Saffron Rose

After having sampled the beautiful reimaginings of Grossmith's three historic perfumes, I was keen to try their modern offerings. Saffron Rose is my first to sample, and it is an opulent rose-oud scent, classical in style, with spicy facets and an amber base. Beautifully composed with high-quality ingredients, it is refined and regal. It owes a lot to Middle Eastern perfumery tradition too. SR opens with a rich rose note, dewy and petal-like, followed closely by a beautiful saffron note. The saffron is warm and earthy, quite realistic, marrying beautifully with the rose. This forms the crux of this scent, as its name suggests. There is a smoky undertone early on thanks to the tobacco, and soft sandalwood rounds it out beautifully. As it develops, a palatable oud note emerges, not too animalic, but giving a nice leathery undertone. It complements the spicy rose to perfection. Cinnamon emerges as the smoke subsides somewhat, adding warm spice, but the rose remains dominant, becoming less dewy and increasingly powdery as it develops. A sweet amber accord develops in the background, resinous and rich, yet light enough to set off the other notes. It becomes musky as it fades, becoming a sweet amber skin scent with remnants of spicy rose. Sillage is strong and longevity is long-lasting. Made with a surprisingly light touch despite the rich ingredients, this is a well-blended, wearable thing of beauty. I love rose, and this one is beautiful, nicely composed in traditional style, yet timeless. Exceptional. 4.5/5.

Making love in a bed of roses... This is a very playful spicy fragrance. Not your typical Oud-Rose combo. Top notes in here are giving this perfume its scent profile (rose-saffron-cinnamon). You can pick the rose, and the saffron compensates somehow the sweetness of the cinnamon, making the rose darker and warmer, and very spicy. Castoreum provides the special touch through a leathery animalic dirtiness, which to me is key in this perfume, to like it or to dislike it. I do not get the tobacco or cigarette feeling, may be a hint of smoke reinforce by a little myrrh. Oud in here is not recognizable "per-se", but takes the top notes throughout the wearing of the perfume, making it thicker and providing a resinous feeling. This is elegant but naughty, dense, rich and intriguing, but not cloying of overly sweet... Very addictive and well blended. This could lean more feminine, but on a man its playfulness is multiplied. Nobody expects a man smelling this way, but it works really well. Uniqueness: Medium-high (not a typical oud-rose perfume) Scent: 8/10 Performance: high (you get wafts all day long) Would I buy it: Yes (it's part of my collection)

Opens very confidently with a strong saffron note, wedded to an almost sharp, zesty cinnamon; the combination recalls the salty bitter-sourness of a preserved lemon. The rose quickly enters the picture, followed by sweet, resinous incense and woody notes, blended so beautifully so as to never upstage the saffron. The castoreum and oud are used ever so lightly, a suggestion of warm, clean skin. Could you picture Victorian ladies wearing this? Absolutely! It’s a very elegant flirtation with the exotic that wouldn’t have been out of place in a 19th century drawing room.

I find this absolutely divine and completely addictive. This has been made with gorgeous ingredients that have been perfectly blended and balanced resulting is a terrific fragrance. Beautiful lush roses, steeped in the metallic saffron, rolled in high quality wood and wrapped in a kid leather glove. Perfect. It feels familiar in that it's old school, I adore this perfume, it's nothing like I imagined. Creamy, unctuous with notes that roll in waves over the senses. Perfect. Did I mention, I find this perfect!

This fragrance is amazingly good. Opens very masculine with some upscale soapy sandalwood and a subtle undercurrent of smoke (possibly form the oud). As the smoke clears the rose begins to bloom and she is bright and candied. It almost evokes a strawberry sweetness. This aspect persists throughout the development, although much lighter. It blends beautifully with the skin. The sandalwood soapiness reemerges and creates an interesting contrast with the sexy syrupy rose.

6.5/10. The first few seconds are an incredible blast of high quality rose then unmistakable saffron. Brought down to a simmer within minutes to fields of grass and cathedral incense. Aspects of Lanvin Arpege. Grows much sweeter with time and a little spicy. Rose returns with a vengeance after 2 hours. This scent gave me problems I normally associate with aldehydes but I do not see them in the notes list so not sure if it is just me.

