Hermessence Rose Ikebana Hermès for women and men

very good but bad performance

Love it!

I was waiting to test Hermessence line for a while now. Rose Ikebana was top of my list.
Unfortunately, the perfumes are quite underwhelming, they failed to impress.
Rose Ikebana is a watery, barely felt rose with green facets of mostly tea. To me it is not much different than many other rose perfumes of a much cheaper kind. It is sort of pretty, and it gets even prettier when the tea nuances strengthen, but overall, having in mind the price, this is very average and not something I would notice on others.

Such a stunning rose + tea. In fact, I believe it's the fragrance I've been searching for my entire life.

Alas, it is just not worth it. The performance is comparable to a body mist.

Rose and rhubarb, blended to perfection by the master. Elegant and restrained, high tea.

Thrilling zing of rhubarb up top, watercolour rose and fresh tea. It's so pretty and delicate. Rose is a love/hate note for me and I love this one. It's so light and fresh, shimmering around you. It's crisp and gently sweet. Elegant but with a youthful cheerfulness. Definitely discreet sillage but it's reasonably long-lasting.

And yes, it's stupidly expensive, but god it's so lovely!

Sophisticated, elegant, airy, beautiful, delicate, this is everything I wanted in a rose perfume. I thought after sampling Delina that the rose/rhubarb combo was not for me but this just proves me wrong. Instant love, I want this.

Jean-Claude Ellena NEVER fails to disappoint me! I received Rose Ikebana as a sample from Hermés along w/ Eau de Mervailles (sp?). The price is way up there but WOW... I would possibly sell my soul for a bottle of this! lol. No joke. It rose, citrus and cream all at once. I get a full cream tea service in a Cornish seaside town replete w/ fishing boats and a beautiful stone terrace overlooking the blue sea, sun shining... light filtering thru the glassware on my table. Total teleportation to another time and place...

You’re drinking the most refreshing glass of iced tea with lemon at an expensive resort as a breeze carries up wafts of the rose perfume you put on earlier in the day. Lovely.

This is a very pleasant spring/summer fragrance which leans to the feminine side and is fresh and green.
For an EDT, this is remarkably long lasting and 4 hours in, I am surrounded by the smell of a summer's evening. I think it is expensive for an EDT and it isn't remarkable in any way, but it was a gift and I am glad to have it in my collection.

Hermessence Rose Ikebana Hermès of the nose Jean-Claude Ellena to the juste pulvérisé the citrus notes are the masters, to the dry a pleasant turf, green, fresh with sweet hints of rhubarb, the very shy rose is submerged by a prevailing épices and aromatic storm . Very pleasant olfactory path that deserves his consideration. Green aromatic sillage, pleasant duration.

An extremely fresh rose mixed with citruses and spice. High quality, and high class stuff. Lasts easily 8 hours, but more on the softer side. One of the most perfect summer scents, really refreshing.

Rose Ikebana (the Japanese art of flower arrangement) though upon spray my first impression; this smells scattered as
the bold rose leads the way. But after
some few minutes, the tea and citrus blended in to balance the rose and began to build an admirable fresh green floral aroma. The boldness tamed down and the more it stays on my skin, the better it blended. A beautiful building up and arrangement of well selected notes and while It became very appealing and fantastic, sadly, the arrangement didn’t hold much as it was short lived, quickly moved to the dry down that smells so alluring. Rose Ikebana is for spring to fall, versatile to use in most occasions. Compliments will happen but it has to be through hugs and close contact. 7.5/10
Update: Been 7 hours of faint close to skin and still there. Smells really pretty.

Hermes Rose Ikebana (2004) - Rhubarb Rose - #jeanclaudeellena ‘s Rose is one of the most unique accords you can smell. The floral accord is mixed with a crisp sweet-sour, vegetal Rhubarb. He balances the 2 accords with a beautiful tea note, after all, Mr. Ellena is a master of using tea in perfumes (smell #blvgariauthevert ). I also get blackberry Cassis accords all balanced in beautiful white musk in the base. A technical marvel. Nuanced, Radiant, Balanced.

It’s a beautiful fragrance. Bright sharp rose. Green, a bit citrusy yet very sweet.

