to co-star status and poor Violet is just the understudy who never gets the chance to be on stage. OK, I like Geranium. But this isn't called Elisabethan Geranium... And where are the aldehydes? I love aldehydes & actively seek them out for the crystalline brightness they impart. Alas, there's no brightness here; instead, there's a heaviness, like the thick, heavy humidity that sometimes preceeds a spring rain.

Just a couple of drops will last hours but I never seem to get past the Geranium Jumble to the drydown. I've worn Elisabethan Rose 3 times and have run out of patience -- scrubbed at the 2 hour mark.

More "Yankee Candle" house fragrance than anything I ever want on my skin again.

Elisabethan rose is a poem dedicated to the queen of flowers. When i first apply it on my skin it opens with aldehydic, fresh and green notes thanks to geranium and violet leaves. Then the heart begins growing around the rose that reaches her supremacy in the meanwhile my skin gets warmer.the rose continues is circle fo life becaming powdered and gentle.Then she settles down on her bed made of amber, musk and sandalwood that confer to her all the magnificence of the queen of gardens.
i really love this parfume that makes me feel sensual and very feminine like every woman must feel herself.i recomend it to all rose lovers!!

Opening with an old-fashioned talcum powder rose, this is my favourite phase of the perfume.

The heart shines with a soft rose minus any green tinge to it. It is pure, heavy, fat, blooming rose head. I feel so feminine and pretty when I wear this.

Even better, this rose never really sours or wilts on the skin as they are prone to do.

In the drydown, violet peeks through the rosiness and it becomes apparent that the perky freshness of the rose owes its gratitude to a bed of sparkling green violets.

But make no mistake this is all about the rose and it is an exquisite long-lasting pink one at that.

A rose by any other name would smell as stinky! Yes, Penhaligon ELISABETHAN ROSE is a big, loud, assertive, bodacious rose that will not let go for hours and hours!!!! The opening of this composition is slightly sour--not aldehydic--but it sweetens somewhat as it dries down. You wanted roses? Here they are, to my nose, buttressed only barely by geranium and suspended in a base that may survive even a hot bath.

The megaphonic projection of ELISABETHAN ROSE is beginning to make me wonder whether the liquid in my sample vial might really be perfume rather than edp as I had presumed... With the application of only two drops I have found myself in a large labyrinth of rose bushes, with no exit anywhere in sight!

Although I would not wear ELISABETHAN ROSE alone, its superior strength and sillage make it perfect for layering with leather, which would tame this wild rose quite nicely, I think.

If you love classic rose scents without any unnecessary extras interfering with the simplicity of the flower itself, then you MUST try this scent. Do not be put off if you find aldehydes difficult or nauseating - you will find no problems here.

In summer my English garden is filled with roses. In the early morning, when I was a little girl, I used to walk out barefoot onto the mossy lawn to go & sniff the dew-laden roses & watch the day wake up & one sniff takes me back in time to those carefree days!

There is plenty of air-space in this fragrance - it breathes deeply. The rose itself is delicate, transparent & light. There is a watery quality to the perfume as if you can smell each dew-drop nestling like a jewel on the petals. The green notes do not annoy or distract from the sweet & sour glory of a blooming garden rose, they simply support & hold the floral notes as the sepals hold each bud.

The fragrance does not evolve much but sweetens & deepens thanks to the light amber & creamy sandalwood. Alone, this fragrance is as beautiful as an early summer's day, but I have found that ER is a fantastic scent to layer. It turns zesty, citrus scents into gentle feminine versions & it enriches many of my deep amber scents adding a lighter, flirtier dimension. My favourite so far is when layered with Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet.

So, if you think that roses are for old ladies - think again!

I agree with HelloLovely27 and lilith about this wonderful perfume. I am wearing my sample on a warm sunny day (for which it is perfect). It truly feels like being in a pretty English garden, even though I wore it to work. It is so bright, calm and clear, yet unobtrusive.

The Penhaligon`s Elisabethan Rose is light and has this crystal clarity about it. It is an amazing light slightly sweet rose it isn't sour but isn't robust.
This perfume lasts for hours and hours! unlike any light fresh floral i have ever worn!

A little too light , I like my rose darker and dirtier like "Une Rose" . I do like to wear it on a hot day when I don't want intensity.

The geranium in this perfume practically drowns any hint of rose...but it is there, hiding behind so much floral noise and aldehydes. This is very reminiscent of the hand cream my mother used when I was little...very soft and with a mere 'hint' of rose in it. As a rose scent its not the best i've ever smelled...too much else trying to grab your attention, and it has an edge to it I find off-putting.

Close your eyes and imagine yourself sitting in an 18th century English garden.The air is filled with the scent of rose,violet and geranium.You open your eyes to see the fine elegant ladies with their silks and satins. The scent of their powdered faces and wigs mingle with the delicate perfume of the garden.