NEW FRAGRANCE REVIEW A Dozen Roses Electron + Rose Draw

When I heard the fourth fragrance by A Dozen Roses was called Electron the Science Geek Perfumista (No that’s not redundant) that I am got excited. One of the reasons for that was I had always seen the old diagram of electrons orbiting a nucleus as a flower. Perhaps more daisy than rose but I thought the creative people behind A Dozen Roses might have the same quirky point of view. Alas it turns out there is a rose called an Electron and it is the inspiration for this fourth entry from A Dozen Roses.

The Electron Rose has a brilliant pink aspect to it and it is said the sap also carries a subtle fragrance. The Electron Rose is a hybrid tea rose. The idea of Electron the fragrance is to capture the vibrancy of this almost neon colored rose. This is done by taking a very spirited rose accord and making a fragrant hybrid with green tea. A perfumed tea rose if you will. They mention in the press release they want Electron to be an “electrifying rose” and Electron definitely is an energetic rose.

Electron opens with a lighter rose accord along with the green tea which turns out to be an especially shrewd choice. The pink rose accord would have been too shrill on its own. The green tea has the effect of grounding that high note and turning the early part of Electron much more interesting than I expected it to be. The pink rose persists into the heart where another inspired choice awaits in violet leaf. Violet leaf adds in a unique green quality to the rose. As the heart develops the rose deepens as the rose absolute slowly but surely pushes the pink rose to the side. Electron ends with the ubiquitous white musk which I think is a good choice but I know there are many who find it off-putting. If you are one of those the finish of Electron will be disappointing for you. I like white musk when used well and I think it is used well in Electron.

Electron has above average longevity and average sillage.

While I was disappointed that Electron wasn’t my science geek vision the reality was still pretty interesting and I like it the best of the four A Dozen Roses fragrances. I think it will be an excellent rose fragrance for the spring.

Disclosure: This review was based on a sample provided by A Dozen Roses.

Thanks to A Dozen Roses we have a sample of Electron to giveaway. To be eligible leave a comment naming your favorite rose. We will draw one winner on March 2, 2012 via random.org.

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–Mark Behnke, Managing Editor

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31 comments

  • Flora says:

    I collect the David Austin English roses, and one of the best is Saint Cecilia, a pale blush pink with the most fantastic myrrh fragrance you can imagine!

    Please enter me I would love to try this rose scent, it sounds wonderful!

  • MariaA says:

    I wanted to try the first three of the series but the fourth perfume sounds the best of them all. My favorite rose is a deep red one that blooms in our garden and has the deepest and most intoxicating smell- don’t know its name though!

  • AromaX says:

    Rose and tea instead of a tea rose? Sounds interesting. To me it’s difficult to choose. I love both of Luten’s roses as well as Eau Sauve by perfumes d’Empire as well as a strange gothic Opone by Ditpyque. But at the moment… let Une Rose by Frederic Malle be the favorite one at the moment.

  • Dawn says:

    The roses that bloomed at my Grandmother’s house which was built in the 1900’s. Would love to try this new scent from A Dozen Roses.

  • Victoria Casey says:

    I love the wild rose. It smells great, makes lots of tasty rose hips & will grow anywhere. I even have a tattoo of one.

  • Gypsy Parfumista says:

    I don’t know a lot about names and types of roses (other than tea, Damask, Taif and centifolia) but personally I like the hybrid purple type. Scent seems to suffer from this hybridization; but the color of a light lilac colored rose is (to me) breathtaking.

    I have Gold Rush by A Dozen Roses and, for me, that is gonna be a tough act to follow! *giggles* Thanks for the chance to try Electron!

    Hang in there Mark, I’m sure that someone somewhere will do a science geek perfume…one of these days! 😀

  • mim says:

    I like the idea of a myrrh rose, mentioned above, and of musk roses, but haven’t experienced these. I really like this bush of little, very pale pink, very fragrant roses growing in a neighbor’s garden. They might be ‘cabbage roses’ because of their shape. I also really like this one pink rose from a bouquet given to my family–it grew new tiny leaves and is still bright and blooming nearly a month in its vase.

  • Holly F. says:

    My favorite roses grew in my mom-mom’s yard. I don’t know the name, but she tended to them meticulously and they were deep red and fragrant. My grandmother and roses are intertwined in my mind so I always associate the flower with her.

  • Isa says:

    My favorite rose is Rose Damascena, not just because it smells great. It’s beautiful too.
    Another rose I like a lot is the one with orange petals. I don’t think it has any fragrance, but they are lovely.

  • Ellen Covey says:

    I don’t really have “favorites”, but I really like the light “blue” rose that grows in my garden and smells like rose-almond candy. Whatever variety it is, the light blue-lavender is its natural color and it’s not some scary transgenic hybrid mutant like the ones you see if you Google “blue rose”. I think it’s actually an old, heirloom variety, which is why it smells so good.

  • SueK says:

    Love old moss roses, the kind that grow in the yard of Victorian home that a great great great grandmother planted long ago.

  • Maureen says:

    I love all roses, but tea roses are so darn pretty, and red roses are so romantic, but so fleeting is the fragrance…first day iafter cutting is the best.

  • Maureen says:

    I love all roses, but tea roses are so pretty, and red roses so romantic, but the fragrance is so fleeting…after cutting the first day is the best.