Acqua de Rosa Thea
Borsari 1870

I think that my nose is overly sensitive to rose notes, so this is one seems to me to be a strong rose scent, and I'm not sure if it really is strong or if it is just my nose acting in its hyper-rose mode. Regardless, I can tell that it is a quality rose note… one that ranks with some of the best I've experienced.

I don't really smell anything else but rose in Rosa Thea, so to me it's a solo fleur scent… one that is of such a quality that I am voting it two thumbs' up even though I don't usually care for rose scents.

It acts as a sillage maker for about an hour or two. After that… it's an excellent skin scent… old fashioned and lovely.

This is a long-discontinued scent, and my review is based on a mini. I'm sure that this one has aged problematically and is a shadow of what it had once been.
A sharp, alcohol note in the opening. However, once that burns off there is an authentic tea rose note. It is no longer fresh but it is still identifiable. There are some side-notes of a metallic and apricot kind.
I'm sure this was a lovely scent in its prime.