Oud & Rose

This is a yin yang fragrance. On one side you have a beautiful rose note that is fresh, jammy, realistic and deeply floral. On the other side is the oud which is musky, dirty, and animalic verging on being fecal. They compliment each other perfectly as you need something dirty to off set the clean, just as you need something ugly to counter the beauty. If you spray too much or inhale too deeply right after spraying, you may hate this. This is a pure parfum and the complexity of the notes might smack you right between the eyes. This is created to get gentle whiffs from a proper distance. If applied correctly in the right environment, this becomes a masterpiece. I find this fragrance gorgeous and classy in a way that only Cartier can create. I can understand the $400 price point because it smells like a million dollars. I find this both masculine and feminine, as it's all in the way you want to interpret it. In spite of the costs this will always be in my collection, It's that good.

The rose is the undisputed queen of floral creations, symbol of feminine perfumery par excellence: in this magnificent fragrance it plays ambiguously with genders, fuses floral femininity and masculinity with the sensuality of the purest and most refined Oud. A very pure, clear, inebriating, magnetic, irresistible rose, immersed in dark and very deep warm notes of precious agar wood/oud. Sensual, irresistible impact that totally overwhelms the senses. Temporal olfactory evolution the magnificence of the rose remains magically unchanged, enveloped by this enigmatic oriental cloud. Fragrance that masterfully evokes the most classic oriental atmospheres

Truly delightful. Rich, deep, bordering on delicious. Dark, fruity rose; musky oud; dry, spicy earthy, green, resinous... It is worth noting that Les Heures Voyageuses are all "pure parfum" concentration. It's not a "rose-oud," it's a ROSE CHYPRE, folks. Addictive. 5/5 PS: I bought a full bottle. I actually went to buy it in person at Cartier, but was informed that Oud & Rose has been discontinued and pulled from shelves in the United States... apparently in favor of Oud & Pink. It is the only perfume from Les Heures Voyageuses to be discontinued.

Opens with a lovely jammy rose note, with a touch of alluring fecal oud and gradually settles into a musky rose that seems to have some white floral undertones (or perhaps the rose is a white rose note). The musk is rather strong and has a slight urinous undertone.

Oh my goodness this is beautiful! Oh I love it. It's so very feminine for an oud perfume. The rose is exquisite! The oud is gentle and sweet and together with the gorgeous rose, well - absolutely wonderful.

It enters the chamber like a rumour carried on velvet shoes—Cartier Oud & Rose—slipping beneath the stone arches of a French royal court where incense coils with ambition and desire is disciplined only by ritual. This is not the perfumed decadence of a sultan’s harem, Dior Oud Ispahan. There is no gilded sweetness here, no ornamental excess. Instead, the rose arrives mature and knowing, a rose that has seen confessions whispered behind tapestries and lovers dismissed at dawn. Its essence is deep and indolic, faintly carnal, less flower than flesh. One imagines it resting at the hollow of a queen’s throat, warmed by skin, exuding authority and invitation in equal measure. The oud beneath is warm, animalic, and unashamed. It carries the spirit of early, uncompromising oud—dark, resinous wood from Indonesian and Bornean forests, where the air itself seems thick with secrets. This is oud that clings to fur-lined cloaks and oiled leather gloves, oud that lingers in corridors long after footsteps fade. As time passes, restraint gives way. The drydown grows more feral, more skanky, like the scent left on silk sheets after a night erased from the court’s official memory. Animalic shadows deepen, civet-like and intimate, blurring the line between sanctity and sin. Cartier Oud & Rose does not seduce loudly. It corrupts with patience and refinement. It belongs to a medieval France of intrigue, power, and suppressed hunger—where desire was sharpened by silence, and the most dangerous passions were those never spoken aloud. Some similarities to Dior Oud Ispahan, & Serge Lutens Musc Kublai Khan. Arabian Knight Rating 3.5/5.

Neutral rose (not powdery, jammy, deep, watery) and smoky woody oud. I also get chypre oakmoss especially around the opening. Quite classic but not outdated. Westernised design with quality. Definitely not mundane (because chypre oud???) but doesn't really stand out to me.

Oud in this is on the animalic side and to my nose smells almost 💩y. Defenetly not wearable for me. Rose is very nice in this though but my nose cannot pass that 💩y oud. Too much for my taste. I will pass on this. Defenetly try it before you buy it. It's a very expensive fragrance to blind buy it. Don't make my mistake 🙃 The dry-down is much better in terms of 💩iness.

This is an interesting take on the rose-oud combo. This is a girlish take on the genre, light and somewhat fresher than many rose-ouds, which can lean to the oppressive, with a good deal more going on than just rose and 'oud'. Longevity is excellent, with the rose notes predominating throughout. The oud is not a medicinal oud, and lacks something of the depth and character one might generally expect. Another reviewer identified the oud used here as synthetic, and this may well be the case. There are also musk elements, and something else that adds an extra sweetness that many will appreciate, but that I personally could have done without. Unfortunately there is also an off-note (a little like decaying flowers) that I can't identify and which persists well into the lifespan of the perfume, making it much less enjoyable to wear. Given the absolutely prohibitive price and the difficulty in actually tracking down a bottle in the first place, this probably isn't one to buy. Although it is certainly an interesting experience for any rose-oud addict.

