‘Rose’ perfume can smell green, spicy, powdery, sparkly, fruity or more. The ubiquity of roses in early to mid-February can be overwhelming (their prices, shocking), but their association with love ...

“It’s one of the three most important natural materials for perfume,” says David Moltz, perfumer and co-founder of D.S. & Durga. The rose’s significance dates back to 10th-century Persia, now Iran, ...

The rose may be the most classic ingredient in all of perfumery. A symbol of love dating back to Greek and Roman mythology (with a first mention in artistic motifs in Asia around 3000 BC), the flower ...

Whenever I get a whiff of a heavy rose perfume, it instantly transports me back to my grandmother circa 1980. I didn't love the decade's intense floral smell, but I loved my grandmother so, however ...

We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Promise. Rose is perhaps the most romantic fragrance note ever. But, weirdly enough, as much as I love sexy ...

Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Much to my dismay, not everyone shares my obsession. And honestly, I get it—many of ...

Tom Ford’s newest rose fragrance, Café Rose, leans heavily into its ingredients’ gourmand factor. Put together as an unlikely yet complementary combination of coffee and rose, the scent conveys an ...