Rock Rose

‘Nobile VII - Rock Rose’ opens with a hesperedic accord featuring the tart freshness of bergamot. Black peppercorn and neroli flower offer a counterbalance of piquant spiciness and sweetly indolic floralcy respectively. The combination of citrus, spice and floral top notes in perfumery is certainly not groundbreaking, but in ‘Nobile VII’ it is done so in a sublime way. With a deft hand and a painterly effect, the contradictory notes mingle into one intoxicatingly exuberant scent. The eponymous rock rose appears in the mid-range, accompanied by lavender, violet and clary sage. Rock rose’s earthy, balsamic scent shines here, featuring its warm ambery undertones. The pairing of lavender and violet flower helps to soften the composition while still allowing the rock rose room to breathe. Clary sage offers a balmy, woody aroma (not much unlike the smell of loose wet tobacco leaves) which helps to amplify the rock rose further in the forefront. The base of ‘Nobile VII’ is comprised of a unique pairing of notes which include cocoa, amber, patchouli, and vetiver. Amber and cocoa seem the most predominant, continuing the warm rich tone set in the top and middle notes. Faint hints of vetiver’s dry woodiness and patchouli’s denseness can be appreciated well into the drydown. As a men’s cologne in the styling of historical fougere fragrances, ‘Noble VII - Rock Rose’ excels. It strikes the perfect balance of mass market appeal while still exhibiting the handcrafted and unparralled quality one is to expect from the Clive Christian brand. At once sweet, spicy, woody, and herbal, 'Noble VII' unfurls itself upon the wearer's skin in an astonishing olfactory performance. From its grand hesperidic opening to its warm and comforting drydown, 'Rock Rose' is currently my favorite offering from the perfume house. Women will love this scent on a man, given its ability to playfully articulate masculinity, fortitude, and sensuality all at once. With its "extrait de parfum" concentration, both sillage and longevity are excellent, and help to impart the composition with a strong projection. Easily suitable for both formal and casual settings, the versatile 'Noble VII' comes across as a universally pleasing scent, one which is capable of transcending the traditional constructs of societal mores. I personally will be looking forward to wearing this exquisite scent in the spring and summer months ahead, hoping to share the beauty that is 'Nobile VII - Rock Rose' with the world around me. Read my complete review at my personal blog:

Got this from an authorized Clive Christian store who decided to drop the brand and liquidate their inventory. I got this deeply discounted, as well as buying No. 1, 1872, and X--all masculine. This is the perfect fragrance for when you don't want to offend or know what know what to wear. It's so likable and fresh without being aquatic--just the right amount of normal-ness to it that no one is going to say you stink; it's perfectly agreeable. It's year-round, drop-dead gorgeous and ready for the office, date night, poolside, or trip to the mall. One reviewer described it as "just eyes roll up into head juice," and that's what it is. If I had to throw away everything but one bottle, I'd probably keep this. The people who don't like it still can't even say it's bad. Not everyone wants to smell like Aventus, but they still want to be fresh--maybe even a little bright smelling. This is the one. It's expensive, and I think it smells it, too. It's one of the few that I'd recommend a blind buy of. If you want nice things, you'll have to pay nice prices. At $550, I don't think if I would've bought it at that price, but it was worth what I paid. If I ever run out, I may just buy it in travel size bottles from Clive Christian; the price is more palatable. Lasts about 7 hours until it starts getting close to the skin. Then it stays as a skin scent for about another 5 hours. Lasts a good while on clothes. Sillage is perfect, around 4-6 feet for about 4-6 hours or so. My performance varies. I'll wear this year-round, but only have worn in the hot, humid Mississippi Summer. Can't choose a good season for it because it's just so versatile. 10/10 scent, 8.5/10 longevity--great for a fresh scent, 9/10 sillage. Edit: as it's gotten a lot hotter, the performance has drifted often down to 5 hours for me. Disappointing, but still love it.

