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03/06/2012
Sherapop
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Somewhat Vague Vanilla Florality
Floris SNOW ROSE is a limited edition perfume which I happened upon at TJMaxx for one of their ridiculously low prices, so I snapped it up, as I have been curious about the house of Floris for some time now, but have yet to make it to the samples in my queue. I am always interested in learning about perfume houses established before the French revolution, and Floris came into being in the year 1730!
Overall, SNOW ROSE is a very lightly oriental rose with a sweet vanilla note mingling with the rose in the long drydown. The opening has a fresh green aspect to it, but it is relatively short-lived and the vanilla begins to emerge nearly immediately. In some ways, the rose is beside the point, and I think that basically any generic “florality” could have been used to achieve the long vanilla floral drydown, which after awhile begins to remind me a bit of LADY PRIMROSE, although in the latter composition honey provides the sweetness.
I really like the opening and the mid-stages of SNOW ROSE, but I become a bit bored with the drydown after a while. Definitely wearable, but nothing that I'll cry over once it's gone.
Overall, SNOW ROSE is a very lightly oriental rose with a sweet vanilla note mingling with the rose in the long drydown. The opening has a fresh green aspect to it, but it is relatively short-lived and the vanilla begins to emerge nearly immediately. In some ways, the rose is beside the point, and I think that basically any generic “florality” could have been used to achieve the long vanilla floral drydown, which after awhile begins to remind me a bit of LADY PRIMROSE, although in the latter composition honey provides the sweetness.
I really like the opening and the mid-stages of SNOW ROSE, but I become a bit bored with the drydown after a while. Definitely wearable, but nothing that I'll cry over once it's gone.
