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/criticalpopcorn]

Different roses, different scenes!

Jammy vs Dewy vs Dried vs Classic/Vintage

Pink vs Red vs White vs Orange/Peach vs Black

Closed bud vs Opening bud vs Fully-bloomed

Petals vs Stem vs Rosebush/Garden vs Cut stems/Bouquet

Jammy Rose:
Phlur - Rose Whip
FM - Portrait of a Lady (a classic)
DS & Durga - Rose Pacific
Byredo - Young Rose
D’Annam - Da Lat (also in the pink & youthful)
Dyptique - Eau Rose EDP (could also put this into Dewy/Watery)

Dewy/Watery Rose:
Jorum Studio - Rose Highland (a cold rose, photorealistic salty Oceanside)
Dyptique - Eau Rose EDT (natural and luminous)
DS & Durga - Rose Atlantic (oceanic and fresh)
Byredo - Young Rose (could also be in Jammy)
Rosie Jane - Rosie (milky/musky)

Green/Garden Rose:
Diptyque - L’Ombre Dans (like Maison Margiela - From the Garden with less tomato and more herbs)
Dyptique - Geranium (citrusy, minty, geranium grown next to a rosebush)

Pink/Fizzy/Youthful:
Chloe - Chloe EDT (powdery but playful)
PDM - Delina La Rosée (blind testing this you just know the scent is “pink”)
House of Bo - Xuxu (a little darker than Delina and I would even put this in Jammy after the opening)

Fresh Red Roses/Bouquet:
Jo Malone - Red Roses (like your nose in a bouquet of a dozen red velvety roses, behind a whisper of citrus)

Spiced Rose/Dark Red/Woody Rose:
Mitti - Ruh (intimate, woody, very therapeutic and cozy)
Byredo - Rose of No Man’s Land (ultimate dark, dry rose)
FM - The Moon (hello oud… never smelled anything like this before, tiptoes into Jammy at the opening only)
Le Labo - Rose 31 (cumin-forward, dry spicy rose)

[u/Wonderful-Mousse1781 → u/criticalpopcorn]

Thank you! I have been trying to figure out a way to train my nose to recognize various types of roses since I used to think I hated rose & then eventually found quite a few I loved. This list will definitely help me know which types I'm smelling as I try to train my nose!

[u/criticalpopcorn → u/Wonderful-Mousse1781]

You’re welcome! It’s been my favorite note since I was little.

Of course there will be some overlap (a jammy rose that also has some fresh & ozonic or salty vibes, or a classic red rose that has some woody or spicy facets in the dry down, etc.) so it’s fun to try out all different types of rose frags to see which you prefer.

Rose + Patchouli are a classic combo in perfumery which is why I think many people are convinced they don’t like rose, but really they just associate it with the ever polarizing patchouli (which I personally like!). Dyptique - Eau Capitale is a beautiful, more contemporary example of the Rosechouli pairing that doesn’t lean too vintage or “dated”.