Roses without perfume. These are really quite beautiful and worth growing for their beauty alone, but sadly little perfume if any. The trade off is that roses for some time have been bred to increase the vase life of the flower. In particular commercially grown roses will have little perfume but can last for weeks. The plant will use much more energy in creating the perfume and if the perfume feature is less dominant the rose will channel energy into the health qualities of the plant.