Roselle

Delina La Rosée is Parfums de Marly's fruitier, rosier take on the house's flagship Delina, opening with bergamot, lychee and tangy rhubarb before settling into a lush Turkish rose and peony heart cut with vanilla, then a soft cashmere wood and vetiver base. It is prized for a rose accord that manages to feel both juicy and refined rather than heavy or old-fashioned. Roselle follows the same structure: the same three top notes, the same rose-peony-vanilla heart, the same cashmere wood and vetiver base. The fruity opening does a fair job of channelling the original's brightness, and the rose reads recognisably in the same family. What is missing is the original's particular softness, the way the real Delina La Rosée blends its rose into something powdery and diffusive rather than a single bold note. Roselle's rose sits a little flatter and more linear by comparison, and the vetiver-cashmere base fades to a light musk well before the original's longer, more textured drydown. Still a reasonable way to test whether the rose-lychee-rhubarb combination suits your taste.