Review Tea Rose Perfume, by Perfumers Workshop

It is very rare for me to come across a scent that actually grabs me by the throat, and chokes me out to the point where I want to just crawl out of my own skin, just to get away from it.

Perfumers Workshop however came up with just that scent. They called it Tea Rose.

Now before getting into why I hate this scent so much, I want to take a trip down memory lane. As a teenager my mom used to drive my cousin and I to work on the weekends. One fine Saturday morning she hopped into the car smelling like musty, moldy, rotting flowers.

I did not want to offend her, so I just reeled down my window a little bit, and dealt with it.

The following day though, she had it on again. This went on for about 3 consecutive weekends until my mother finally asked her why she stunk so bad. She couldn't figure it out, she swore she didn't have any perfume on, but as she pondered the smell, she pulled out a small glass vile of rose oil. It turned out she had been applying it daily, but was under the impression that it smelled fantastic.

I guess what smells good to one, gags another. However we won this round, as it was 2 against 1. The rose oil stunk.

When my mother brought out a bottle of Tea Rose this week, she first made me think about the ghastly scent that my cousin once wore. I did not even have to think hard and long about it. Immediately the wretched old lady moldy rose scent began to tickle my brain cells, so much so, that I could practically smell it, just by thinking about it.

After I had the note in my head, she sprayed one quick shot of Tea Rose Perfume.

Immediately all of those memories came back to me like a train, crashing into my senses. The rose was strong; choke you out strong. There is a note of refreshing tea in there as well, but you will only recognize it, if your able to stomach the overbearing stink of rose oil.

I hated it, but because it brought back such a funny memory of my cousin, and her moldy rose stink, I liked it. However unless you have a similar stinky rose oil memory, I can't see you enjoying this one. If you do, please think about the people around you who will have to smell this god awful stuff. Oh that and it has a really distinct funeral parlor scent to it. But hey, the choice is yours.