Paris Roses des Bois (for women)

sky76sky

To start with, I should say that I am not a fan of big, ballsy floral scents. If a floral catches my eye/nose it is usually because it has a clarity & subtlety generally only found in refined soliflores.

That said, I can understand why this was/is a killer floral number. It holds true the heart of the original Paris but it explodes into the largest, most extravagant of rose bouquets. This hand-tied, exquisitly wrapped bunch is vast, filled with every kind of rose imaginable, heavy on the sweet pink ones, but with just enough sharp white roses to cut the sugar. It is a young, blonde, virginal summer bride with orange blossom in her hair & a sparkling smile. It is a fairytale flower-princess' perfume. It is the ultimate Valentine's day in a bottle.

It IS sweet, it IS very floral, it IS big & ballsy.....yet it has a quirky cuteness that other rosy fruity-florals lack these days. Most would have thrown in too many sugared fruits & all the clarity would have been lost in dripping peach juice.

It is not 'my thing' but it is utterly charming.

nanji

YSL makes the best rose-scented fragrances. There are others that may be more 'complex', but you can't beat the Printemps series of Paris. Rose is the dominant scent in all of them, but each has a slight twist. Nuppu used the best adjective, "sparkling", to describe this one - it can be used for all of them. If you like rose scents, you cannot go wrong with the Printemps series. If you are a newbie to the rose, these are the ones to try before you try other brands. Some, like Guerlain's Rosa Magnifica, are a bit on the heavy and harsh side of the rose - too heavy for someone of this era to actually wear on their skin. (I have Rosa Magnifica, but I can't wear it - so I spray it on my linens and it makes my room smell like a rose garden :)

ydee

This is one of my favorites too, you smell the berries very well.
It is much more fruity with the roses and it is a lovely issue.
Always keep sniffing my arm at first when just sprayed on, the berries scent is the strongest than.
Love it.

Nuppu

Sparkling and fresh rosescent, light and airy.