This is such a fantastic, simple approach to a simple, yet complex perfume. This is one of those fragrances that doesn't need to have that stanky oud note or exotic/extremely unique vibe to tell you that it is "niche." This stuff will tell you it is niche by the quality of the simplicity. By "simple," I don't mean boring, trust me. By "simple," I mean an amazing, fresh, universally-appealing fragrance. The difference with this one, is that this has such a different appeal than your everyday drivers. This is built on character and effortless distinction of quality vs cheap. You feel fresh, happy and invigorated when you wear this. The notes all combine so well it is hard to describe. I definitely get the lavender and violet up top which we are all familiar with. But the way those two lead the charge is so alluring. Then, I sometimes get a creamy mid which is the actual 'rock rose' or labdanum. Sometimes it's creamy and sometimes it is woody - it's kind of crazy how it changes. Personally, I like the woody facet a bit more but the creamy side is a little more quirky. As it dries down, the woodiness starts to blanket the bottom notes. So in the end, you get this uplifting masculine mix of lavender/violet with a creamy/woody mid followed by a woody base. I would almost say the woody base is cedar-like and not vetiver. At the end of the day, the whiffs you get are enlivening. It's a happy fragrance with a simple yet insanely complex blend of top notch ingredients. The only warning I will give is to make sure you spray the right amount! Too many sprays can lead to an intrusive metallic-creamy overload which is hard to handle because it is so damn strong. I would start slow with three sprays and find what works best for you. My personal experience: Longevity - 10/10 Sillage - 9/10 Scent - 9/10

OK now I feel comfortable doing a review: This is a really nice fragrance, but shares similarities with multiple different ones in the market. This is a nice variation of a fougere, still built over a clean lavender, but replacing the classic green/woody aspects with a dry sweetened accord centered on the rock rose note (laudanum). You know which DNA is also a variation of a fougere? Montblanc Legend and Percival’s. I’d dare to say that even Sauvage has some of that lavender/geranium clean heart. With that in mind, RR gives me a vibe just between 3 fragrances: Drakkar Noir, Percival and Dior Sauvage. A really nice fresh fragrance with depth, with that clean lavender focused feel from Drakkar noir, the hedion-y ambery airyness of Percival and a strong dry/sweet base as achieved by the overdose of Ambroxan in Sauvage. This is the one with the most amount of naturals I’d say. You can feel the natural lavender and how the cacao and labdanum open and give that dry sweetness in the background. This is also the most elegant one, but is not a beast mode fragrance like percival or Sauvage. This one lasts a good amount of time, 8-10 hours, but it doesn’t project that much and I get nose blind to it after 4 hours I love this fragrance, as I loved Sauvage until everyone started using it. I find this fragrance different enough to be considered a good buy, however, sadly, the shared similarities with a lot of mainstream fragrance may be a letdown; I experienced this letdown when my girlfriend told me: is nice, but you smell like people, not someone in particular, but people

This fragrance is very well done, and one can tell immediately that top quality ingredients are used to make it. I was actually very pleasantly surprised at how amazing this scent is - especially considering that I am not a huge fan of other Clive Christian products. This fragrance is definitely floral, but it has a masculine depth (likely due to the combination of sage, Vetiver, and patchouli). That being said, this is scent is certainly unisex. The fragrance notes are clearly listed above, so I’m not going to go into some long winded description about each and every one. However, bergamot is the main player in the opening. Rock rose rocks the heart after a bit of drydown and it blends very nicely with the amber in the base. This scent, though incredibly expensive, could easily be an everyday wear. Unfortunately, unless you’re rich, that’s highly unlikely. I’d personally save this for special days where I really wanted to stand out or smell very sexy. It has become one of my top 3 favorite scents. I wish that this scent were available in refills or larger size bottles, because there is no need to waste bottles and packaging every time you purchase a new one. Scent Score: 9.5/10 Sillage: 9/10 Longevity: 8.5/10 Adjectives: Sexy, refined, floral, head-turner

Rock Rose is a difficult fragrance to review, mainly due to its price. The scent is spectacular, I absolutely love it. I don't get a similarity with Amyris Extrait, it reminds me more of Percival, but Rock Rose is much more natural, warmer and sweeter, likely due to the cacao and amber notes, whereas Percival is synthetic, cold and refreshing. It has that slight old school appeal, but still comes across as very modern and extremely likable. They did an amazing job of blending this, as no one particular note seems to stand out. It's an extrait, so the longevity is outstanding. Projection is good, but not amazing (strong for 3 hours, then closer to the skin). Now, for the price. It's ludicrous. It retails for $550 for a small 47ml bottle. The best price I've seen is $400. I decided to get 3 travel atomizers (22.5 ml) for $130 which is barely reasonable to me, as I don't really care about the bottle. Based solely on scent alone, it's a love. With price factored in, it's a like. Scent: 9/10 Longevity: 10/10 Projection: 6/10 Price/Performance Ratio: 2/10

