Romance Always Yours by Ralph Lauren

sherapop

I am personally fascinated by the flanker phenomenon (folie!), which appears to have arisen only relatively recently in the history of perfume. Ralph Lauren ROMANCE ALWAYS YOURS is a part of this trend: produce a new perfume in the same bottle that may or may not have anything to do with its namesake.

ROMANCE ALWAYS YOURS has a great deal in common with its predecessor: the florals are the same, ginger appears again, along with patchouli, musk, and oakmoss. The flanker, which is linear, also ramps up the patchouli and omits the wood, making this more oriental, to my nose, than chypre, but still much more chypre than fruity, which I found also to be the case with ROMANCE.

I need to confess that I have of late discovered that I have a pretty serious clean patchouli penchant. Here, too, the patchouli is clean, and there is more of it. Therefore, I like this flanker better than the original! For that same reason, those who shun patchouli will want to stay away. This is really much more about patchouli than any of the florals.

I may have to buy a large bottle of ROMANCE ALWAYS YOURS to reward Ralph for producing a flanker that really makes sense. ROMANCE and ROMANCE ALWAYS YOURS are close cousins, offering unique but related takes on a shared set of notes. A take that I'll gladly take!

ezdravkova

although i totally love the original this one was.. uhm.. let's say disappointing..

rdoonanuk

I bought R Always Yours instead of the original Romance as a change. I think I prefer the original but have had compliments on this one. I don't know whether I'll buy it again as there are so many other florals to try! I like the ginger note as I think it makes the floral less overpowering.

sublimedoll

This smells like "old lady" on me :( It's a shame because I really like the original Romance, but this has something that just doesn't click with my body chemistry. I gave my leftovers to my sister and I happened to smell it on her last night - it smelled absolutely gorgeous!! (so jealous) Ah well, just goes to show how fragrances can smell SO different depending on who's wearing them!!

rachelmaryaddiction

It is still to similiar to the original for me to buy it. It doesnt stand out to me. Smelt nice, but not special.

bonastanzi

Reminds me very much of Chanel's Cristalle. This is a little too floral for my taste, at least when first wearing, then settles mostly into base notes, patchouli, and ginger, which are nice. However, it doesn't stand out for me.

Mals86

I found R Always Yours nicer than the original Romance (which I must admit here didn't impress me - not bad, but not something I'd want to wear, either). Always Yours is a slightly spicier floral, with a stronger green chypre base, and seems more sophisticated to me than the original.

I do get a hint of aquatic notes (probably what's listed as lotus), but it doesn't seem overpowering. The heart of this one is all about the florals, and the base is patchouli-oakmoss. I like oakmoss, but patch is usually Not My Friend; however, in this scent it doesn't bother me.

I enjoyed smelling RAY, but won't be buying it since I already own about a gazillion florals. (Okay, not really.) This one won't be joining my collection, as it didn't strike me as being particularly special.

Annie_D

This does have a couple of semi sharp floral tones (maybe this is a mix of ginger and some flower-not bad though), it has nice sillage and it is unique so far I haven't really smelled it on people. I personally love it it is more intense than Romance, I find the original to be soft floral, this is more saturated but not in a bad way. It hits all the right notes especially with freesia, ginger, and lotus. Wonderful!

urobian

an strong floral base at first, then you find a lovely-charming fragance, nothing new but simply femenine, romantic and versatile.

chance25

If you get a sense of Romance being a slightly aquatic floral, times that by 10 with Always Yours. This is an ubber floral, but very nice and strong. It's like a floral out with a vengence. I've smelled this before though, it smells like a remake of something made in the eighties. Please comment on what you think this smells like, I'd love to know what people think.