Rose Suprême
Antonio Visconti

Eh. Roses, almost dying in that overripe way plus the scent of smooth hand lotion I can see the soap other people have mentioned. I might like it more if the roses didn't smell quite so close to rotten. They don't smell fresh here, just over-ripe.

Notes
Top: Bulgarian Rose, Bergamot, Iris
Heart: Violet, Vetiver
Base: Rose, Jasmine, Vanilla, Heliotrope
Another addition to the ranks of powder compact rose perfumes. This smells old in the sense of something emerging from a long-lost make up box but also in the sense of being in the fashion of perfumes from yesteryear. As such, I think it will polarize opinions.
The composition itself is powerful if not exactly original. In the opening stages all the notes (bar the vanilla and vetiver which just don't register to my nose throughout) jump up and down somewhat – sweet rose backed by candied violets, the tang of bergamot, powder and marzipan courtesy iris and heliotrope, and a pretty feral jasmine elbowing the others sharply in the ribs. Finally, one is left mainly with a heavy rose-jasmine pairing caked with powder and immensely sweet. I think it's a strong enough entry in this genre, but I still wouldn't make it my first port of call when I felt like a dense, old world rose.