Book  (1991)  Page(s) 150.  
 
Belle Amour Translation: "Beautiful Love". Alba. Unknown, date uncertain... light orange-pink...

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 43.  Includes photo(s).
 
Alba. Unknown origin, possibly, as suggested by Graham Stuart Thomas, crossed with a Damask (or a China?), distinct in its thorns, and in its scent which contains a strong hint of aniseed.

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 210.  Includes photo(s).
 
Belle Amour [Unclassified Shrub Rose]. A foundling at a convent in Elboeuf, France, 1940s. Probably Alba x Damask. shapely, soft pink, fully double flowers with densely packed petals in the damask style. Foliage coarse and greyish but plentiful. Stems thorny, growth shrubby. Summer flowering only. Tolerant of poorer soil. Suitable for hedging. Very fragrant. Availability limited. 5 x 4'. 1.5 x 1.2m.

Book  (1984)  Page(s) 71-73.  
 
‘Belle Amour’ = Gallicanae – Rosiers blancs. Sans doute Rosa x alba x Rosa damascena. Trouvé en 1950, dans un couvent à Elbeuf, par Miss Lindsay. Hauteur: 2m ou davantage. Fleurs: 7cm de diamètre. Vigoureux, avec des tiges raides, très aiguillonnées, ce rosier, nanti d’un feuillage vert clair, épanouit des fleurs semi-doubles, d’un rose saumon pâle, et d’abord en forme de coupe. Elles exhalent un parfum très épicé que l’on peut comparer à celui de la myrrhe. C’est à cause de ce parfum et aussi d’une certaine ressemblance dans la couleur des fleurs que Graham Stuart Thomas a supposé que les gènes du rosier ‘Splendens’ avaient joué un rôle dans l’apparition de ‘Belle Amour’. Qu’en savons-nous?

Book  (1983)  Page(s) 57.  Includes photo(s).
 
Belle Amour An extremely beautiful rose of doubtful origins; probably a chance seedling found in a French convent garden. Clear medium to soft pink large fragrant semi-double flowers, with prominent yellow stamens. Grows vigorously to 2 metres.

Article (website)  (1982)  Page(s) 10.  
 
Belle Amour​ (Damask/alba Cross)​ Rich yellow stamens framed by cupped petals of coral pink.​ Unusual scent.​ Unknown date.​ (S)​ 5 x 4.

Book  (1977)  Page(s) 78.  
 
The Centenary International Rose Conference.  
Graham Thomas.  Climbing Roses - Old and Modern.
....and the extraordinary ‘Ayreshire Splendens’.  I say extraordinary because this rose has an almost unique fragrance, found to a certain extent in the related R. Ruga, of Myrrh.  Since no true species has this fragrance I conclude it is the product of hybridity, like a new colour.  Strangely it is found in one old rose ‘Belle Amour’, and in the newer ‘Constance Spry’, ‘Pink Chiffon’ and one or two more. 

Book  (1971)  Includes photo(s).
 
p12. Plate 63. Belle Amour

p105, Belle Amour Alba. Pale salmon-pink, summer, 6 ft (1.8m) . Parentage: probably R. x alba x R. x damascena but origin unknown. Found at and introduced from a convent in Germany. Vigorous shrub, up to 6 ft (1.8m). Flowers semi-double, cupped on first opening, pale-salmon pink, strongly scented, with slight acrid spicy scent, which has been compared to myrrh. Flowers in clusters. Mid to late June. Foliage dark grey-green.

Website/Catalog  (1969)  Page(s) 44.  
 
1969-1970 catalogue.
Belle Amour Has a very warm colour for an alba, almost salmon-pink; double cupped flowers in clusters, in a mass of bloom. 5 ft. Highly recommended.

Website/Catalog  (1967)  Page(s) 8.  
 
Rosa alba and hybrids ...Belle Amour (seedling found in the cloister garden in Elboeuf; to be classed between R. alba and R. damascena). Pink, semi-double, fragrant.