"Это идеальная белая роза горячим солнечным днем. Тяжелые свежие головки цветов до горизонта, насколько хватает глаз. Они испускают сильный аромат - еще чуть чуть, и он бы был навязчивым - но аромат прекрасен как раз тем, что запах розы настолько натурален, насколько и просчитан (как картина очень хорошего художника - она прекрасна, и сложно сказать, сколько работы пришлось сделать художнику, чтобы сделать ее настолько реальной)".

"Белая роза прекрасна, восхитительна, непередаваема. Это квинтэссенция всех белых роз - от свежего раскрывающегося бутона до полностью раскрывшей свои лепестки царицы цветов. Перед нами проходит один день из жизни белой розы - вот она и бодряще-росистым утром, и в жаркий полдень, и при томных сумерках... Полное отсутствие маслянистости, душноты и грубоватой прямолинейнoсти, так неприятных мне во многих розовых парфюмах. Эта роза в любой момент своей жизни на коже нежна, благородна и прекрасна".

"The fact is that to any traditional Western sense, these Shiseido fragrances aren't perfumes. To us, they smell as if they're from, well, outer space. You can say (and people do), ''But the Japanese wouldn't produce traditional perfumes.'' But that is completely false. Walk into the Ginza Shiseido store at Namiki Street, go down the white stairs and smell Shiseido's White Rose. It is an absolutely classic scent. If you like Yves Saint Laurent's wonderful Paris, White Rose will take your breath away. It is one of the most astonishingly beautiful perfumes I've ever encountered -- a luxurious, layered, delicate, luminous rose".

"I'd heard so much about Shiseido's White Rose Natural (1954), so I'm elated to finally know what it smells like. I'd been curious about this perfume ever since I read the glowing review by Chandler Burr in the Times, and I have to agree this is one luminous, delicate rose. It's also very well-rounded, soft, and "layered" as Chandler Burr put it, opening with a crisp white alba rose, then shyly revealing jasmine and other florals subtly woven into the balanced composition. Qualitywise, this is right up there with Caron for me. What's more, it's even better on--never astringent or losing the fresh, dewy character till it finishes as legato and with controlled diminuendo as a well-rehearsed and perfectly executed classical orchestral performance. Actually, it's not as stuffy-smelling as I make it sound. It's just a very beautiful, elegant, simple rose soliflore with a little more complexity, depth and charm than your average rose soliflore. Best of all--it's not perfumey or animalic in any way, and lives up to its name.

At first sniff, it reminded me of Floris White Rose which I have in lotion form. Although I doubt the Floris has the same natural white alba rose oil I smell in the Shiseido, I think both are clean and lovely roses that hold back on sweetness in the way Chanel No.22 does: No.22, a Floral Aldehyde with white rose mingling with tuberose and other fragrant, heady flowers, that somehow maintains a cool and collected vibe. While Floris White Rose is sopaier and much more focused on rose, Shiseido's parfum is delicately sweet and has the whisper of jasmine that makes it something like a superlight Jean Patou Joy. Stylistically, it might be closer to Estee Lauder White Linen without aldehydes. What I'd compare it to most of all is Caron Rose parfum, but without peppery notes, lighter and more translucent without any sweet vanillic tones, yet it's still sumptuous, and never, ever watery, but dewy. Something about the base reminds me of the scent of refined (tea ceremony grade) green tea. The sillage is so pretty and if I could, I'd bathe in the stuff. This is the first time in weeks I've wanted to wear something other than Nina for an extended period of time. I also hadn't been in the mood to wear any rose perfume till now. This is the stuff I imagine the Princess of Japan wearing".