Tiger Rouge

I looooove this oh man I wore this to work today and it made me happy

Tiger Rouge traces the legend of a fabled red tiger in Chinese lore, one associated with the element of fire. This "red" approach is omnipresent as one draws this perfume to their nose, as cherry and pimento pepper spark the senses. A flash of warmth and tingle of zesty blood orange, then its woody heart is revealed with fragrant oud, cypriol oil and simmering clove. After percolating with a bouquet garni of spice and aromatics, the unfurling trail is one of rose and sweet almond. Tiger Rouge may not be a literal illustration of this revered beast conjured in scent, but rather an echo of its legend... one seen through the hazy, diaphanous filter of time.

A fun spicy woody aromatic scent which reminds you of a cinnamon bomb candy confection. The scent opens with pepper and citruses and moves to a heart of cinnamon, cloves, vetiver and incense before settling into a powdery woody base of a Turkish Delight type of accord, cypriol and slight oud. The slight masculine leaning scent has moderate sillage and good longevity. It is a breezy wear in spite of many notes. Enjoy!

Successful rendition of the spicy/lemony black tea theme with complex notes and an undemanding buttery dry down. If The Noir or Winter Palace have you in a vice you can't escape, this one is worth trying.

Ashek Zubayer's recount of tale about the Rouge Tiger on the Byermia website helped me understand this fragrance better, but it’s not quite love that I feel for it. I do adore the sweet, bright, citrus opening. Sweet citrus in tiger-themed fragrances please me immensely. The kumquat in Zoologist’s Tiger is reminiscent of two glowing orange tiger eyes in the night jungle. Similarly, the blood orange and mandarin of Tiger Rouge is sweet, like hard boiled lemon sherbets and it’s no stretch to visualise the Tiger’s might but also his beauty. I wanted this citrus phase to last longer through the wear, but it faded too fast for my liking, within thirty minutes on my skin. The mid-phase was quite lovely. Soft spices, resins and Chinese oud/cypriol the latter of which is supposed to portray the tiger in captivity. Once rose arrived in the dry down, I was relieved that it was subtle. I don’t know why, but I just don’t seem to like rose in fragrance. A rose by any other name (peony, geranium) would smell as challenging! The addition of mineralic notes in the base (Hormuz inspired) has me stumped. I like it because it’s not what I was expecting. But at the same time, I dislike it... because it’s not what I was expecting. When I think of Middle-Eastern or Middle-Eastern inspired rose/oud fragrances, it’s often sweet and gummy vanillic resins that round off the composition, such as in Cairo by Penhaligon’s. I don’t like that per se, but it “fits”. Tiger Rouge’s mineralic notes felt too cold to match the rebirth described by Byermia. Maybe more like the rains before the rebirth? I wore it side by side with Zoologist’s Olm (the coolest, most mineralic fragrance I have) as a contrast, to help the sweeter base notes in Tiger Rouge stand out to my nose. Yes, there’s some voluptuousness from cherry and almond, but it is a fading roundness and the story ends before I can witness their full blossoming! Maybe that’s part of the charm of Tiger Rouge. I will need to wear it more to comprehend.