I’m not in rose perfumes and can’t compare it to other rose scents. And haven’t used this perfume for years. Still have about half a bottle left. Used it a bit tonight for a dinner and was surprised how strong it is. Very prominent scent, good silage, and it has a very recognizable Hermes note to it. And I can still smell it even after a shower!

It’s very feminine, maybe a bit mature.

Citrus/rhubarb/tea are most notable off the top. Lemon reads more grapefruit to me (I'm good with this). Rhubarb is CRISP and tart, but not sharp. Tea is fresh/green and NOT ozonic. The rose is so faint to me. More of a backdrop to the three notes above. Very sheer. Slightly more sweet than floral (L'Occitane type rose). Opening notes fade quickly and tea is the major remnant.

Absolutely gorgeous, but it's got EDC longevity and an EDP price tag. I'd want to spray this as hard as I would a 4711 offering. If I could get the opening to last more than mere minutes, I would seriously contemplate throwing down cashmonies for this, but the things that make it so special are so sadly fleeting that I can't justify the purchase.

This one though…. It’s such an evocative scent, so fresh and soft. The tea and fresh roses are the most prominent to my nose, green and bringing to mind the feeling of a rose garden after it rains. Whenever I wear it it feels like fresh air. It ages well on my skin, and unlike a lot of people, it lasts too. I get three hours of projection at least. Not the best if you’re sweating a lot though, as the green notes might become irritating.

Simply gorgeous.
Straightforward, bright and beautiful rose and rhubarb, with some citrus and musk, and just a little hint of spice.
Very clean and pretty.
Also very expensive.

Rose Ikebana is a superb piece of perfumery by the maestro Jean-Claude Ellena. It's a gentle, subtle, refined piece of perfumery and well named after the art of Ikebana. I get around a total of nine hours for this on a regular basis.

It opens with moderate projection of rose and rhubarb with tea, citrus notes, musk and something almost like a whiff of cigarette smoke through the air in the background. There's something of an olfactory reminder of Hermessence Vanille Galante in that whiff of cigarette smoke through the air. But just like the aforementioned effect, it blows away quickly. Some 45 minutes in the projection has toned down to a more intimate level. The perfume has changed a little from the opening to be a combination of rose, tea, fruity and citrus notes. Two hours in and the perfume is a faint rose along with a fresh sweetness. Very much the rose and fruit in the garden effect. Marvellous. It stays this way and gradually starts to fade another three hours later until it vanishes into the breeze.

£193 for 100 ml is rather pricey by any standards but it is a superb piece of perfumery. I don't feel it has a gender to it - I think it's genuinely unisex. For those people who like to spend plenty of money on their perfumes and go giddy over some of the usual niche suspects, this is a far more exclusive option for those with exquisite taste. I'll be back for another bottle when finances permit and shelf space allow.

Similar to "CK All" because of rhubarb with the addition of rose petals. Extremely pleasant and likeable. Can't imagine offending anyone with this.

Hermes Rose Ikebana (2004) - Rhubarb Rose - #jeanclaudeellena ‘s Rose is one of the most unique accords you can smell. The floral accord is mixed with crisp sweet-sour, almost vegetable Rhubarb. He balances the 2 accords with a beautiful tea note, after all, Mr. Ellena is a master of using tea in perfumes (smell #blvgariauthevert ). I also get blackberry Cassis accords all balanced in beautiful white musk in the base. A technical marvel. Nuanced, Radiant, Balanced.

I adore this and I'm so happy to have a bottle. I did get a great deal on it at mercari so I probably wouldn't have forked over $300 but for $200 which was still a lot I know I was willing. Anyway I am one of those people who has a hard time with Delina. So this to me is Delina minus the part I don't like and it's all rose and juicy rhubarb. For me the lasting power is not as bad as people are saying. I can't wait to keep rocking this all summer.

AHH I have the most amazing two hours whenever I sample this. If it lasted longer I would buy it, but I imagine the beauty of it means it cannot last. So gorgeous and very tenacious for those few hours on me.

I already own rhubarbe eclarte and can't justify both. If I ever win the lottery I will buy the biggest possible size of this. Such a lovely rose.

Bought it. Love it. Exquisite alternative to the crazy niche hyped scents all over the place.

