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Our Felice arrived in a FedEx box (Ode ships next-day outside its six same-day cities), exactly like its listing photo but tired from the trip: wilting alstroemeria, browned rose petal tips, and a few broken blooms. It cost $102.40 delivered (paid October 13, 2026), the third-highest total of our twelve 2026 orders. Below: our day-1 to day-7 photos, the receipt, and Ode's sign-up offer.
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Our Ode à la Rose Order: Key Takeaways
Our Score
4.2of 5
Recommended
It matched its listing photo but arrived tired from the box.
Earlier orders: 4.7 (2022), 4.5 (2021), before the 2026 criteria
Our Order Highlights
Identical to the listing photo
Every listed flower, no substitutions
Modern, high-end design and packaging
Delivered in the window, by FedEx
What to Watch For
Wilting and browned petals on arrival
The third-highest total of our 2026 orders
Looked tired from day 4
Our Order, Start to Finish
We ordered the 20-stem Felice bouquet on October 13, 2026. Briana Yablonski received and photographed it in Tennessee when FedEx delivered it on October 15. The story runs from the product listing to day 7 of vase life.
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October 13, 2026
Step 1: What We Ordered
The listing photo · Ode à la Rose, its photo of the 20-stem size
Felice, 20 stems, $86.00 list
Second on its best-sellers page
The best-seller card opens the 36 stems, $170
What the Listing Promised
White and pink roses
Pink alstroemeria and lisianthus
Veronica and eucalyptus
Raffia-tied, stems cut to 15 inches
Flower food and care instructions
The vase pictured: not included
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October 13, 2026
Step 2: Checkout With a Sign-Up Code
Our checkout, 10% sign-up code applied · Petal Republic (screenshot, city, ZIP code and code removed)
10% off with the sign-up email code
$25.00 delivery, not discounted
One slot offered: 9am to 7pm
$102.40 charged, no sales tax
3
October 15, 2026, 11:30 AM
Step 3: Delivered
The box, as deliveredThe box, opened
By FedEx, in the promised window
Condition on arrival: 3 of 5
A moist cloth around the stems
Most buds just beginning to open
The bouquet’s packaging and color palette were modern and high-end, but the flowers looked like they spent a day in a box.
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October 15, 2026
Step 4: Against the Listing
The listing photoDay 1, on arrivalFrom above
Briana scored the photo match 5 of 5
Every listed flower, no swaps
Stems stripped, free of thorns
Rose petal tips browned on arrival
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October 15, 2026
Step 5: Day 1, Close Up
Day 1, close upThe wilted alstroemeria
Alstroemeria wilting on arrival
Browned edges on the rose petals
Alstroemeria was wilting; rose petal tips were browning
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Photographed on days 1, 3, 5 and 7
Step 6: Vase Life, Day by Day
Day 1
October 15, 2026
Day 3
October 17, 2026
The alstroemeria recovered
Outer rose petals browning
Alstroemeria perked back up; outer rose petals were browning
Day 5
October 19, 2026
Tired from day 4: the rose tips, not the alstroemeria
The alstroemeria at its best
The alstroemeria opened up and looked great; the rose petal tips were continuing to brown
Day 7
October 21, 2026
Rose tips brown, the bouquet still full
Rose petal tips continued to brown
4.2of 5
Briana’s Ode à la Rose Scorecard
Recommended Petal Tested
Average of 9 criteria, each out of 5, equal weight.
On-time delivery
5/5
“FedEx delivered the flowers in a box at 11:30am.”
Freshness on arrival
3/5
“A little tired, the flowers looked like they’d spent a day in a box and were ready for a drink.”
Floral design
5/5
“The bouquet’s packaging and color palette were modern and high-end”
Matched the photo
5/5
“The bouquet was identical to the one pictured online, with a modern and high-end feel.”
Substitutions
5/5
“The flowers received matched precisely what was in the description.”
Flower health and care
3/5
“A few rose blooms had popped off the stem, the alstroemeria was wilting, and a few of the roses had brown petal tips.”
Longevity
3/5
“Some of the flowers were broken or wilted upon arrival, but the wilted blooms perked back up by the next day. The flowers looked good overall as they sat, but some roses quickly browned and didn’t open well.”
Presentation and packaging
4.5/5
“Chic packaging and presentation throughout - this genuinely felt like a premium flower delivery service.”
Value for money
4/5
Scored by us
$102.40 delivered, about $8 more than our typical order
No vase included
The third-highest total of our 2026 orders
Shipped overnight by FedEx
Identical to its listing photo
Worth it, at the price we paid?
Yes
Petal TestedRecommended4.2 of 5
Yes - if you’re looking for a high-end bouquet with a French twist. The flowers received for this particular order weren’t quite as fresh as previous orders which were some of my highest rated arrangements received.
