Rose Aria

A blast of rose and green notes with galbanum as the main player dominates the opening. They describe the opening as a reminiscence of a fresh green apple and I can see why. Imagine a juicy Granny Smith without much sweetness. For me, it's the image of a young rosebud, full of vitality, fighting its way to emerge from the green stem. After 15-20 min, it starts to dry down to a fully bloomed rose, the scent is now softer and more rounded and the sharp edges of the green notes are smoothed out. After a few hours, if you smell closely, the scent became a bit powdery and there may be a hint of the dry notes of saffron and sandalwood lurking in the background, but these notes never dominate the scent. While the sillage is there (not monstrous though), for an extrait, the longevity is very disappointing on my skin. Overall, this is a truly unisex scent because of all the green notes toning down the jammy sweet rose. I really like it for its uniqueness but the poor longevity on me makes me want to contemplate a bit more if the FB is worth the retail price

I really don't think this is as weird or unwearable as people seem to think it is, I generally take comments like that to mean 'unique' or perhaps 'uncommon'. However I totally agree that it's similar to Experimentus Crucis. It's a green rose for sure, a touch sweet, fresh-out-of-the-garden style and on initial spray I just assumed it had a bit of patchouli (which it might), but maybe it's a combo of the other green notes. I like it quite a lot, I used to wear FM Une Rose and I've always been curious about whether other rose scents would grab me like that one did. This one is a delight, but it will take a few more tests before I make a final decision.

This should be named Musk Aria. Musky Amber, Rosey, LEATHERY. Leather is not listed as a note but I'm getting leather at the top. My first thought was POAL with a little leather. I will be doing a side by side later on to see just how close they are but right now I'm just enjoying it unfold. I get no spice. As it wears it is heavy on the musk, more musk than rose. Very nice quality but that musk takes over and is too much like other heavy musk fragrances I haven - Guerlain Musc Noble, Hermetica Amberbee EDIT: On me, this is better than POAL. This just keep developing in to a full on beauty.

This is fresh, sweet rose in Your garden, not rose oil or rose soap type of scent. At first a little bit leans toward honey scent, hours latter becomes spicier, but that real rose is there all along. Brilliant!

Its strong yet not offensive presence create a lot of interest around these perfumes