Burning Rose

Gorgeous deep, dark, sultry, sensuous, spicy, womanly rose. Rich bulgarian rose damascena here brought out to full blooming glory nestled cozily in a plush bed of fiery hot cinnamon, black pepper, and ginger. The patchouli is exquisitely beautiful here; warm, earthy, herby, dense, deep, chewy, minty, menthol-like, and thick, but amazingly and wonderfully clean like a fresh growing patchouli plant; no moldy cheap disgusting stale dying plant graveyard dirt odors here. This is maddeningly fabulous to me on my skin! Smoother and far more silky feminine than Amorem Rose. More effervescent than Rose D'Isparta. Cleaner and more transparently constructed than the other two. Much more sweet and chewy than Amorem Rose owing to the exquisitely deft handling of the Indonesian Patchouli here in tandem with the Myrrh in the base; less dry, a little moist and touchable, but not at all cloying or sticky with an absolutely fabulous soft/smokey resinous drydown. Less sweet than the Rose D'Isparta but fresher in character with the cinnamon/ginger melding much more seamlessly with the rose element than the saffron/rose combo of the other two. The rose note itself is richer and sweeter here. This one is much more........languid and relaxed in feeling. This one melts into the skin and feels like it seduces the nose inwards rather than radiating outwards in spicy aggression like the other two. All three are very dark spicy roses, but this one is definitely the most Yin in character. Amorem Rose is definitely more Yang to me. The Rose D'Isparta falling in between the two. I definitely prefer this one on my skin. I absolutely adore this one. Edit: The bottle really is magnificent, weighty and substantial. The magnetic cap is wonderful too.

Dark, mysterious, sensual and captivating! Burning rose is yet another stellar offering from the CH confidential line and it was a very easy love for me which is saying something since I don't get along with most dark rose centric fragrances. Imagine burning a full beautiful red rose that has been lightly dusted with powdered sugar and some spices. In a few moments, the fire has gone out but rose continues to burn slowly, with glowing ember-y remnants of the fire slowly consuming the petals and caramelizing the sugar, producing the most gorgeous spiced, smoky rose scent. To put it simply, it is a sweet (but not syrupy or jammy) rose but also dark, spiced rose enveloped in a subtle incense-y smokiness. The smoke is not overwhelming as it is in Commodity Velvet, as another reviewer noted, and the rose is not a quite as sweet (but it does get sweeter with wear). Patchouli lends a hint of earthiness to the composition but nothing too loud or obnoxious and serves mainly to ground all the other notes which are superbly blended. No one note is fighting for the spotlight and the end result is my perfect dark rose scent! I thought Elie Saab Essence rose was going to be the one (but it was a disappointment) but Burning Rose is everything I wanted from this scent profile. This leans slightly more feminine in my opinion and the performance is great as is with most fragrances from this line which can, it seems, no do wrong to my nose. Highly recommend getting your nose on this especially, if you love rose in fragrances.

This is one of my favourite dark rose perfumes. It reminds me a lot of MFK Oud Satin Mood, but yet is quite distinct from it too. It has the same enveloping deep red rose and I get oud too even though it isn’t listed. This is probably the wood. However this is paired with a sweet spicy accord, in which the cinnamon is prominent. Rose cinnamon is a great combination, and reminds me a bit of the favours of cinnamon chewing gum that I loved as a child and rose flavoured chocolate (from the rose patchouli combo). Yum. Whilst this is not really a gourmand perfume, there are some foody notes in this oriental. The spicy and sweet notes combine to prevent the perfume from becoming cloying or overbearing. After a few hours the spiciness settles and a smokey note drifts in. I am very glad to say this is not a tobacco note but more like the faint smell of a distant fire. The rose persists until the drydown (about 6 hours) and the perfume settles to become a warm, slightly balsamic and smokey Rose fragrance that lingers on for a few more hours. This is fairly unisex. Sillage moderate. More suited to evening. I wore it in sumner but better for winter.

This is my favorite rose perfume that I have ever smelled. I love rose in perfume, but Burning Rose is everything I have ever wanted from any dark rose perfume I smell. Burning, yes, but not too smoky so it goes sour like in Commodity Velvet. Spicy with cinnamon, yes, but not so spicy you smell like pie, like in Coco. Sweet, dusky, mysterious, captivating, ROSE. It's not too medicinal, too woody, too sugary, too metallic, it's just the perfect balance of deep dark rose that no other perfume achieves. Patchouli is here but this is not a patchouli-rose traditional combo. Turns a little musky and ambery on my skin, the dry down is different from the opening, and becomes something I can't describe, but I just love it. The scent is so me, from top to bottom. It wears so comfortably, never overbearing. My husband bought me a mini some years ago, and I am planning to buy a full bottle when I feel I can justify the price tag. This is a must buy for me, though. I don't think I will ever smell a rose perfume that I like more than this one. Perfection.

Burning Rose is very feminine and gorgeous. This fragrance is along the lines with Lancome Oud Bouquet, Oud Satin Mood, Kayali Sweet Diamond, Nina Ricci L'Extase Rose Absolue and etc, just to give an idea what direction this fragrance is going. It definitely has its own uniqueness and Herrera DNA. Sweet slightly Oudy, spiced and a little powdery rose. Spices are not strong, it wont make you sneeze or anything, its very well blended. Fall/Winter kind of a fragrance. If you like the fragrances I mentioned above, you most likely will like Burning Rose too. I would say this one is the most feminine leaning from the confidential line. Very good date night out kind of a scent. I would also compare it to Nightfall Patchouli because of the rose and patchouli, but of course they are different fragrances, juts one reminds me of another, probably because of that Herrera Confidential DNA. For me its easily one of the favorites from the Confidential line along with Bronze Tonka and Nightfall Patchouli. Very happy I got my hands on it finally.