Fragrance Review For Oud & Rose Cartier Notes Agar Wood Oud Rose This is lush luxurious smoky balsamic Oriental Arabic style oud scent. It has a lot of perfumy aromatic oud similar to other ouds I've enjoyed. The rose is clearly there and it gives the scent just the littlest bit of powder. It's totally unisex and it feels nocturnal, sexy, aromatic, and mysterious. Everything I love about ouds is here. Cartier always delivers. It should be credited for more than just their jewelry masterpieces. They have many fine fragrances. This smells like a million bucks. I visualize a woman in Dubai or Beverly Hills in a drop dead gorgeous black evening gown something straight out of Oscar Night on the Red Carpet. This fragrance is best appreciated and enjoyed by oud lovers so you have to know how oud wears on your skin. This has an incredibly long life of two days and has superb sillage and it radiates and projects to everyone around you. Gorgeous, spicy, exotic and sexy. Loving it. Wearing it right now during my stay in Dubai.

the high quality of ingredients is directly apparent. furthermore there is a striking tenderness incorporated into this creation of a perfume. while it is also 'perfume' and exudes the softness and richness of this 'concentration'. the (dry in quality) oud certainly is present in that there is provided in more than just a backbone for the flower, highlighted here. the wood note is deep and yet comforting, it not only stands alone but at the same time gets in a duet with a sparkling rose. which conversely also gives off an 'autonomous' strong imprint yet merges seamlessly with the oud. so it is a dervishes' dance. the oud could easily be described as 'funky', as a participating rather than just backoning, strong woody note in which a beautiful rose flourishes. the concipiation of this perfume is excellent, exceptional and unforgettable.

the combination of rose-oud keeps bewitching me. here there is above that the superelegance of the Maison Cartier which lends this perfume a hauteté and facettuousness that is simply heaven. the oud has thousand faces and which other capricious flower has the power to withstand and covariate. Dusita's Oudh Infini and the Montales, Thirty Three from Ex Idolo and Thierry de Gunsberg's both Terryfic Ouds (and Extrème) all contribute to this microniche. this Cartier perfume is regal, as are (the first) Panthère, Must, Must II. what a Joy (Patou) it is to be parfumista. I smell whirlings of the two forces of nature the Rose and this Oud.

My taste has just began to evolve from generic fruity citrus scents to oud and darker scents. I bought a small size to try and this may be my favorite oud so far. What i love about it is that you can smell the rose the entire time. It does not fade or get overrun by the other strong notes. It is truly beautiful. I was planning on buying a full size BUT I cannot pay 400 for a bottle of perfume. I think instead I will order about 20 of the small sizes from fragrancenet.com for 7.00 each, and just keep reordering them as needed. Much cheaper option.

This is a heartbreakingly beautiful classic scent. It lasted on my skin for 18+ hours, and I can still distinctly smell it on my clothes from 2 days ago when a bit of the spray got on the sleeve. However, CDGfan is correct - there is no way this is worth $400. There are many other stunning rose scents available and I cannot believe anyone would pay sooooo much for this particular one. I tried the dupe from Hayward Ent and although not a 100% match, it is pretty close. For the price difference, I can live with it.

Musky roses... If there is any oud in here then it is traces although it added a dark element to the blend. It's spicy musky and a red sharp rose. A pleasant heavy oudy musky rose, and it's not for those who doesn't like animalic or the ones who enjoys juicy fruity and white floral blends. It is for those who loves spicy animalic blend but in a more sophisticated, elegant, night artistic event out. Beautiful.

Classy rose and oud combo. The rose is sweet but not sickenly so. It's more jammy, a tad soapy but very well done. The oud isn't nearly as animalic as say Oud Ispahan. It's a blend which has been done countless times at this point but this one is nicely done by Laurent. Unisex. Pricing is ridiculous but there's nothing you can do about it. 6/10

This has an authentic rose water nose blended with a nice synthetic oud molecule. The burnt sweet rose water effect is nice BUT for 400 USD, Cartier is batshit crazy. Swiss Arabian's Mukhalat Maliki CPO achieves the same effect and actually has more depth, and is a fraction of the cost of this.

i smelled this at Neimans Marcus in Dallas about a year ago and fell in love but my question is WHO buys this at this price point! it is a very noticeable scent and you will get compliments out the ass but man the price point is the stinger..just cant passed it to even do a decent review.

Won't say anything different from the others here but this really is beautiful. Fresh roses with a slightly animalic oud note. Blended masterfully with the roses stealing the spotlight at times. Out of this line, I'm torn between this and Vanilla Oud which is stunning too.

Très beau parfum très naturel la rose 🌹 et vraiment réaliste et l oud aussi un petite ressemblance avec la colle noire mais beaucoup plus naturel amateurs de roses et de oud ça pourrais être votre signature mais ça sera difficile de signer le chèque 😂 10/10 superbe