Eau de Protection

A spicy rose extract, taken from Walt Disney's animated film The Sleeping Beauty. I love rose in perfumery, but I struggle to find roses that suit me. I adore the Rose from Guerlain's Rosa Verde and the delicate Rose by Roger & Gallet, and I was looking for a beautiful gothic rose. It was a long road, until I found Eau de Protection. I instantly knew that this was the fragrance I was looking for. I was moved, I finally found it. This rose is the rose I know, the one I smell on my Atlantic coast and that I adore. But there's a twist (and what a twist!), a refreshing and powerful blend of beautiful spices that mingles with a woody facet. It transported me to The Sleeping Beauty, where the forest is gloomy and scary, but it's my forest. I perceive the blood accord (it's an accord, not a note), and it impresses me because it's a bit edgy, but not trashy at all. It's balanced, perfectly executed. The association with the name Rossy De Palma is very fitting—a powerful, fiery Spanish woman, provocative yet an undisputed fashion icon—all of which is present in Eau de Protection. The longevity is solid and beautiful. At the end of the day, the rose is still there, but it's fading. In addition to that same impression on my skin that all the ELDO fragrances I've tried so far have left, like a resinous and luxurious base (I don't know if this is their way of working with their bases, but it's a common trait I find in all ELDO fragrances). If you love rose in perfumery, don't be intimidated by reviews that call it an old lady perfume. First of all, there's nothing shameful about smelling like a chic old woman, but more importantly, if you love this fragrance as much as I do, it will become one with you. So let Lana Del Rey whisper "I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream" to your ear while you spray, and join her in the realm of Aurora.

Got my hands on the sample kit with 20 small vials of ELDO's fragrances to try with my girlfriend. This was our thirteenth sample test! This one is the most gorgeous, shimmering rose. The opening is by far my favorite of the ELDO scents I've tried in this set, that bitter orange and ginger last forever and the pepper is exquisite, freshly cracked and punchy. The rose is present at the start as well, mingling with the aforementioned notes. ELDO's rose notes are always absolutely gorgeous and this one is no exception. Then it simmers down gradually as the other florals come in to help sort of "push up" that initial rose. It's like strolling through a garden at peak bloom... and then that incredible patchouli comes in, and those subtle resins, and you're resting under a big gorgeous tree in that same garden. It's something straight out of a movie or an obscure childhood memory for me. The ginger is the main thing for me, it compliments the rose so beautifully alongside that orange and patchouli. I never got sick of this scent while I was testing it. This is a super wearable scent from a house that normally is known for it's stranger offerings. Normally I'd be a bit more "this isn't the usual" but I've found a lot of ELDO's popular offerings to actually be... fairly acceptable, but with a fun little twist. This is one of those. Lasts a long time, radiates off the body in a way where you always get a nice whiff of it when you're moving around, and year-round wearable. This one is one of my favorites I've had so far from the sample collection. Fantastic!

I LOVE this!! To the person who compared this to Rose Jam but better, 100% on that. This opens with a huge spicy aromatic ginger burst, it’s right in your face and powerful. But, then it starts to dry down into something magnificent. The rose note is like a background character who is doing something important but isn’t the main focus, it’s there, it’s doing it’s thing, but it’s not the main. What is the main, is the citrusy peppery smell. It’s thorny and abrasive while also being comforting and clean, and it is a work of art. This has to be my second favorite fragrance that has a rose note, and it’s for good reason. The thing that I noticed the most is how durable this is. This has to be one of the longest lasting fragrances where the rose note is completely there the whole time, and I wore this to work and I smelled it all the way through the day. It’s gender neutral while also being elegant, and I would agree that it’s not the safest buy because the combination of notes in this is unique. To add to this, this makes an incredible pair with Roses Greedy for layering. By far my favorite way to experience a strong, very much there rose note.

The most obvious gothic imagery of blood-red thorny roses, while appropriate enough, can very well obscure the truth of Eau de Protection: that it is an exquisitely composed olfactory piece. It begins in an almost strident manner, a tangled vine of bitter metallic green, zesty, hot-sour sensations, biting-into-peppercorns and washing down crystallized ginger with pure rose water. I would almost say that I'd want this opening stage to last a lot longer, but then I consider that its duration is perfect: too prolonged a marvelous thing may turn grating to the nose. This yields to the core of these dark velvet-ruffled roses, moist and mingling with the loam, flashes that are spiced-geranium-like and crepuscular. This is the overall feel: tenebrous, with peripheral warmth, a prickly rose garden that swallows itself in the moonlight. It feels somewhat like L'Artisan's Voleur de Roses, except on the contrary, the roses have a master plan to ensnare the patchouli and make it submit to their wiles.

Yay finally an ELDO I like! I honestly don't want to talk too much crap about the brand as a whole because I do think their frags push boundaries, can be very unique and interesting, and I'm sure they work well on lots of people - plus the price isn't ridiculous like some houses.. but they in general just don't do it for me. They smell highly synthetic and screechy and also some of them smell very similar to me. But I digress, this one is a truly lovely jammy spiced rose. It does smell like a matured Rose Jam - Lush. A sweet jammy rose with a hint of ginger. I'm not a floral/rose fan normally however I love the depth of this. Sillage like a beast for 3-4 hours and then it slowly starts to mellow and I get more of the Tonka and Benzoin coming through. If patchouli bothers you it may do in this too my Auntie said it smelled disgusting but she hates patchouli soo.. Lasted 15 + hours on my wrist and survived a scrubbing in the shower around hour 7 lol. 8/10