I sampled this a while back and knew I’d have to buy a bottle. I’d been keeping an eye on the usual discount sites waiting for a bottle to pop up at a good price and one finally did, so I snapped it up. This is really smooth stuff. It’s a fairly linear scent, but it really doesn’t need to change much. It’s beautifully blended rose and lavender with some very nice fresh spicy notes. There’s a little bit of wood and some subtle powder, probably from the cocoa. It’s honestly kind of difficult to pick out individual notes since everything is balanced so well. Overall, this is a very sexy, classy scent. This is better suited to sophisticated older men, I feel. A successful businessman in an expensive suit. Very versatile scent, works any time of year, day or night. Works as a date scent, an office scent, formal events, you could really wear it almost anywhere. Easy 10/10 for me. It is obviously very pricey, which might turn some people off, but if you’re a collector of high-end niche scents you really can’t go wrong with this one.

Beautiful scent. If I had to have a signature scent it would be this. Problem is the price, at £490 for 50ml you're having a laugh.. you should get this scent profile sub £200 easily. For that reason I'll probably never own this. That's the issue with CC frags, they've made some beautiful scents but they're so overpriced, we're not even simply just talking expensive here. Even if I had money to blow I'd still think this is too steep. I've noticed with some of these British houses they can get away with charging outrageous prices (Boadicea for instance) because people are suckers and they automatically assume it's peak British craftsmanship because they buy into the marketing and aesthetic 😂😂. Even though Boadicea has had over 100 fragrances created in like the past 10 years..In all fairness this is the case with almost all major luxury brands no matter where they're from in the world, I just think the British counterparts can be hilariously obnoxious 😂 a perfume of noble birth yeah give it a rest mate

My favorite fragrance from Clive Christian. Unfortunately it doesn’t last long (or I go nose blind quickly) but the scent profile of this is so unique and amazing that I’ve fallen for it. Hard. I’m a sucker for purple fragrances and this has clary sage, lavender and violet. The opening is fresh and then mellows down to a purply-warm fragrance while remaining fresh. The base notes are present the entire time. Start to finish. Amber, vetiver, cacao and patchouli. Although they are darker notes, the fragrance stays somewhat fresh even after dry down. Clive is a symphony of a house. A tabernacle if you will. All the notes sing in harmony. As if they’ve practiced their whole life. You don’t hear 1 note more than the other. They are all blended and formed to be one single orchestra. Rock rose doesn’t last a whole lot nor does it have a strong Sillage (it was made this way on purpose as part of its art) but it is still worth having. All year, all season, all day type of fragrance.

love at the first sniff , this scent is a 10/10. its smells unique and familiar at the same time. i own and smelt many fresh ,versatile fragrances and i havent found any clone similar to this fragrance. the closests are the xerjoff golden line. the opening has aromatic, smooth , resinous floral smell . drydown leaves a fresh concrete,rock smell , as the fragrance name says. the overall vibe reminds me a private garden inside a victorian castle. its inoffensive enough for office use. but has good proyection and duration to use in a open wider space. the skin scent man, its the best stuff you have to put your nose on. i wore this fragrance in the Disco and got me two compliments from women. the only downside is the price. i bought on discounters $235 usd for a 50ml bottle and i still consider it overpriced. but the overall performance and the quality ingredients they used that doesnt leave me any strong reaction, makes it worth the luxury price

Haven't worn this in a while, but went for it yesterday, and was very pleased. It was 90° yesterday and humid. This is a high heat, high humidity fragrance. it opens up in the heat, and when your skin is a bit sweaty. Makes this smell a little more jammy, a little more sweet, and makes it project more. Leaves an awesome scent trail in said conditions. Explorer platinum?!?!?! Missoni pour homme?!?!?! Etc. Ridiculous comparisons. This is an easy reach niche in the summer that smells great IMHO. The naturals in this and all Clive Christian scents really set them apart. There is nothing synthetic smelling, or cheap about this. Is it some nuclear bomb that takes over a room? No, and it's not meant to be. It's classy, refined, impeccably blended, and smooth.

