Fragonard · 1998
Rose de Mai EDT
Longevity
Long-lasting5-8 hours
Projection
CloseArm's length
Polarising
Mixed
fresh
uplifting
skin-close
fresh rose garden with dewy green flowers
Scent Notes
Floral
Base
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Snapshot
The full profile.
About This Perfume
Fragonard Rose de Mai comes across as fresh rose garden with dewy green flowers. It opens with rose absolute, gardenia and violet, moves into lily of the valley, jasmine and ylang-ylang and settles on blackcurrant leaf. It leans feminine, though anyone can wear it.
This eau de toilette is best in spring and summer and is a daytime scent. It suits the office. Released in 1998.
In the community's experience it lasts a solid half day on skin, and projects to about arm's length.
Is it right for you?
- Best for: anyone after something fresh and uplifting for the office.
- Sample first if: floral is new territory for you.
- Skip if: you dislike fresh fragrances.
Around $109.
Explore more: More from Fragonard · Fresh perfumes · Gardenia perfumes · Violet perfumes
Concentration
EDT
Occasion
Office
Projection
Close
Gender lean
Leans feminine
The verdict
Best for
Best for
- Office
The Brand
Fragonard
Fragonard is a Grasse-based perfumery founded in 1926 and named after the 18th-century painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard, whose family was from Grasse. The house still runs a working perfumery museum on-site. Across 50 Fragonard perfumes, the price spread is about $49 to $180. Mentions are highest for Fragonard Jasmin Perle de Thé, followed by Fragonard Belle d'Amour and Fragonard L'Air de Grasse.
A closer look at the picks
For Fragonard Jasmin Perle de Thé (Eau de Parfum, 2026), expect sunlit jasmine tea and soft powdery woods: bergamot and lemon up top, guaiac wood, white musk and cedar underneath. Fragonard Belle d'Amour (2024) comes across as fresh green rose petals with sweet bergamot, with angelica and bergamot at the start and vanilla, cedar and amber at the base. Fragonard L'Air de Grasse (Eau de Toilette, 2026) reads as citrus-sweet roses, powdery and fresh, opening on mandarin orange and drying down to patchouli and iris.
The Scendira brands page has every house, and floral perfumes are the nearest families to the picks above.
More from Fragonard
FAQ
Common questions.
It smells like fresh rose garden with dewy green flowers. It opens with rose absolute, gardenia and violet, moves into lily of the valley, jasmine and ylang-ylang and settles on blackcurrant leaf.
In the community's experience it lasts a solid half day on skin, and projects to about arm's length.
It is best in spring and summer. It is a daytime scent. It suits the office.
It leans feminine, though anyone can wear it.
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