This would be a signature scent for me if it had any longevity. I bought this very expensive EDT last month after falling in love with it immediately, and unfortunately I am already halfway through the bottle...I have to douse myself in this fragrance to even get the faintest hint of it later on, and even then, it's barely noticeable. I asked several people (after spraying throughout the day) if they could smell it on me, and I only got "yeah kind of" when they stuck their noses directly on my sleeve. The most beautiful juicy rose I could hope for is but a faint memory almost immediately. I am probably going to buy YSL In Love Again after reading that it's so similar, and hopefully that one has some staying power.

All showered and cuddled up in bed with this fragrance. I’m loving every drop of it. Forget the negative reviews and get this in your collection.

-Opens with fresh and pleasant notes.
-Middle notes. comes across as a touch too "clean".
-Reminds me of a scent often used in expensive cosmetics or skincare products.
-Longevity: Low
-Projection: Low
-Not fbw. (-)

To me it smells very much like YSL In Love Again, but... classier? Less frivolous? A bit more sophisticated, perhaps. It opens with sweet peachy rose, melts into strawberry mousse with candied rose petals and dries down to citrusy tang of champagne. For me, it is so pretty by itself it hardly needs a person wearing it, my own skin scent underneath feels almost like an unwelcome fleshy intrusion into this bubbly rosy sweetness. I think I am too selfish to wear it. Try it though, it is your ultimate champagne n' strawberries kinda scent, joie de vivre in a bottle, if you like that kinda thing.

I can never get enough of good rose scents, and Rose Ikebana, as can be expected from Hermès(sense), is really wonderful: a light, fresh, fruity rose that's still sophisticated and well-balanced and never gets boring.

All through the development, a wonderfully airy rose takes the main spotlight. In the opening it is deliciously fruity, with lots of rhubarb and citrus, subtly tart but not at all sharp, very refreshing. A little later on, as the sweet tea accord becomes more prominent, it gets a little more powdery, which is lovely as well. And it never gets to be too much or overwhelming. It's just a very happy kind of fragrance, a real joy to wear at any time of year (except maybe in the kind of heat wave we are currently suffering).

I already have so many great rose scents in my (decant) wardrobe, but it seems I'm going to have to start saving up for another one...In Rose Ikebana, I think I've found my perfect light and fruity rose.

A very transparent and fruity rose. There's also a green aspect from the tea accord which blends out the composition and luckily for me makes the rose very tolerable as I'm not the biggest fan of roses. There's also a certain tartness to it which I assume is the rhubarb, but the overall structure is well behaved and inoffensive. In typical Ellena style it wears very light and close to the skin and is gone in mere hours.

Unisex, perhaps leaning ever so slightly to the feminine side of things, but a man could pull it off easily as well. Not bad, but not something overly interesting either.

6/10

I've used several samples of this - I like it but I'd never buy a bottle. It's definitely a Ellena and the comparisons to Kelly Caleche are entirely apt. A beautiful bloomed rose in the garden of a big white house with a terrace on which to drink tea and read a book. Hermes has a way of making you feel richer than you may actually be. Not everyone wants to be a character in a late 19th century novel about rich people having rich people problems, but Rose Ikebana feels a bit like it and I'm living for the drama.

This is my favorite rose perfume. To me rose scents can unfortunately smell cheap easily, this one doesn't. It's a relatively light and not overwhelming perfume. I usually wear this during the day in the warmer months.
I've not gotten any feedback from strangers. However both my brother and my dad who easily get headaches from perfumes and don't really comment on people's scent unless it's unpleasant have complimented me on this one.

BLUF: A wonder of a fragrance! A rose fragrance a man can pull of! One of my Top 5 fragrances in my collection.

I discovered this fragrance on my own many years ago at an Hermes boutique in Waikiki. Blew away my mind when I smelled it. I hadn’t had any rose fragrances up to that point, and thought they were mostly for women, but not this. This was amazing.

It was expensive but I didn’t care. I’m on my second bottle today. Since discovering Fragrantica and frag heads on YouTube, I’ve been looking for a clone or something close to this but I don’t think there’s anything like it. Maybe it’s my inexperience talking.