Despite the "heavy" ingredients, perfume is very light. To me, it leans feminine, with a sparkling effect. Saffron is very obvious, it swirls with rose, which i assume is the De Mai, as it has that bright a little rotten tone. After those main players that last from beginning to end, you have a slightly darker background of woodsy notes, cedar and sandal. I dont detect any oud, or spices or resins who i so hoped to meet. A pretty simple, not very good perfume in my books, good longevity and definitely not a blind buy.

One of the few scents I had to wash it from my skin. Totally unpleasant, like rotten pickles.

أولا بعد أن قراءت عن العطر كان إنطباعي بأن العطر كلاسيكي كما ذكر، لكن توقعت أن يتماشى مع روح العصر ... فالكلاسيكية مع مع هذا العطر تأخذ معناها الحقيقي ولا تحيد عنه تقربا للحداثة، أخذة مفهوم الدار المصنعة بإعادة صورتها الأولى ... عند تجربة بعض أنواع العطور حتى لو لم تعتاد عليها، إما أن تجعلك في حالة رضاء تام يشبع رغبتك و تشعر معه بالكمال أو يترك لديك إحساس أن هذا العطر غريب ينقصه شيئ لا تستطيع إدراكه، لكن هذا العطر أفقدني الميتافيزيقيا :) ... و لعدم إعتيادي علي هذا النوع من العطور المغرقة في الكلاسيكية، وضعني هذا العطر في منطقة رمادية، حاولت كثيرا إسترسال بصري بعيدا لجمع أفكاري و فهم كنه هذا العطر لكنه إنقلب إلي خاسرا" و هو حسير ... دار Grossmith هي دار بريطانية قديمة أسست في العام 1835 و إزدهرت و نالت إستحسان ملوك أوروبا في تلك الحقبة. لكنها بداءت تفقد تلك المكانة بعد الحرب العالمية الثانية و بداءت بيع العطور الصناعية للعامة نتيجة كساد الأسواق. و بحلول العام 1970 أصبحت الدار في موقف حرج إلي أن تم بيعها من قبل الأسرة المالكة في العام 1980 ... تم إعادة الدار للعائلة من قبل أحد أحفادها Simon Brooke في العام 2007 حيث عمل هو و زوجته Amanda على إحياء الدار من جديد بمساعدة الأسطورة Roja Dove ... عطرنا اليوم هو أحد إنتاجات الدار تحت مسمى مجموعة Black Label ... عطر Saffron Rose و كما يدل إسمه يرتكز كلية علي الزعفران و الورد، لكن في رأيي المتواضع أظهر الجوانب التابلية لكلا المكونين ... يبداء العطر بإفتتاحية قوية قاسية من الزعفران شديد التابلية "من النوع الفلفلي" ممزوجة بنوت القرفة ذات الطابع الحلو الشوكي الجياش "نفس إحساس وضع عود قرفة على اللسان" و أظن أنها من نوع Ceylon، قد ينفر البعض عن العطر عند هذه الإفتتاحية التي تستمر لقرابة 10 دقائق يبداء بعدها الورد بالظهور ... إذا كنت تعتقد أن الورد هنا برائحته المألوفة فأنت علي خطأ، فالورد هنا رائحته غريبة علي، نعم به تلك الصفة السويتية لكن تبدو رائحته زيتية كثيفة، تذكرني برائحة الورد في بعض المخلطات الهندية، مع ظهور واضح للجانب التابلي الخشبي للورد ... توليفة قوية من الزعفران و الورد بشكل جاف، لا يوجد أي إحساس بالنعومة ... بعد حوالي نصف الساعة تبداء تلك التوليفة في الهدوء قليلا مفسحة المجال لظهور العود الذي يأخذ شكل دخاني و ليس رائحة العود الراتنجية الكثيفة معززة بلمحة التبغ الإسموكية في ظل سيطرة تامة للزعفران و الورد ... بعد الساعة تظهر الرائحة الجلدية الحيوانية مرفوقة بغطاء راتنجي بلسمي يجعل تلك الرائحة أكثر تقبلا" و أكثر شرقية، كما أني ألمح إحساس بعض الملوحة العنبرية ربما لوجود اللأبدانيوم ... بعد مرور الساعة و النصف تبداء توليفة الزعفران و الورد في الخفوت أكثر فأكثر، لكنها ترفض التنحى مظهرة جانب سويتي ربما لوجود الورد و القرفة إضافة للمحة كريمية ... يستمر العطر بهذا المنوال حتي نهايته و التي تدوم قرابة ال 6 ساعات مع فوحان ل 3 ساعات يبداء بعدها بالخبو .... العطر جدير بأن ينتمي لهذه المجموعة"Black Label"، عطر جاف غامض و كثيف، كأنما هو "ثقب أسود" علي جلدك يريد إحتواء كل ما هو قريب منه، حنى أنفك الذي يتحسس العطر :) ... العطر كلاسيكي مغرق في الكلاسيكية، إذا كنت من عشاق هذا النوع من العطور ... أعتقد أن العطر يناسب الفئة العمرية لمن فوق ال 35 بل حتى ال 40 ... رغم أن العطر يصنف عديم جنس لكني أراه أقرب لحواء أكثر نضوجا" ... عن نفسي، لم يلائمني العطر فهو ليس علي هواي العطري، لكن رغم ذلك لا أنكر إعجابي بجودة و نقاء مكونات العطر و أصالته و تفرده ... حقا إنه عطر ينتمي لدار ذات جذور كلاسيكية محافظة ... و دمتم بود :) ...