Our Verdict on Ode à la Rose
Our bar: match its listing, arrive in the window, fresh, and last a week. It cleared the first two and missed the others. At $102.40, paid October 13, 2026, it is our third-highest total of twelve 2026 orders, 8.9 percent above the $93.99 median. Value scored 4, average 4.2, Recommended. Briana's November 2021 order came by FedEx a day late, in better condition, and scored 4.5; Andrew Gaumond's October 5, 2022 New York bouquet scored 4.7, our highest for Ode à la Rose, both before the 2026 criteria. It suits a sender who wants the photo-matched bouquet in a gift-ready box, but not one who needs a week of freshness or low delivered total.
Before You Order
Will it arrive on time?
Yes, by FedEx in the window
Delivered October 15 at 11:30 AM, in the 9am to 7pm slot · on-time delivery 5 of 5
Will it match the photo?
Yes, identical to the listing
Every flower in the listing’s list, no swaps · matched the photo 5 of 5
Will it arrive fresh?
Not quite: a day in a box shows
Wilting alstroemeria and browned rose tips on arrival · freshness 3 of 5
How long will it last?
Presentable to day 3, tired from day 4
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PresentableTired
Rose tips browning from day 1; alstroemeria at its best on day 5 · longevity 3 of 5
Is it good value?
Pricier: our third-highest total
$102.40, ours$93.99 median
$102.40 delivered, 8.9% above our $93.99 median · value 4 of 5
What comes with it?
Flower food and a care card
Flower food, included
Care card, included
Wet wrap around the stems, included
Stems stripped of thorns, included
Vase, not included
Stems in a wet wrap; vases are extra, from $15
Order It If
You want the bouquet in the photo
You want a modern, high-end look
You have a vase, or will add one
The unboxing matters as much as the flowers
Look Elsewhere If
You need it to look fresh for a week
You want a vase in the price
You want a low delivered total
You want a florist to hand-deliver it
Head to Head With ProFlowers
I would rather receive the Ode à la Rose bouquet, purely based off my individual tastes. The ProFlowers bouquet looked fresher and lasted longer, but the Ode a la Rose roses had a more appealing look and felt more premium.
Felice lists at $86.00 for 20 stems, $128.00 for 28, and $170.00 for 36 (all read October 25, 2026), and we bought the 20. The 10 percent sign-up code took 10 percent off the bouquet only, leaving $77.40. The $25.00 delivery fee on October 13, 2026 was not discounted and matched the same-day fee our New York cart paid on September 23, 2026. No sales tax was charged.
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Amount
Note
List price
$86.00
Felice, 20 stems, the smallest size
10% sign-up code
−$8.60
From Ode’s newsletter email; personal, not printed
Delivery
$25.00
Not discounted; next-day by FedEx
Sales tax
$0.00
None charged
Delivered
$102.40
What we paid
Without the sign-up code, the bouquet line is $86.00. No vase: Felice offers 12 as add-ons, from a $15.00 glass vase to a $128.00 Franca x Ode porcelain vase (read October 25, 2026).
BIENVENUE202510% off the bouquet, typed at checkoutcart-tested October 25, 2026
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Ode à la Rose delivers same-day by its own couriers only in six cities, each with its own cut-offs by delivery window (read September 23 to 27, 2026). Everywhere else in the contiguous US it ships next-day by overnight box.
City cut-offs checked September 23, 2026 to September 27, 2026 on Ode’s city pages; the nationwide box October 25, 2026.
Where
Order By
Checked
Everywhere else
No same-day: next-day in an overnight box (not Alaska or Hawaii)
October 25, 2026
Our order, to Tennessee
Next-day by FedEx; one slot offered, 9am to 7pm
Our paid order, October 13, 2026
New York (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens)
10am for delivery by 1pm; 2pm for 5pm; 5pm for 9pm; Sunday by noon
September 23, 2026
Chicago
Weekdays noon for 9am to 1pm; 2:30pm for 1 to 5pm; 4pm for 5 to 9pm; weekends 2:30pm
September 27, 2026
Los Angeles
2pm for 9am to 5pm; 4pm for 5 to 9pm; Monday to Saturday
September 27, 2026
Washington DC
3pm, Monday to Friday, for 11am to 7pm; no weekend same-day
September 27, 2026
Austin
Weekdays noon for the morning; 4pm for 1 to 9pm; Saturday 2:30pm; no Sunday
September 27, 2026
Miami
Weekdays 10am for 9am to 1pm; 3pm for 1 to 5pm; 4pm for 5 to 9pm; Saturday 3pm; no Sunday
September 27, 2026
Every Photo We Took
22 photographs and our receipt, from 3 orders, each dated and credited.
4 of the 2026 photographs are as shot; the rest are corrected for brightness and white balance across the whole frame. Nothing retouched, added or removed; the originals are archived.
