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Stylist recommends: Best Niche & Luxury Rose Perfumes
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items I adore the scent of a rose and therefore I want to share this love with you. Here are my favourite niche and luxury rose perfumes.
I love a rose fragrance, if it's well done. And Rosa Moceniga is well done and this perfume house from Italy is one of my favourites.
The Merchant Of Venice Unisex Rosa Moceniga Elixir EDP Spray
Same perfume, just a different retailer!
Merchant Of Venice Rosa Moceniga Eau De Parfum Spray
Delina has earned its place because it is one of the modern rose perfumes people search for by name. Lychee, rhubarb and Turkish rose make it fruity and tart rather than soft and powdery, and it remains one of the strongest introductions to contempor...
Parfums de Marly Delina | Lychee & Rose Luxury Perfume
Portrait of a Lady takes rose into patchouli, incense, cinnamon and woods, so there is nothing delicate or timid here. It keeps appearing whenever serious rose perfumes are discussed, and deserves its reputation as one of the great niche rose fragran...
Frédéric Malle Portrait of a Lady | Dark Rose & Patchouli Perfume
Diptyque puts Damascena and Centifolia roses with lychee, chamomile and a strange little artichoke accord, which is exactly what makes Eau Rose interesting. It stays unmistakably rosy but feels greener and less predictable than a sweet floral, and Di...
Diptyque Eau Rose EDP | Fresh Green Rose Perfume
Rose 31 is for the person who likes rose but does not necessarily want to smell sweet. Rose absolute, spices, woods and musk give it a dry, unisex character, and it remains one of Le Labo’s best-known cult rose fragrances.
Le Labo Rose 31 | Spicy Woody Rose Perfume
Pink pepper, raspberry and amber make this rose sharper and warmer than a traditional floral. Rose of No Man’s Land has stayed relevant for years and still turns up regularly in best rose perfume lists, which is exactly the kind of staying power I wa...
BYREDO Rose of No Man’s Land | Peppery Amber Rose Perfume
Atomic Rose is for someone who wants projection and sweetness with her rose. Bulgarian and Turkish roses sit with jasmine and vanilla, and the perfume keeps resurfacing in rose-fragrance discussions for its strength and unmistakable character.
Initio Atomic Rose | Rose & Vanilla Niche Perfume
Damascena rose, oud, violet and vanilla make OUD Satin Mood rich, sweet and much darker than a fresh rose perfume. It repeatedly appears beside Atomic Rose in rose and oud fragrance discussions, so I would absolutely include it for someone who wants ...
MFK OUD Satin Mood | Rose Oud Vanilla Luxury Perfume
Three different roses meet Sichuan pepper, patchouli and tonka, so Rose Prick goes spicy rather than traditionally romantic. I included it because it gives someone who normally avoids obvious florals a completely different route into luxury rose perf...
TOM FORD Rose Prick | Spicy Rose & Patchouli Perfume
If you want rose to actually smell like rose, À la rose deserves a place here. Damascena and Centifolia roses are kept fresh with citrus, violet and musk, giving you a polished floral without turning sugary.
Maison Francis Kurkdjian À la rose | Fresh French Rose Perfume
This is the straightforward fresh rose choice: seven varieties of rose with violet leaves and lemon. I would send someone here before adding oud, vanilla or fruit if what she really wants is the scent of freshly cut roses.
Jo Malone Red Roses | Fresh Rose Perfume
Delina Exclusif keeps the pear and lychee idea, then adds Damascena rose, incense, oud, amber and vanilla. Pick this when the original Delina feels too bright and you want something denser, sweeter and more intense.
Parfums de Marly Delina Exclusif | Rich Rose Oud Vanilla Perfume
La Rosée is the freshest Delina, with pear, lychee, Turkish rose, peony and white musk. Not everyone who loves rose wants a dense perfume, and this gives the familiar Delina style a much lighter, fresher finish.
Parfums de Marly Delina La Rosée | Fresh Watery Rose Perfume
Rose Exposed is one of the newer Tom Ford roses, pairing rose with white pepper, musk and black leather. The leather changes the entire direction and gives the board a newer luxury rose perfume that already has substantial retailer engagement.
TOM FORD Rose Exposed | Rose & Leather Luxury Perfume
This is one of the most classic luxury roses on the list: Centifolia rose, Damask rose, rose absolute and amber. It has been around for years and still appears in editor-tested best rose perfume lists, which says far more to me than one season of hyp...
AERIN Rose de Grasse | Classic Centifolia Rose Perfume
Rōzu is green, woody and slightly smoky, with shiso and guaiacwood around the rose. If sugary florals make you lose interest immediately, this is one of the bottles I would look at first.
Aesop Rōzu | Green Woody Unisex Rose Perfume
Damask rose, oud, clove and praline make this much darker and sweeter than Jo Malone’s Red Roses. Having both on the board makes sense because they show just how differently the same house can treat rose.
Jo Malone Velvet Rose & Oud | Dark Rose Oud Perfume
Taif Rose is a newer Jo Malone rose, and coffee with amber gives it much more depth than a clean floral. I wanted it here because it gives you a very current coffee-and-rose combination without simply repeating another rose-and-oud perfume.
Jo Malone Taif Rose | Coffee Amber Rose Perfume
Turkish Rose combines dewy rose with black plum, saffron, pink pepper and blonde woods, so there is much more happening here than plain rose oil. I also wanted a concentrated perfume oil on the list for anyone who prefers fragrance that sits closer t...
NEST Turkish Rose | Rose Perfume Oil with Plum & Saffron
Lychee and rose have become one of the most recognisable modern floral combinations, and NEST adds raspberry and pink champagne to make theirs juicy and bright. It is also one of the more accessible bottles in this luxury-heavy list, with very strong...
NEST Lychee Rose | Fruity Lychee Rose Perfume
The Eau de Toilette is different enough from the EDP to earn its own place. It is greener and lighter, with Damascena rose, Centifolia rose, lychee and ambroxan, and Diptyque currently marks it as a bestseller too.
Diptyque Eau Rose EDT | Light Green Rose Perfume
Rose with truffle, vetiver, patchouli and castoreum is not the obvious combination, which is exactly why Rose Tonnerre belongs here. If you want one of the stranger, earthier niche rose perfumes on the list, start with this.
Frédéric Malle Rose Tonnerre | Earthy Rose & Truffle Perfume
Café Rose has Turkish rose oil, Bulgarian rose absolute and coffee, giving the floral a warm and slightly bitter side.
TOM FORD Café Rose | Rose & Coffee Luxury Perfume
For a brighter luxury rose perfume, Rose N’Roses uses both Grasse and Damascus roses with citrus.
Miss Dior Rose N’Roses | Fresh Grasse Rose Perfume
Chloé is the powdery rose classic I would keep for someone who wants something feminine and familiar rather than experimental. Peony, rose, honey and cedar give it warmth.
Chloé Eau de Parfum | Powdery Rose Luxury Perfume
Joyful Bloom is the brighter side of AERIN’s rose collection, with Indian rose, Centifolia, bergamot and sandalwood. I like having it beside the original Rose de Grasse because the two show how different a luxury rose perfume can feel even within one...
AERIN Rose de Grasse Joyful Bloom | Bright Modern Rose Perfume