Castoreum, Tobacco, and cinnamon. agar wood, Myrrh, & Guaiac Wood. quite dark, smoky, and cigarette effect. the animalic of the tobacco and the castoreum gives the effect of tobacco spit. i don't like the chewable tobacco note, as i don't like the cigarette tobacco leaves as well, and both are in Saffron rose. a slight rose like the one felt in Bull's Blood by Imaginary Authors is there and a harsh saffron. it's not the usual Grossmith style, i couldn't smell his stamp here. This fragrance is no joke, it's truly a black labeled one and it is the smell of the "man with no name" (Clint Eastwood) in A Fistful of Dollars 64. now it's calmer and it smells like fireworks. indeed it's Clint Eastwood, note: the main drawback of all Grossmith's fragrances is the spray, the top piece that sprays the fragrance. however, after few sprays that piece on top kind of wears down or melts, in another way the smell of it turns very metallic. this could be because of the quality of the spray itself, or maybe the fragrance itself is quite strong in away that the spray material can't handle it's strength or density. so i wish they take this into consideration cause this might ruin the essence as it has direct connection with the fragrance.

Authentically opulent with an air of old fashioned conservative luxury, this smells to me like a scholars daydreams.., it's Victorian England, he's sat in the cathedral grounds, in his lap a book about adventures in far Arabie and as he nods off his mind loses itself in how he imagines his own adventures would be. On me, I found myself reminded all day of Harrods, an association I can't really shake from this scent - the luxurious oud and rose combo is to me characteristically Saudi and smells like many of the customers you encounter there, and oud particularly smells to me like furniture and perhaps also of wood polish. On me, I feel I smelt like a furniture department. I would love my house to smell this way, though I could certainly appreciate this smell on a lady in her 40s and above on whom I think it would smell much more as it was intended, indeed conservatively grand, opulent and eloquent, traditional but with a sense of adventure, refined and superior, austere but very well heeled.

I have no idea if you will like this or not. This is the Bus driver with the uppercut!! Romantic violence at its best. It literally morphs into 7 different fragrances. This spicy offering is dramatic, smoky and nuanced with a "grilled edge." Beyond the notes is the near-perfect structure, marked by hardcore saffron and complexed oud. In the beginning, there's a dash of rose followed by an untamed dose of leather. Throw in a animal leg maybe an animal arm some cigarettes with North Carolina tobacco and that pretty much rounds out the middle. Out of nowhere a hint of cinnamon appears with MORE rose and MORE tobacco then the composition segues into its Peety/Cologne Reloaded stage..In the drydown, the base is paradoxed by a wreath of sandalwood juxtaposed with tonka beans but never gets too sweet. The balsams lingers temptingly through an extended finish. Saffron Rose feels vital, offering a different impression with every sniff.

It is quite nice and interesting scent. But rose is very faint and ephemeral, appearing for a glimpse in the very top of the composition. Fresh and dewy. If anyone has ever sniffed pure saffron, they must surely realize there is no saffron what so ever. But there is quite intriguing note instead - castoreum and labdanum with a some fresh uplifting ingredient. This fragrance is quite linear but worth a try.

Unfortunately does not work with my chemistry. I love rose in any direction but I cannot get passed cigarette ashtray thing. Overwhelms and no for me. Hey folks don't blind buy this please.

great for women on a man, for me, is a little bit powdery and floral i don't detect any leather or blond tobacco