I purchased L’erbolario Rhubarb which does remind me of the note in Rose Ikebana but it’s missing the rest of the magic. Anyways, gorgeous scent, but has moderate longevity and projection on me.

I am generally a big fan of Elena (especially his greens), his fragrances are masterful, pleasurable, and this one especially shows what I think is one of his best abilities-- to blend very recognize-able notes in a way that balances them, produces something alltogether new, and maintains a kind of clarity and sense of control. I would never read this as ROSE at any point of the wear. In fact I am mostly so entranced by the kind of swirling zing of the other notes that encircle the rose that it becomes kind of secondary. Even before it disappears and the rose is most prominent it still shares the stage with the other ingredients— again, masterful, controlled.

Control is interesting because it doesnt mean it feels uptight or strangled or forced, but rather its mastered- its balanced- so that nothing feels muddled or confused- and each note has space to be as ripe or wild or sharp or delicious as it has potential to be.

The overall effect of this bright, citrusy, sweet-tea-infused fragrance is almost gourmand (but I love rose and rose tea and never read it as old or grandmother-y and I know many people have this reaction).
On my skin it doesn't change a ton on dry down - which is great as I love the scent both on application and dry down.

Its something I have worn to work because its so light and fresh, with minimal sillage.
Like most Hermessence the term "diaphanous" applies here and the performance is rather short and fleeting.
Sometimes I mix this in with other complimentary scents (although it does feel like a bit of a corruption... Im all for experimentation with layering) which have better longevity and enjoy this initial phase and then let it subtly color its partner for the rest of the wear. But sometimes the ephemerality is the beauty of it... it's delicious and bright and then this ghost of a tea-citrus rose for personal enjoyment that you can zap back into existence with a spritz or let fade away.

Rose Ikebana, I love you too.

Rose Ikebana is an Ellena composition, that said, don't wait for a turkish rose fragrance right in front of your face. Ellena's work needs contemplation. Contemplation requires time. So now, close your eyes and feel a rose with it's thorns. Be calm, it doesn't hurt.

Shimmering slip dress in featherlight pink silk. A heartbreakingly lovely thing: amazingly natural, freshly-picked dewy rose from a northern garden, gossamer-sheer, never ever sickly or shouty, just a thoroughly natural and wonderful botanical aroma. Plenty of very light and gentle green notes as well as the floral side manage to evoke the entire plant, not just the flowers on it. Bear in mind I'm not even much of a rose fan, and those I do love tend to be on the dark-lush-spicy-rich side - so it's testimony to Rose Ikebana's delicate, transparent gauze of scent that I like it so much. Perhaps not unique, though, and as with many of the Hermessence range, projection and longevity are on the fragile side as well.

It's all far too refined and girly for my tastes, yet it's unarguably beautiful. Swapped mine away as it needed someone who could make it happy and take it to nice places - my routine tends to require rougher, butcher stuff which performs more strongly. But if you want to seek the truest name of the rose - a scent which truly summons that evanescent, heart-tugging billow of scent from a freshly-plucked bloom still pearled with rain - then try this.

I'm conflicted on this one. At once it is a masterful fragrance, but bad as a perfume (for me at least). It lacks both silage (unless they are right on top of you) and duration and comes at a hefty price.

The blend itself is very nuanced but simple. I am a huge rose fanatic and even so this is a rose unlike any I have had before and that's always a thrill. It reminds me of the OLD old fashioned type of perfume before synthetics when respectable ladies wore straight-forward singular notes right out of their garden, long before the roaring 20s gave way to the mystique and complexity of musky orchestras.

Reading through other reviews, I agree this is great for that type of sensitive person who isn't trying to make a statement with her perfume, or for one reason or another needs something that absolutely no one could object to. Its just incredibly hard to justify the cost when it needs to much application throughout the day.

transparent but very much present, in a nonchalance way. i guess this is the intention of the perfumer. its one of the best rose fragrance ive smelt. well deserved a place in hermes exclusive line

Amazing! The rhubarb is refreshing zingy earthy the rose and tea blend in so well no prominent nasty rose note either (I'm wary of that note) Other notes not very prominent for me. So nice - too bad it doesn't really last :/ Lovely smell though.

