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June is the month of roses, and somehow I \u2014 a devoted rose-lover! \u2014 haven’t posted a single review of a rose perfume over the past few weeks. This review will both fill and not-quite-fill that requirement at the same time, since it covers a rose-themed fragrance that doesn’t smell particularly, well, rose-y.<\/p>\n
Angel Face is the sixth fragrance in the Dozen Roses collection. It’s described as “a divine inspiration: enchanting, enticing, desired,” and its composition includes notes of black currant, apple, peony, violet, jasmine, lilac, patchouli, roasted tonka, vetiver and rose absolute. It is named for the Angel Face rose<\/a>, a floribunda rose with ruffled, mauve-lavender petals and a fruity scent. (And it’s not to be confused with Ava-Luxe<\/a>‘s Angel Face, a powdery white musk.)<\/p>\n I haven’t ever smelled an Angel Face rose (please comment, if you have!), but this is definitely a fruity-floral fragrance with a gourmand edge rather than a straight-up floral. It opens, as promised, with black currant and apple; the fruit notes start off tart but quickly turn sweeter. I can’t distinguish any peony or violet or jasmine as individual floral notes, although there a sheer, generally flowery accord in the heart. If it were a color, this floral cluster could easily be violet or purple, like the roses on the fragrance’s bottle, so it seems to fit the overall concept. I missed the tartness when it dissipated, however, and I kept hoping for more rose to emerge, but the brand’s “signature rose absolute” is a subtle element of this composition. The rest of Angel Face is a blend of sugary tonka and clean, smooth patchouli (the kind of “patchouli” that you’ll smell in many women’s fragrances from the past decade).<\/p>\n You may have already anticipated this comparison just from the list of notes: Angel Face smells like a kinder, gentler Calvin Klein Euphoria<\/a>, which I already own and enjoy. If you’re looking for a lighter, more ladylike alternative to Euphoria, with less sillage and less persistence on the skin, Angel Face will definitely interest you. If you’re looking for something a little more distinctive or daring, you’ll probably keep moving down the luxury perfume counter. I can’t help thinking that this line will appeal most to women who like the idea<\/em> of roses but don’t like (or don’t think<\/em> they like) rose perfumes. Then again, I haven’t tried every fragrance from A Dozen Roses; some may be rosier than Angel Face or Electron<\/a>. If you’ve tried all of them, and you have a favorite, feel free to comment.<\/p>\n A Dozen Roses Angel Face is available as 100 ml ($110) Eau de Parfum at Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman.<\/p>\n Read the rest of this article »<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" June is the month of roses, and somehow I \u2014 a devoted rose-lover! \u2014 haven’t posted a single review of a rose perfume over the past few weeks. This review will both fill and not-quite-fill that requirement at the same time, since it covers a rose-themed fragrance that doesn’t smell particularly, well, rose-y.<\/p>\n Angel Face is the sixth fragrance in the Dozen Roses collection. It’s described as “a divine inspiration: enchanting, enticing, desired,” and its composition includes notes of black currant, apple, peony, violet, jasmine, lilac, patchouli, roasted tonka, vetiver and rose absolute. It is named for the Angel Face rose<\/a>, a floribunda rose with ruffled, mauve-lavender petals and a fruity scent. (And it’s not to be confused with Ava-Luxe<\/a>‘s Angel Face, a powdery white musk.)<\/p>\n I haven’t ever smelled an Angel Face rose (please comment, if you have!), but this is definitely a fruity-floral fragrance with a gourmand edge rather than a straight-up floral…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2037,37],"class_list":{"0":"post-89712","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-perfume-talk","7":"tag-a-dozen-roses","8":"tag-rose","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Possibly of interest<\/h2>\n
A Dozen Roses Angel Face ~ fragrance review<\/a><\/div>A Dozen Roses Amber Queen ~ new fragrance<\/a><\/div>Caron Delire de Roses & A Dozen Roses Electron ~ fragrance reviews<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/p>\n