Desert Rosewood

Desert Rosewood was launched in 2016 and was created by François Merle-Baudoin. The inspiration was the region known as Central Highlands in Victoria, an area that has a lot of natural diversity, including forests full of myrtle, sassafras, ferns, mosses, eucalyptus, and even Australian Acacias called Golden Wattles (Acacia Pycnantha Benth). The creative concept aims to portray the meeting of the old with the new, the trees with the arid landscapes under the scorching sun. And this contrast is made through a sweet and woody fragrance with a leathery and warm aspect. To do so were combined notes of Australian rosewood, Sicilian mandarin, Indian cardamom, benzoin from Laos, vanilla from the Comoros Islands, Indonesian patchouli, and Australian Buddha wood (Eremophila Mitchelli), which is also called "false sandalwood” and its essential oil has nuances that resemble whiskey. Desert Rosewood is classified by the company as a woody, liqueur, gourmand, and mystical scent. When applied, it smells like mandarin jelly, still warm, prepared with pieces of cinnamon and cloves, and also brings some camphorated nuances. These nuances disappear, shortly after, and there is a mixture of light woods without of humidity aspect, besides the great presence of benzoin. Throughout evolution, a liqueur scent is noticeable, as if a strong drink had been spilled on the living room's rug during a visit from friends. It is not something that bothers, but that everyone feels. For me, this is the biggest differential of this creation. Although the vanilla is present, the benzoin is more prominent on my skin, reinforcing the oriental aspect of the fragrance. I love the rich amber color, representing the twilight desert, inside the jar made with French glass. As for the projection, it is a fragrance of low trace and high comfort. It exudes to the wearer and draws attention to who is close enough to feel it. It has high durability. Although it speaks of the desert, it should not be related to fragrances that portray the burning sands of the Middle East, but with sandy landscapes and constant breeze. It is perfect for special occasions, romantic dinners, and more sexy nights, except ballads and dance floors. That's because, in my opinion, Desert Rosewood does not match with warmth or sweat, but with a well-cut suit or a trim dress, when heeled shoes draw more attention than the clothing itself and the perfume is used as a weapon of seduction. It is worth remembering that the fragrances of Goldfield & Banks are gender-free. Desert Rosewood is the result of the meeting of woods with spices, dipped in the acidity of a sweet and citrus juice. Undoubtedly, a beautiful oriental fragrance.

I was fortunate enough to obtain a free sample of this wonderful fragrance this passed Saturday and chose it as my scent of the day today. This is something special. It's sweet ambery woods. It smells like no other fragrance I've ever smelled and again, it is wonderful. I absolutely love it. It's woody but not too woody, it's sweet but not too sweet. The benzoin just radiated off of my skin, supported but the dry rosewood and sweet vanilla. Sexy, sensual, sweet. I think everyone should try this fragrance at least once. Scent : 10/10 Longevity : 10/10 it's twelve hours since I first sprayed and I'm still catching wafts. Projection : 7/10, great for the first couple of hours but quickly fades to a skin scent which in this case, isn't a bad thing at all. Sillage : 6/10 the scent trails faded even quicker but this scent is one to draw someone into you, not project outward. Overall : 9/10 Even though projection and sillage aren't beast performance, the scent is always most important and this stuff smells amazing. Final thoughts ... I need to get a bottle of this, it's just incredible to my nose. One of the best amber fragrances I've ever smelled. I would say that if you love amber, you can safely blind buy but there is no such thing as a safe blind buy. On my skin, this just works and smells incredible but it may not on your own. So, always sample before you buy. It may not be for everyone but I think everyone should at least try to smell and sample it, at least once in their lives. EDIT***** So, the shop where I got my sample has a special 15% off on your birthday, so on my birthday in August, my girlfriend and I went there to choose a perfume to buy. I had her smell a bunch that I was interested in and we narrowed it down to two, Tauer's L'Air De Desert Marocain and this wonderful creation. We sprayed my wrists with each to smell on skin and then left the shop to give our noses a break. Outside, we smelled both from my skin several time but she liked Desert Rosewood the most, so I did end up getting the full bottle on my birthday. It is one of my favorites in my whole collection now. As well, as I write this edit, it is my scent of the day. Such an amazing fragrance. Definitely the standout from the entire house in my opinion.

I bought the trial set about 2 years ago and even did a video review on them. So I've tried the whole range except the latest years' Velvet Splendour and Bohemian Lime. I don't wanna go back and watch myself so I forgot which of the range I ranked as my top 3 of the 6. However after years later (of not having been wearing perfume much), I decided to give these trial sizes another go. To my surprise (or not really), I remember when I was testing these when I first got them (which was when I was obsessed with perfumes the most), I remember I really liked this specific one but for some reason, altho I think I said I like Pacific Rock Moss the most. Now after trialling them out again (after free of perfumes for a long time, that's when your senses are more clear), I realise how much I truly love this one out of the range for its uniqueness. I didn't like White Sandalwood (because how plain and how boring it smelt to me) but when I layer them together...man I love the heavenly concoction. I definitely wanna buy a full bottle of this. It just reminds me so much of my childhood where my dad used to buy a lot of wooden sculptures and this smells just like that (although I believe those wooden sculpture were made with sandalwood...but White Sandalwood alone smells nothing like them).

Amazing Exotic Spice Desert Rosewood is a warm spicy and cozy fragrance, mainly dominant by patchouli, mandarin and benzoin notes with woodsy accord. I really like this sublime zesty opening of fresh, slightly bitter mandarin complimented with rich earthy patchouli and also cardamom. Transitioning into the dry-down it gets more spicy, I really get vibes of ginger and cinnamon, also a slight rose and cumin nuance. The dry-down seem to be dominated by warn benzoin which gives a a bit of powderiness, but it stays resinous and retains that spicy zestiness and bitterness. The scent have a really good performance and staying power which is always a plus. It seem to be more of a colder weather scent, but I wonder if it would work in a warmer weather, specially in the night time. Desert Rosewood is easily my favorite from Goldfield & Banks line-up, probably because of having a lot of my favorite notes and being most unique to my nose. I already used almost all of the sample, I think it is a full bottle worthy. If interested, check out my review of Desert Rosewood on my fragrance related Instagram @thechazas

Bought the discovery set and this ended up being my favourite, as well as my favourite fragrance I've smelt so far (as a relative beginner). I get a warm spicy, but not too spicy (otherwise it would remind me of something "old fashioned"), vanilla, booze-y, gourmand smell. I couldn't get enough of it and on some nights would give myself a spray before going to sleep just so I could smell it as I drifted off too. I personally don't get anything "medicinal" or synthetic from this like some, I get something very warm, very gourmand, quite whiskey/liquerous and vanilla (with also wood undertones). Some of the notes listed here aren't correct, I believe Australian Rosewood was used (the whole "angle" of this brand is using at least one or two Australian scents per fragrance, weird to advertise using an Australian Rosewood scent to then not use it). Combining what they list on their website as well as what's on the package when you buy it, the scents are; Mandarin, Cardamom, Vanilla, Benzoin, Patchouli, Buddha Wood/Australian Desert Rosewood (2 different names for the same plant), Australian Sandalwood.