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'Eyes for You ®' rose Reviews & Comments
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Does this have any fragrance? I noticed that the Japanese nursery offering this lists it as medium fragrance, but I think this would be unusual for a persica/hulthema hybrid.
Thank you!
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Yes, it does have a medium rose fragrance, expecially in the first day of opening. It comes from the pther parent, a lilac-mauve rose. It's not a strong scent but it's nice.
You can buy it also from Rose Barni, Italy.
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#2 of 11 posted
20 DEC 12 by
Hamanasu
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To my nose this rose has a variable fragrance: on its 'worst' days it smells of cloves (like the dried spice, rather than dianthus) or even pomanders; on its best days the scent is like rich sour cherry sauce (the kind you would find on ice creams)! The sour cherry scent is absolutely delicious and unlike anything I have ever smelt in a flower, let alone a rose - but it is not consistently there.
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In my climate (Los Angeles, CA) and to my nose, Eyes for You has a medium to strong scent. It have quite a bit of the scent of Blue for You, one of its parents. There is a very strong, over-ripe apple scent quality to the flower. As it ages, it takes on a spicy element with the strong apple scent. I've been extremely pleased and impressed with the health, beauty and scent of this rose!
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#4 of 11 posted
22 DEC 12 by
Hamanasu
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Kim, it's interesting for you the scent is like apples and for me like sour cherries. I think I can relate to the ripe apple idea to an extent. I have seen the rose marketed as smelling of lemons, yet I detect no lemon notes in the scent at all! The first flush of blooms was the most beautiful for me - later flushes produced smaller flowers with more pinkish/mauvish tones. Still a great rose, enough to deserve a place in my otherwise pre-1950 (small) rose collection!
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In cooler, more humid, coastal Ventura County, I think the sweetness of the scent could be like the apples in a home-made apple pie -- with a crisp, spicey edge.
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#6 of 11 posted
16 AUG 13 by
Hamanasu
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Interesting! This year we have had an unsually warm summer (by English standards) and the scent has been distinctly more citrus-like for me (in previous years, my nose had missed the supposedly lemony scent of this rose entirely). Comparing notes on scents is fun - but I have learnt that even to my own nose the same rose can smell quite different at different times of the day, let alone in different seasons!
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Interesting, but also very logical. There are numerous chemicals which comprise each scent. Each has various components which oxidize and evaporate at different temperatures and levels of light. There is also a nutrient level component (just as there is with color) which can vary greatly from one plant to the next as well as how the pH of the soil can cause nutrient levels to vary. As variable as organic scents can be, and with as many factors which can force them to vary, it amazes me any two people, in two different places, at differing times can actually smell anything resembling what the other person perceived! But, yes, this rose has a tremendous scent, no matter which elements it decides to provide you when you sniff it.
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#9 of 11 posted
30 JUL 15 by
styrax
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The petals dropped enroute, but the box "stank up" the whole basement! Like cheap perry at first, but a strong, complex clove overtone, especially after a while. Strangely addicting...
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The whole rose is somewhat addicting!
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#11 of 11 posted
30 AUG 15 by
styrax
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I hope so! The cuttings rooted
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