Rose Ikebana is a transparent, complex, and exquisite rose fragrance. Subtle and very tastefully done. This is what I wanted JM Red Roses to be.

This is a white floral with rose that doesn't quite smell like anything I've tried before.

The rhubarb and lemon make the fragrance sour as opposed to powdery or sweet, but it doesn't smell like rhubarb or lemon per se. They combine to make a really unusual base for the florals.

Grapefruit, rhubarb and rose are the protagonists here, the tea note nevertheless gives it a vegetal aura...grapefruit its juicy, creamy, so present but never alone, rose makes a trick that becomes addictive, sometimes is creamy, other times is metallic-like, and other times is fruity...this has many faces in one single fragrance, and we only talk about the firts 40 minutes...it is fresh for summer and hot days (regardless the season). Sillage is not great but you love yourself smelling like this.

This smells exactly like Hermès' Kelly Calèche minus the leather, which honestly is the best part about Kelly Calèche. Rose Ikebana opens with a bitter grapefruit and quickly settles into the abstraction of rose and heavy, sweet-sour citrus. It is a very pleasant scent. For the price difference between this and Kelly Calèche, though, I'd go with the Kelly Calèche any time. Thanks to Hermès' generous free sample policy, I was able to smell this before making a very expensive blind buy that I would have regretted.

Wearing it now, on top of moisturised skin with talcum powder.

It starts off, and progresses, as a very standard rose fragrance. It's a very realistic rose, of high quality, but standard nonetheless. I could justify spending maybe $50AUD less but not $300.

In saying all of this, it lasts quite well for an EdT and it's sillage is impressive on me. Dries down very close to the skin, and is very beautiful.

Would buy, if cheaper.

I'm a woman who has never felt dressed without a fragrance on. Unfortunately, I have metastatic cancer and cannot wear scents to my regular chemo appointment for fear of upsetting the sensitive stomachs of other patients. So when I come home, I finish getting dressed, and I typically put on a soft and gentle but favorite perfume as a treat. But, sometimes my stomach is tender too, so no white flowers or 80s big shouldered sillage on this day. No strong jasmine or dirty civit, no tobacco or sharp cedar. I need sophisticated yet simple. Rose Ikebana is an excellent choice.

It's a soft fragrance. Not particularly rosey to my nose; although the queen of flowers is there it is not as obvious as in Stella or Paul Smith or other rose perfumes. The top is a sparkle of fruit, rose and musk. All of the activity is at the start. As it dries down, the bright tickle of fruits disappear and only the musk and rose remain, soft on my stomach and yet a gentle floral treat to my nose. It's doesn't morph or display new notes, at this point it's almost like the ghost of a rose incense, or a walk through a rose garden on a foggy day. The important thing is that it takes me away. I smell beautiful, not medicinal. It's not offensive in any way: not too sweet, not too flowery, not too musky, not artificial, not immature or cheap. It's a lovely balance of simplicity that leaves me feeling fully dressed, fully healed, and happy to be here.

Poppies by Claude Monet 1873

This scent caught me at the first sniff, just first sniff only!!!

Open with very 'In Love Again' scent which I really love but poor sillage. All the fruitty things gone in an hour. Creammy Rose still remains fir another hour then vanished. So dissappoint with it longative but I still buy it for 2 bottles of 15ml!

If you are a fan of 'In Love Again' you may like this one.

Project : 7/10
Sillage : 5/10
Longative : 5/10

This is my favourite rose perfume, because of the fruity and crisp first notes. I have a sample pre-reformulation (around 2012) and I regret having not purchased it back then. In the new version (2015) the notes are a lot less sharp, more powdery, now the similarity with Kelly Calèche is obvious.
I still love it, but wish they had kept the vibrant and sparkling fruity notes.

7/10

This perfume made me crazy .. love it so much . Worth the money paid for the purchase ... Thank HERMES

A contrast of rose petals and crisp rhubarb.Airy,delicate,sparkling.Rose petals,green note of rhubarb softened by a touch of vanilla honey.
Ikebana is actually Japanese floral art,originated in India,then practiced in China,developed in monasteries in Japan in the early 7th century as a ritual offering to the gods.

