05/20/2015
Drseid
819 Reviews
Drseid
When Being "Good" Isn't Quite Good Enough...
Lorose goes on with a moderately sweetened candied light rose floral with a slightly sharp green synthetic smelling geranium undertone. As the composition moves to its early heart, the synthetic sharp green geranium takes the fore, with the now light and airy rose remaining sans most of its initial sweetness as significant support, joining subtle relatively sanitized patchouli. Moving further through its mid-section the geranium slowly dissipates and eventually vacates, leaving the light airy rose as sole star with the patchouli remaining in subtle support. During the late dry-down the rose loses most of its airy nature, adding in a very soft powdery, almost vanilla-like facet through the finish. Projection is excellent and longevity absolutely outstanding at well over 20 hours on skin.
As I sprayed my sample of Lorose on skin my first impression was that this was not a rose I was going to like much. The primary early culprit was the geranium, which comes off as slightly synthetic smelling with an odd, sharp green aspect that doesn't quite match the rose. If things stayed this way throughout, this would be yet another negative review of a Santi Burgass composition, but luckily things do indeed improve. Once the geranium slowly leaves, the rose is given a chance to really shine and indeed it does. This rose is of the light and airy variety, smelling very fresh like one just cut off the bush, only slightly enhanced by the deft use of subtle patchouli. While not normally mentioned, Lorose's performance is really impressive, with the composition hanging around well into the next day after application with stellar projection. In short, this is a good composition, but as there are so *many* good rose compositions on the market, being "good" really isn't good enough to set Lorose apart from competitors. Maybe if the perfumer would have jettisoned the geranium and the candied sweetness early this would have been more of a winner, but as it is, Lorose is a "good" rose composition swimming in a sea of similar quality offerings with only its outstanding performance metrics to distinguish it from the pack. The bottom line is the 89 Euro per 50ml bottle Lorose delivers big time on its performance metrics and smells very good once it sheds the remnants of its synthetic smelling sharp green geranium, earning it a "good" 3 stars out of 5 rating; but the composition never quite establishes a reason to buy it over other rose offerings and as such can't quite muster a recommendation.
As I sprayed my sample of Lorose on skin my first impression was that this was not a rose I was going to like much. The primary early culprit was the geranium, which comes off as slightly synthetic smelling with an odd, sharp green aspect that doesn't quite match the rose. If things stayed this way throughout, this would be yet another negative review of a Santi Burgass composition, but luckily things do indeed improve. Once the geranium slowly leaves, the rose is given a chance to really shine and indeed it does. This rose is of the light and airy variety, smelling very fresh like one just cut off the bush, only slightly enhanced by the deft use of subtle patchouli. While not normally mentioned, Lorose's performance is really impressive, with the composition hanging around well into the next day after application with stellar projection. In short, this is a good composition, but as there are so *many* good rose compositions on the market, being "good" really isn't good enough to set Lorose apart from competitors. Maybe if the perfumer would have jettisoned the geranium and the candied sweetness early this would have been more of a winner, but as it is, Lorose is a "good" rose composition swimming in a sea of similar quality offerings with only its outstanding performance metrics to distinguish it from the pack. The bottom line is the 89 Euro per 50ml bottle Lorose delivers big time on its performance metrics and smells very good once it sheds the remnants of its synthetic smelling sharp green geranium, earning it a "good" 3 stars out of 5 rating; but the composition never quite establishes a reason to buy it over other rose offerings and as such can't quite muster a recommendation.
