Rouge Smoking

A DARK AND SWEET CRIMSON CHERRY [short review] Before my first spray of this fragrance, I assumed I would not like it because it had cherry in it. Funny, isn't it? Because, to me, almost every cherry scent smells somehow artificial, sweet, fruity and sticky. That applies at least to the majority of cherry scents I've tried so far. That's also why I don't care much for Tom Ford's Lost Cherry (but I do love his smoked cherry fragrance). For me, Rouge Smoking is in the "love it or hate it" category, unlike BDK Gris Charnel, which everyone loves. The amazing thing about this scent is that it smells smoky, even though there's no incense or tobacco in it... I think it's the cashmeran and ambroxan notes that do the trick. The cherry is, of course, the star of the show but it is so skilfully interwoven with the balsamic labdanum and the tonka bean that it simply smells delicious on mY skins, although In a near subtle way. Towards the end, about four hours After the opening, the scent becomes slightly powdery and vanillic besides getting close to the skin. Unfortunately the sillage is not as powerful as I would like it to be. The fragrance itself lasts for six or seven hours. Well, It's just a matter of having a decanter and re-spraying a few puffs when you are Faro away from the bottle. MY OPINION: Great scent! I have to revise my expectations of cherry scents... And yes, it's an expensive choice, as all BDKs are quite expensive. For the current prices (about 300 € for the 100 ml flask) the perfume should have more performance. Don't buy it blindly. MUSIC: "Tales From Topographic Ocean" by YES (published in: https://www.facebook.com/groups/733041855168347)

Rouge Smoking is a man-magnet in a bottle. From the very first spray, it wraps you in this warm, vanilla cherry haze that feels playful and seductive without ever trying too hard. There’s nothing loud, nothing sharp, nothing cloying it just purrs on the skin and invites people closer. The opening is slightly sparkling and cherry cola, sweet but elegant, never juvenile. Then it melts into this cashmere cloud of smoky vanilla that is straight up addictive. Men lean in. They comment. They notice. This is the perfect cold-weather fragrance: • cozy • sensual • feminine • inviting It’s not “perfume store loud.” It’s skin scent sexy like warm skin and soft sweater and a hint of cherry lipstick. What makes it a compliment getter? Because it smells like a woman he wants to touch. Not a teenager. Not his grandma’s floral perfume. Not a gourmand cupcake. It’s grown up and sensual, with a little mystery and a lot of comfort. Every time it dries down, it gets creamier, smoother, warmer. The kind of scent someone smells on your neck and they just... stay there. I wore it to a work event and 4 people said I smelled delicious. For context ... no other fragrance I have worn (I have hundreds) has gotten this kind of reaction. Maybe it was my personality that day, maybe it was the Rouge Smoking ...

What a beautiful scent. Like actually SO beautiful, it’s a sweet almond seductive fragrance. I’ve blind bought 95% of my fragrances a lot of the time if they’re nice but meh, They’re just nice and nothing more. This is one of the very few blind buys I’ve actually fell in love with upon the first spray. I just got it today and upon first spray it’s even nicer then what I anticipated. It’s so beautiful. The only thing I see this fragrance potentially falling off might be the projection and silage . I feel already it’s kinda faint but I haven’t given a full wearing. But scent wise this is gorgeous and SO much better than what I anticipated. I hope the new extrait goes even deeper in this DNA because this was such a Win for me. Absolutely lovely cherry, almond and powdery scent. Perfectly unisex for a guy or a girl. I’ll be definitely wearing this a lot more often this winter it’s my style of fragrance. I know I’m gonna run through this quick tho these type of scent I run through quick from how much I overspray lol. I’m gonna need a backup bottle quick.

Tried this once last winter. Didn’t speak to me initially so it took a backseat for months as I turned my attention to the hundreds of other samples I’ve accumulated. Giving it another go today, I was instantly reminded of why it wasn’t a love at first sniff: it smells like root beer on me. I love root beer. A&W, in a glass, as an occasional treat. But then after only about ten minutes, the root beer dissipated and it began to smell like soft, semi-sweet, faintly powdery, ambery, raspberry-vanilla jasmine incense on my skin. Looking up the notes, I think a combination of cherry, heliotrope, vanilla, cashmere, and labdanum may be what it’s giving me. I do get cherry, now that I know it’s there. But it’s subdued, and unique. Set apart from the plethora of run of the mill, front and center, hyped-up cherry forward frags. And I do see the comparison to Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille, especially in the far dry down - but much prefer Rouge Smoking. It's so good. Warm, enveloping, perfectly musky. Intoxicating sensuousness.

Rouge Smoking’s opening reminds me of a cherry cola that is just about to go flat. When the heart takes over a powdery sweetness blooms on my skin. The cherry lasts a long time, but she is not the star. This is more of a vanilla forward scent than a cherry one. I do not pick up anything smoky or medical, and if you usually hate cherry, I still think this is worth testing. The Ambroxan and labdanum are very tame and do not take over the scent. I really love this. I imagine a soft, feminine woman with a quiet confidence wearing this. She is sensual and mysterious and does not need your attention. Rouge Smoking is addicting and sexy but not overtly so, I felt just as comfortable wearing this at work as I did on a night out. 9/10 scent for me. This is intimate wearing and I wish is lasted longer, I consistently get five hours of wear before I have to top off. For layering suggestions try: 7 Virtues Cherry Ambition to amp up the fruitiness or Michela Mezzetti’s Lick Me to smell like a vanilla cherry ice cream float.