NIce one, it smells like a piece of silk waving upon your skin.Creamy,warm,I can smell rose petals clearly.
BUT there's an important thing I have to say:its longevity is zero!Spray on my skin and after 20min ,it's gone! gone! gone!
I WILL NOT BUY A FULL BOTTLE!

This is a green, watery rose with a bit of a bite. Literalists with discreet tastes would enjoy this, I think. There are other rose perfumes that I enjoy much more, even literal takes on rose like The Perfumer's Workshop's Tea Rose. Rose Ikebana feels a little too cold for my liking.

Hermès Rose Ikebana opens with watery verdancy and bitter grapefruit, which is reminiscent of Un Jardin sur le Nil and Kelly Calèche to me. The rose is very soft with a dewy tinge, and it's actually quite abstract. The overall effect is like a watercolour painting of green leaves floating over a pale pink river, tranquil and smooth.

Afterwards, the fragrance doesn't evolve much, and just becomes a teeny bit spicier and more musky in the late dry down. The sillage is soft and the longevity is around 5 to 6 hours.

Rose Ikebana fits perfectly the image of a dewy, delicate morning rose, and the understated elegance of Hermès fragrance style as well. However, having smelt Un Jardin sur le Nil and Kelly Calèche before Rose Ikebana, unfortunately, I find it less interesting even though its release precedes the other two. Although it's undoubtedly a very pretty fresh rose, I'd still recommend testing a few others before settling down on this one due to its relatively high price.

First things first: I've gradually realized that rose doesn't settle well on my skin. I was hoping the greenness in Rose Ikebana and high quality material Hermes uses can help me get away with my skin chemistry, unfortunately it never happened.

Rose Ikebana opens as a very fresh, lemony rose on me with bright tea note. The fruit smell here is very specifically lemon, rather than other types of citrus. It is dewy, sparkly, and very refreshing. An upgraded version of Roses de Chloe I'd say.

Sadly after the first 15 minutes the freshness fades and I start to get lots of rhubarb and dried fruits, and I mean LOTS. they take away the focus from rose and stay loud until the far dry down after 5 hours... I didn't enjoy this part of Rose Ikebana at all!

But the base is okay, and what surprises me is that Rose Ikebana doesn't become a skin scent like most florals do after so long. It is a soft scent yes, but it doesn't die.

I think the tart rose idea and the longevity effect is pretty cool, but my search for compatible rose goes on.

this is a very fresh and sweet rose reminds me of francis kurkdjian a la rose and the one he made for juliette has a gun miss charming thou miss charming is way sweeter and the lychee is very prominent.

This is one of my favorite perfumes. I agree with most of the reviews below. It's very fresh. The name fits well. It's a very simple and minimalist rose scent with heavy citrus note.

Rose Ikebana is a pale, transparent and hyper-clean rose built around a smooth woody bone structure with the typical sour facet which has become one of the distinctive (yet not necessarily interesting) traces of modern Hermes.

What I would classify as a *politically correct* fragrance. Nice, inoffensive, civilized, decent and eventually unexciting.

Ratign: 5.5/10

An uplifting, fresh and simple rose scent...but is it worth €185?

The answer is no. You can find a similar designer rose EDT for less than half the price.

A silky, sparkling rose..

This fragrance has a truly beautiful smell to it. I really love Rose in all forms and this one is just exquisite!

Rose Ikebana is inspired by the texture of Silk, and the Japanese art of flower arrangement (Ikebana). As usual, Jean-Claude Ellena lends his unique style to this composition by accenting the Rose note with Grapefruit citrus and tangy Rhubarb, with a light Green Tea note in the background surrounded with bright citrus throughout.

In my opinion this is a Rose perfume for people who don't like Rose so much! Another thing I love about what Ellena has done here is that he has made it so light and refreshing that you don't get tired of smelling it. It is constantly fascinating and drawing you closer. A lot like his other creation "Iris Ukiyoé" (another one inspired by Japan). But whereas that one was the smell of Iris surrounded by bright citrus, this one is a sparkling Rose. Fresh and uplifting! Fantastic stuff.

