82 community ratings

Rose Water & Vanilla

2010UnisexModern

Votes lean feminine

7.1/ 10

Community score
82 ratings

Jo Malone Rose Water & Vanilla is a sweet, powdery rose scent that suits autumn and winter evenings; it is made as a unisex perfume, though most voters read it as feminine.

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Skunky's take: When coat weather arrives, this bottle comes off the shelf.

How does it perform?

From 72 community ratings, all out of 10.

Longevity

7.9 /10

Holds up through the day and fades gently toward evening.

Sillage

6.8 /10

Leaves a light trail and stays polite in a crowd.

Bottle

7.4 /10

Sits nicely on a shelf.

Value for money

6.3 /10

The price makes you think, so a small size is a smart start.

Blind buy risk

Medium risk

73% of votes are positive, the rest are more reserved.

Notes

They open one after another, from the first spray into the evening.

Top notesfirst 15 minutes

Petitgrain Neroli Rose water

Heart notesfirst few hours

Lokum

Rose

Base noteswhat stays into the evening

Vanilla

Accords

From most dominant to most subtle.

Floral
Sweet
Gourmand
Spicy
Woody
Oriental
Powdery

What does Rose Water & Vanilla smell like?

Longevity is good and sillage moderate, so it stays close rather than filling a room. Most voters pick autumn and winter, with spring third and summer well behind. It leans towards evenings, leisure time and nights out, and is chosen less often for the office.

It opens with petitgrain, neroli and rose water, a light, clean floral start. Lokum and rose in the heart turn it sweeter, with a soft gourmand feel. Vanilla takes over in the base, drying down warm, powdery and faintly spicy and woody.