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Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Rosa Rossa
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Price: $95, 2.5 oz; $140, 4.2 oz
Best for: Women 25+; A daytime scent, best for Spring and Summer
Top Notes:
Litchi, Black Currant, Bergamot, Lemon
Middle Notes:
Rose, Peony
Base Notes:
White Musk, Iso E Super, Woody Notes, Cedar
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Rosa Rossa is at once a crisp bouquet of roses, unashamedly feminine and clean. It begins with its featured rose and the green undertone of blackcurrant. Like a rainy Spring day, it creates an olfactory experience of light, airy, and pure. After the first few minutes luminous lemon comes through like the sun peaking through storm clouds. Within an hour, rose and peony surface to dominate as a floral scent. Rosa Rosa becomes slightly sweet as white musk and sandalwood appear in the dry down. After a few hours, this becomes a skin scent, sensual, slightly sweet, and animalic, with rose lingering in the background. While the scent is radiant, the perfume becomes weak fast and therefore cannot merit a higher score. Its longevity may guarantee an hour of rosy magic, but it fades rapidly. It has an intimate silage that requires close contact to fully appreciate. Despite its lack of stay power, I find this enticing and will always have it in my collection.
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-Rachel Deal
Burberry Her
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Price: $99, 1.6 oz; $127, 3.3 oz
Best for: Women in their early 20’s; An evening scent
Top Notes:
Strawberry, Raspberry, Blackberry, Sour Cherry, Black Currant, Mandarin Orange, Lemon
Middle Notes:
Violet, Jasmine
Base Notes:
Musk, Vanilla, Oakmoss, Cashmeran, Woody Notes, Amber Patchouli
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A youthful scent which at first spray has a playful impression of berries. After a few minutes the perfume yields a sugary aura both bright and warm, reminding me of bubbling champagne and a soft hue of pink. After an hour, Burberry Her declares itself gourmand with what smells of butter toffee and burnt sugar. It becomes a blend of sugary berry with a creamy undertone reminiscent of cotton candy. This dessert like scent has a medium silage with a comfortable 6 hour stay power. It eventually fades to a soft dry down of the same sugary gourmand smell with vanilla leading the way. It is somewhat one dimensional in its evolution. It is a warm dessert scent, not unpleasant, but overly sweet for my liking.
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-Rachel Deal