Day 1, on arrivalOctober 15, 2026 · Briana Yablonski
From aboveOctober 15, 2026 · Briana Yablonski
With a hand for scaleOctober 15, 2026 · Briana Yablonski
Day 1, close upOctober 15, 2026 · Briana Yablonski
The wilted alstroemeriaOctober 15, 2026 · Briana Yablonski
The box, as deliveredOctober 15, 2026 · Briana Yablonski
The box, openedOctober 15, 2026 · Briana Yablonski
Out of the boxOctober 15, 2026 · Briana Yablonski
UnwrappedOctober 15, 2026 · Briana Yablonski
Care card and flower foodOctober 15, 2026 · Briana Yablonski
Day 3October 17, 2026 · Briana Yablonski
Day 5October 19, 2026 · Briana Yablonski
Day 7October 21, 2026 · Briana Yablonski
Day 7, close upOctober 21, 2026 · Briana Yablonski
$98 and $128 charged; which bouquet was which not recorded
Score
4.5 / 5Recommended; the order’s score, before the 2026 criteria
Briana’s 2021 Findings
Overall. “Overall, I was impressed with the quality of the Ode à la Rose arrangements. From the moment I began unpacking the box, I could tell a lot of thought and care went into these bouquets — no cheap packaging or outdated flowers here!”
On-time delivery. “Arrived via FedEx a day late but still within two days.”
Vase life. “The flowers looked great on days two and three and lasted for a few more days afterward. The only disappointing thing about both the bouquets was the slight brown edges on a few of the outside petals.”
Sets each round’s median from our orders ($93.99 in 2026)
Reviews every scorecard, note and photo
Checks receipts, fees and codes in our own carts
Prices every best seller (20 here) and compares 13 services
Scores value for money from the order data
Edits each page and signs it off before it publishes
Cheapest Bouquets to Order at Ode à la Rose
Best sellers show Ode's smallest-size list price, less 10% with code BIENVENUE2025 (cart-tested October 25, 2026), plus our $25.00 delivery fee (October 13, 2026), captured September 16, 2026.
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Prices before delivery; the fee is the $25.00 our order paid. Cheapest delivered first.
What each service is known for, what its best sellers cost before delivery, the delivery fee as our carts paid it, or as published where no cart has been run, weekday same-day cut-off and the best working code for each service we have tested.
Fees last paid in a cart October 25, 2026. Every fee below is drawn on one scale from $0.00, with the bar for $35.00 running the full width.
Ode à la Rose
French floristry
No. 1 best seller: Ombeline
You’re reading this review
Best sellers
$82.00 to $250.00before delivery; 20 best sellers, captured September 16, 2026, with BIENVENUE2025
Delivery fee
$25.002 carts, a Tennessee address and ZIP 10001
Same-day cut-off
By city, six citiessame-day by courier; boxed next-day elsewhere
Orders placed November 2021, October 2022 and October 2026. City cut-offs checked September 23, 2026 to September 27, 2026. Best sellers captured September 16, 2026; sizes and prices rechecked October 25, 2026.
Is Ode à la Rose Legit?
Yes, Ode à la Rose is legit. We placed a paid order for the 20-stem Felice on October 13, 2026, and Briana Yablonski received it by FedEx on the promised day with the flowers the listing named.
Briana Yablonski, who received our October 2026 order: “Yes. The flowers were beautiful, even with their imperfections.”
Does Ode à la Rose Deliver by Hand or Ship?
Ode à la Rose delivers same-day by its own couriers only in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Austin and Miami. Everywhere else in the contiguous US it ships next-day in an overnight box, and our Tennessee order came by FedEx.
Does Ode à la Rose Deliver on Time?
On our October 2026 order, yes: FedEx delivered at 11:30 AM on the day we chose, inside the 9am to 7pm slot. November 2021: “Arrived via FedEx a day late but still within two days.”
Ode à la Rose delivers same-day by its own couriers only in six cities, each with its own cut-offs by delivery window (read September 23 to 27, 2026). Everywhere else in the contiguous US it ships next-day by overnight box.
What Is the Ode à la Rose Delivery Fee?
Our October 2026 order paid $25.00 delivery for a next-day box, and no sales tax was charged.
Across our 2 Ode à la Rose carts (September 23, 2026 to October 13, 2026), the delivery fee was $25.00, same-day in New York and next-day to Tennessee: observed, not a national rate.
Does an Ode à la Rose Bouquet Come With a Vase?
No. The vase in the product photo is not included. The Felice listing offers 12 add-on vases, from a $15.00 glass vase to a $128.00 Franca x Ode porcelain vase (read October 25, 2026).
Is There an Ode à la Rose Discount Code?
Yes: BIENVENUE2025 took 10% off a Felice bouquet in our cart on October 25, 2026, typed at checkout; delivery was not discounted.
A 10 percent code from Ode's newsletter sign-up email took $8.60 off our bouquet on October 13, 2026. The code is personal to each subscriber, and the delivery fee was not discounted.
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