Rose Ikebana appears to act as a soliloquy to the most beloved of all flowers. Taking a minimalist approach in his creation, Jean-Claude Ellena chooses to honor the rose not gilt it. The supporting notes are used here merely to undergird its beauty. A brief hersperidic opening allows the true star to unfurl her splendor upon us. This is a heady, permeating rose, one that has been warmed by the mid-day sun. It is radiant, vibrating and sumptuous. Acting as perfect companions to the central floral accord, tea and rhubarb notes lend a fresh crispness. As one would expect, this fragrance leans feminine in its essence. Overall, it feels like a stunning tribute to a flower which has inspired us for centuries. For you lovers of rose in parfums, this seems like the Holy Grail. (101)

Definitely Hermesssence Rose! It's simply awesome
Beautifull scent! I would absolutely recommend it

At first spray(on paper and on my skin), it instantly reminded me of something I smelled before. Yes, RI is very similar to Kelly Caleche except that RI is a bit softer and Kelly Caleche is a bit more fruity/juicier.

I'd go for Kelly Caleche.

Got a tester of this at the Hermes boutique after having gone in convinced that I would be buying Ambre Narguile -- my wallet resisting all the way. I've never been a lover of rose, but there's something so fresh and lovely about this fragrance. I don't smell rhubarb OR grapefruit distinctly, but their presence contributes to the overall sparkliness of the rose accord. And yet, this isn't "sparkly" in the way commercial fruity-florals tend to be. I can't stop sniffing my wrist, but for some reason I can't bring myself to pay the hefty price tag for this either because it is so simple, pure, and light. (Not sure why those qualities make it hard to justify a high price tag in my mind.) Can anybody PLEASE recommend something similar to this at a more affordable price? OR, would somebody be interested in splitting a quad of the .5 oz bottles? Pretty please??

Refreshing citrus opening followed by slightly spiced rose. Nothing too complex or overwhelming. Light and breezy for daywear. Classy but inoffensive work wear. Drydown is quite lovely; rhubarb with light powdery rose. Very clean, feminine, all purpose fragrance.

It is simple but honest.

This is an honest and soft a rose scent - mingling with dew drops of rhubarb, grapefruit rind, waxy lemon peel in the early morning sunrise of a small, comfortable, cool, wet grass carpeted garden. Stunning in it's youthful shyness & simplicity.

Does not last, way overpriced for what you get. Otherwise ok smell with a good name on it and a nice bottle to decorate the shelf. Getting disappointed with J C Ellena works. Really wanted to love the scent, but it is no more than just 'nice'.

The citrus is strong and juicy in the opening moments of Rose Ikebana, giving this fragrance an intensive yet refreshing feel. The rose starts off dewy and mild in the beginning, taking a back seat to the orange and lemon. A few minutes in, the rose becomes more prominent and the spices start to heat up. As it wears, it becomes drier, spicier and muskier. The tea note is never especially strong, but it’s there enough to give this fragrance a sense of freshness amidst the dry spices.

Although the rose is ever-present, the citrus, spices and musk are just as strong. This is not a rose soliflore with hints of spice and citrus. In fact, the further it dries down, the more this becomes about the sweet citrus and warm spices...the woody-spicy classification does not surprise me. The cassis adds a satisfying tartness, playing up the earthy facets of the rose. I find Rose Ikebana somehow both animalic and clean.

This lasts very well on my skin, and has fairly good sillage. The exotic combination of citrus, spices, and rose is what I had imagined The Body Shop Moroccan Rose would have smelled like had it been much higher-end and better executed.

Undoubtedly a unique rose scent. I don’t think I would spend the hefty $ on a full bottle of this stuff, but I do think it’s a wonderful fragrance. For me it comes in second to Ambre Narguile in the Hermessence series.

I love this very much. The scent of citrus made the rose note not so sweet and much more juicy.

Very beautiful!! This is a delicate lovely rose with citrus playing in the background.

Edit: The dry down...Oh what a disappointment!! IMO the dry down becomes very typical Hermes. I bought this because the opening notes were so beautiful and I liked that it was such a departure from Hermes such as Kelly Caleche. The opening notes are so short lived. Save yourself the trouble and buy a bottle of Kelly.

I usually dislike rose scented products, but this one is so different. I got a small sample few days ago, and once i sprayed my wrist, i just could not stop smelling it.... soooo beautiful... i absolutely love the smell of the roses in this one.

