Well I'm not familiar with any of your other choices, but Queen of Sweden gets my vote for sheer beauty! I don't remember the fragrance, but I saw one in full bloom at the Huntington Library in San Marino, CA and it was amazing.

Queen of Sweden has the ideal style of blooms I am looking for. I'm not sure how disease resistant it is. I know it's not very fragrant. Does anyone know of a very fragrant rose with a similar bloom? Does anyone have pictures of Queen of Sweden from their own garden?
Kim

I have both Queen of Sweden and St. Cecilia. St. Cecilia is far more fragant. Queen of Sweden wins in terms of black spot resistance for me. St. Ceclia has bigger flowers. Their blooms differ. Queen of Sweden's blooms are more perfect in the sense that the petals are arranged in perfect, overlapping circles. I personally prefer the slightly looser feel of St. Cecilia's petals. Queen of Sweden is a clearer pink whereas St. Cecilia is slightly ivory/pink. If I could just choose one, I would choose St. Cecilia because of the smell and the shape of the blooms.

I hope this helps.
Malcolm

Your combo of criteria favors a different Austin -- Ambridge Rose. Wins rose show "most fragrant rose" awards regularly here, is soft pink to the apricot side, has lots of petals, nicely arranged and will keep in a vase and generates lots of blooms, usually in clusters. And, it's my favorite Austin. I spray, so I can't really tell how disease resistant it would be otherwise. But with spraying it does fine.

Take a look.

Kathy

Here is a link that might be useful: Ambridge rose at HMF

Thanks for you info. I'll go look up Ambridge Rose right now. That one has jumped out at me many times in catalogs, but I don't know much about it. Keep the suggestions coming. They really help.

I've grown FC for about 9 yrs now. It's a very heavy bloomer, classic HT form, very fragrant, and winter hardy. But NOT very BS resistant.

For me Ambridge Rose was a BS magnet, so now she's gone. But if you like the form, Heritage is much better, and has reasonable BS resistance. BS is very difficult around here, my only roses that doesn't seem to get much or any is James Galway and the china's. Heritage: http://www.helpmefind.com/plant/pl.php?n=1888

Difference between AR and Heritage:
Height AR 3'x3 Heritage 6' h x 5' w
Blooms are almost the same.
Heritage is almost thornless.
I'm not sure about the scent on either.

If you have the room, definitely go with Heritage in zone 6.

Again, if you have the room, you might want to try James Galway. He gets about 8'h x 6' wide, he is also nearly thornless. http://www.helpmefind.com/plant/pl.php?n=41146

1. Disease resistance - very resistant
2. Very, very full blooms...80+ petals - full kinda like a pom-pom
3. Color- soft pinks preferred - pink, pink lavender
4. Strong fragrance - I don't know

Souvenir de la Malmaison
http://www.helpmefind.com/plant/pl.php?n=13205.
I bought this early this year from Edmunds. For me, it's been trouble free, and did very well for a first year rose.
It was my third try and swore it would be my last, so I would recommends Edmunds as a source. It seems to fit al of your criteria.
This will be it's first winter, but it should be hardy in our zone.