I find it extremely difficult to reliably find roses for sale that actually smell like anything at all.
The problem is apparently that some enzyme that makes scent also tends to break down the flower. So, the "lifetime" of a cut rose is inversely dependent upon the volume of scent.
And, since everything is shipped around the world from the absolute lowest cost area, "lifetime" becomes the only goal with everything else being secondary.
Thus, we have roses with no scent.
I find that scents don't last too long, but I think this is to be expected. On my property most of the scent from roses is produced in the first week's bloom before dissipating.
I have a 'Honey Perfume' that smells nice, but most of the other varieties I have only have very faint scents.
[0] https://www.promessedefleurs.com/rosiers/rosiers-parfumes.ht...
I do smell perfume from certain roses trees as well as does my GF and the roses gardener in this beautiful place [0]. Don’t think smelling roses perfume is a rare condition. Also you probably already know that food additives and ambiance perfumes smells roses like a banana candy taste banana.
I wish you success in your search.
[0] https://albert-kahn.hauts-de-seine.fr/en/collections/present...
I have bought almost every kind of varietal I can lay my hands on in an attempt to find roses with scent for my wife's birthday for 20+ years now. When I started doing this, it was easy to find varietals with scent--some of them would pump the whole house full of it they were so strong. In the last 5 years, even if I buy a scattering of varietals (generally I will buy 4-6 dozens in an attempt to find one), I have come up empty twice.
If, however, I go to something like the Del Mar fair and examine the roses which are called "fragrant", they actually are.
I'll leave the conclusions to you.