Yardley English Rose Eau de Toilette 50ml Spray Skincare Skip if you prefer florals

Skip if you prefer florals that apologise

Good for oily or combination skin that gets irritable when treated roughly

Three sprays in the morning hold through the day without needing the mid-afternoon top-up — and it layers cleanly under other scents if you're testing something else

damp skin before bed

Massage over damp face

Yardley English Rose Eau de Toilette 50ml Spray Skincare Skip if you prefer floralsRose is the obvious move here damask rose, to be precise but Yardley wraps it in jasmine and a whisper of sandalwood so it lands as green and slightly powdery rather than perfume counter heavy. The kind of rose scent someone's mother wore and actually suited her. Eau de Toilette, 50ml. Two or three sprays from the morning and it settles into skin rather than announcing itself. Reapplies cleanly mid afternoon if you want the lift.