I didn't get any spice from this at all :( To me this was a very citrus rose, that did not last longer than 2 hours on my skin.

Rose and spices are so well balanced I can't stop sniffing my wrist. Sillage is wonderful, everything is just perfect for me. And no similarities to Kelly Caleche as I see mentioned here. This is soft fresh scent of roses like a dew in the morning could be if it had a smell. I think I'm in love. Besides, I dislike cassia note, but it fits here so well.

I received a small sample of Hermessence ROSE IKEBANA from a generous fellow fragrance traveler, and I have to say that to my nose this is a very spicy rose. In fact, the spices are every bit as dominant as the rose. I do not find this composition to be at all fruity or citrusy, as others have reported, but I do find it intriguing enough to pursue it further. So far, based on this preliminary testing, I like what I sniff.

One thing is clear: this is not your grandmother's rose soliflore!

Very clean and a little sharp to open with brisk rhubarb that's both sweet and a touch sour at the same time. Also a splash of bitter grapefruit that is perhaps white, not pink.

Rose Ikebana is very delicate but strong, like an origami crane with perfectly crisp folds. The rose is beautifully fresh and dewy; velvety pink.

The musk and tea notes soften this composition on the drydown, creating an aura of gentle grace.

I love the minimalism of Rose Ikebana--austere beauty, perfectly arranged.

This is a beautiful scent. Rosy, but in a very complicated way. Off-limits for underage girls.

We first met when I was at the airport and looking for a gift for a lady. I almost missed my flight when I decided to run back to the store to buy another bottle for myself! I don't like the word "unisex" and find this a very feminine scent, but then break the rules by wearing it too. Maybe we should not call this a perfume, but instead think of it as a French countryside garden blossoming with Old Roses, captured in a bottle.

I never knew I liked rose scents until I tried this one.

It's a delightful fruity-citrus-rose elixir that tickles my nose (in a good way), with the rose note being fresh roses straight from the florist's refrigerator. The longevity is okay, I can still smell it on my skin after a day at work. I have read that some compare this scent to In Love Again by YSL (also created by JCE) and Babydoll by YSL. But make no mistake, while they resemble one another, this scent is far and away superior in terms of sheer beauty and complexity.

Interestingly, the sales assistant in the Hermes boutique told me that Jean-Claude Ellena was given artistic license to use whatever raw materials he wanted for the Hermessence series, and that he spared no cost. She explained that he considers the Hermessence line his "babies" because he wasn't as constricted artistically as to how the perfumes should smell. Not sure how accurate this is, but it may help explain the high price per bottle.

Summer flirt! This is how I would describe my relationship with this perfume. I suppose it has happened to all of us. We enter a store with the idea of one fragrance, but we fall under the spell of another. This is exactly what happened with Rose Ikebana, which I decided to try only after a long wait at a busy airport. The rest, as they say, is history.

Of all of the perfumes in the Hermessence collection, Rose Ikebana is, doubtless, the most delicate and feminine. Jean Claude Ellena’s airy style is fairly apparent here, and the notes in the dry-down remind me of some of his other compositions, particularly Eau de Pamplemousse Rose.

Rose Ikebana is a very juicy aroma, and the zesty, refreshing grapefruit note in the opening literally makes me thirsty! Indeed, if there were a juice made of roses, this is how I would imagine it: a delicious concoction of something slightly sweet, slightly tart, and slightly piquant. As the fragrance develops on the skin, there is also the allusion to a green undertone, possibly created by the notes of rhubarb, a plant which also sports a bright pinkish red color.

Perhaps I loved Rose Ikebana so much because it reminded me of those childhood days in the summer, when my school friends and I would try to make our own “perfume” out of my grandmother’s rosebushes. Had we succeeded then, I am pretty sure our fragrance would have closely resembled Rose Ikebana. There is something innocent and almost spontaneous about it.

Some perfumes challenge us intellectually as their complex compositions prompt us to analyze them. This particular fragrance is not one of them. However, Rose Ikebana is certainly unpretentious, fresh, and manages to capture the incomparable feeling that only a carefree summer day can bring. Although the fragrance is an EDT formulation, it is surprisingly long lasting on me.

I simply love this!!! Expensive but nonetheless my signature scent!!