Coup de Grace

Charming and sophisticated,delicate rose,a violet notes in the background, vetiver, sandalwood.... I can hear every note here. It has an atmosphere of bygone days, autumn scent a melancholy little. I am discovering this fantastic line of eau de parfum and I am so thrilled..! The longevity here is enormous (12 + h), the sillage average. Happy to have tried it, nice perfume! Sillage: 7.5/10 Longevity: 10./10 Scent: 8.5/10 Overall: 8.5/10

If you like Lyric by Amouage you will also like Coup de Grace. The similarity is strong. Take Lyric and remove the greenish rose and the freshness. Add tones of grandma's red rose (zero freshness, no "green rose" effect), add some strong lilac and mild saffron and finally add a load of the grandma's red rose again! This is the Coup de Grace. It also reminds me one of my grandma's scent, an old rose scent, but I can't remember the name. It is a strong rose scent with heavy projection and sillage. I think that it will shine on a woman, it clearly leans toward feminine scents. It's 9 parts feminine and 1 part masculine IMO. Dominant notes are big red rose, lilac, saffron, vetiver. Longevity is great, about 10-11 hours as a skin scent. The sillage & projection are heavy for about 2.5 hours then it becomes nice moderate. I highly recommend it for mature women. A nice rose scent for winter, fall and early spring, day & night.

Good perfume from Herve Gambs, excellent if your like rose. The rose smell is natural and traditional, not the retouched, mixed or bender contemporary rose smell. It opens with the saffron, followed shortly by that nice and pure rose. On the dry down it has a sharp change when the Vetiver, Amber and Sandalwood comes into play. Then it remains mostly woody with that rose still there to complete roundly the sophisticated and luxurious smell. I would say that is not the most masculine fragrance and it can be going towards the feminine side, but having said that, if you like rose on your perfumes by all means get this one because is a delight! Great longevity between 8-10 hours and sillage is moderate for the first 2-3 hours and after that is sits closely on the skin.

Wow not seen Lilac in an oriental rose yet - definitely gives it a soft, fresh spring blooming and almost green vibe. Definitely in the same ball park as love kills, ultra feminine, great one for spring. Still keeps the oriental vibes with the soft saffron and sandalwood. Love it! ** Sample swap 25+ rose niches up for swap - and other genres too. UK only - get in touch! **

cold hearted purple rose ... smells as though there's something petrol-y synthetic... bit faint , withered rose... saffron way too dominant for me. I'll skip.