After years of this being on my want list because it was absolute love at first smell at the department store for me. And let me inform you all that it smells even better in hand. It was pretty pricey even though I got it at the best price that I ever have seen but my pockets are feeling it(I'll make back the funds through hard work like always). To simplify and sum my thoughts up about Rock Rose for me it turns the expression of smelling like a million bucks( literally almost costing a million bucks) to a fragrance that's equivalent to the story of Midas because everything that this scent touches turns to gold or even better, platinum. Worth every dollar for me. My most regal smelling aroma. And it smells greeaat.

I so strongly disagree with the review below. If you find something of this quality and similar at Macy’s, please kindly let us know. This is a grand example of niche meeting mainstream. It doesn’t have some barnyard/gastric smelling oud or smell like anything that should offend someone. It’s just the right amount of simple and fully retains the pleasantry needed to have a suitable, high–quality for about any occasion, entirely signature scent worthy. It really comes to life on the skin. I’m proud to own a bottle, and it’s one of the few niche fragrances that I’ve received compliments on. I may wear this for wedding day next summer. I think it’s got to be in my top five!

My first Clive Christian fragrance I’ve added to my collection, I’m impressed. It’s definitely a mass appealing “fresh” fragrance with a little depth in my opinion. For me this is one of those fragrances you can easily transition from wearing at the office to happy hour fitting right in smelling phenomenal. The bergamot is fresh without being too citrusy balanced with the lavender along with the black pepper adding the slightest spiciness in the background with added warmth of amber to my nose. Very excited to have this in my collection although I do think Blonde Amber is better but it’s also a totally different scent that’ll be my next CC purchase 1000%.

Smells good. Smells great. I get a little of what makes Town & Country in here I also get a little of PDM Galloway. Very spicy, very fresh slightly herbaceous mixed with citrus. Imo this is an all season wear. Lasts an awful long time on me which is fine but its such a big smell I recommened easing up on the trigger during hotter months. Can you get this scent profile from other scents? Of course. Would I still get this one? Yes. Clive Christian has unequivocally good quality. And you can feel that difference. Overall:4.25 good stuff that lasts but not unique.

To start, you can’t even get socks as Macy’s for $50... This may not be worth the retail price tag, but it will always be in my collection. This is what I wore on the first date with my wife, when we got married, and any subsequent date (without kids) since then. I do enjoy this - a nice aromatic that doesn’t smell quite like anything else in my collection. If it were not for the price tag, I could honestly see this as being a decent signature scent. It’s non-offensive, smells different but still pleasant, and pretty versatile.

This is fucking incredible. The opening is so vibrant. such a beautiful blend of bergamot, neroli, and lavender. I smelled my wrist probably every 5 minutes for the first two hours. It turns into the most beautiful chocolatey patchouli in the dry down, while the lavender still stays around. This is one of the only times where I've seen the price tag on a very expensive fragrance and thought it was not outrageous because of how good this is. It is just fantastic and completely blows me away every time I get a whiff of it.

I first smelled this at neiman marcus. I have always been skeptical of these kinds of companies because of the high price point and dont really see myself spending $500 on a cologne. But if i was too, this would be the one i would spend it on. A very earthy and floral scent with some spice. I am usually a fresh and citrusy scent kind of guy, so this one took me by suprise. I definitely will be getting a decant sometime until i get rich enough to buy a bottle or someone buys me one for my birthday :D 8/10 for me

When I first smelled it I loved it, it wasn't a scent that surprised me in terms of originality but in quality. Somehow, although I haven't heard anyone else say this, to me it's like a Dior Savauge EDT, more aromatic (even more so than the parfum) and with more lavender. A fragrance that everyone will like but will not surprise anyone. I don't want to say that there is really much resemblance between Savauge and Rock Rose, but it did come to mind when I started to smell it more closely.

The pepper/lavendar/amber/patchouli really shines in this one. Very well rounded and very pleasant. Decent longevity and projection. If you're wearing this as a signature office fragrance, chances are you're an executive for a Fortune 100 company and have money to blow! I have a decant and will definitely use it here and there.....I love the scent profile and head space this puts me in! If this was $150-$200 for a 50ml bottle, I would pick it up.....but it's not! Cheers!