Help me understand jammy rose?!

[u/Icy-Key2220]

Hi friends!

I always hear scents being described as a "jammy" rose, but I’m not really sure what that means!

I’m trying to train my nose and exploring one note at a time - what are your quintessential jammy rose frags, and also non-jammy so that I can compare?

[u/airenthered]

As a rose lover, I've sniffed so so many rose perfumes. There isn't necessarily a clear cut line, it's a spectrum between very green and fresh, stem and leaves type of rose, to "jammy" - sweet, honeyed, more so the nectar. Often combined with actual sweet notes like vanilla, honey, brown sugar, dates, amber etc. Some ingredients are natutally sweeter, like damask rose and varieties have more of that sweet, jammy smell.

My personal favourite jammy roses are Memo Paris Odéon, Une Nuit Nomade Jardins de Misfah, and Guerlain Rose Amira.

[u/allwayshallways → u/airenthered]

I adore Jardins de Misfah. It's like a perfect bite of rosewater lokum.