Attar de Roses

Attar de Roses is a beautiful fragrance. This juice begins with fruity top notes and sweet roses. The flowers here are reddened by a gorgeous raspberry note. This is neither a tart berry nor a juicy one. It’s well blended and smoothly gets absorbed and dominated by the rose after about 10 minutes. Going by the note pyramid, I'd expect this to be a floriental. But if I had to guess by the ambitious name, this should be a painstakingly constructed, natural rose soliflore. At least on *my* skin, it is neither. During the heart phase, there is a lovely red rose note sweetened by the raspberries and rounded by a whisper of violets. After an hour or so this combination gives off a distinct lipstick vibe. It passed the overnight test by staying on me for 12+ hours. However, for an EDP the projection is very poor. Nobody could smell it on me unless they stuck their nose on my wrist even though I’d just doused myself with it. I sensed no other notes; however, there was some very faint amber in the dry down at around the 10 hour mark. I grew up in a part of the world where men and women regularly wear attar of roses. I’m extremely familiar with the scent of it. The nose behind this juice is Yann Vasnier, a man who certainly knows his way around floral creations. Take a sniff of some of his work such as MJ Lola or TF Velvet Orchid as shining examples of his mastery of this genre! While Mr. Vasnier’s impression of attar of roses might be a fruity/sweet one with other flowers in the supporting role, in the strictest sense, it’s basically nothing but distillation of one or more types of roses. No other invasions should be in a perfume named “attar of roses” but the single note of fresh rose petals. I’d classify this as a classy, regal fruity floral with a dominating rose note. While I’d love to add it to my collection, $140 for a full bottle cannot be justified on my tight budget. :o/ Not when it cannot be smelled by me or anyone else unless they invaded my personal space and glued their nose on my skin. That being said, those of you who are looking for a quiet, unobtrusive floral, you need to give this delicate creation a try. :)

Being a rose perfume aficionado I always on a lookout for a new rose scent to add to my collection. Attar de Roses is a beautiful true rose scent that is definitely worthy a full bottle. What I love about this scent is a combination of soft and subtle with sensual and rich. It embodies the rose in full bloom perfectly – its delicate, fragrant petals, rich deep color and a divine smell. It wraps around me like a delicate silk veil so gorgeous and feminine. A perfect selection for a romantic evening or a first date. The opening of this scent is luscious and rich. Natural, true rose in all its glory. I find there is a little bit more going on in this scent than just straight roses. There is a bit of oriental and sweet feeling to the scent in the first half an hour. However, the sweetness with just a touch of powder is never overwhelming but rather perfectly balanced. As the scent develops, I could smell a bit of ambergris, but on my skin it never goes into animalistic territory, but rather remains floral. I get only hints of leather, but it adds a nice touch to the whole composition. The scent settles to a lovely soft rose scent, which stays close to the skin and lasts about 5-6 hours. I would definitely recommend this scent to those who are looking for a nice, true rose scent which smells natural, not overpowering and easy to wear. This is a rose scent that I can wear to almost any occasion without being overwhelmed by the diva personality, which so many rose scents have. Overall score 9/10.

Keiko Mecheri ATTAR DE ROSES is the sort of creation which makes me a believer in the niche/designer distinction. This is simply a gorgeous, velvety, authentic red rose perfume. I defy anyone to find anything even close to this in the designer houses. All of those "rose" perfumes are pale koolaid roses, while this is the real thing. Here the rose is richly dressed with ambergris and the effect is magnificent. ATTAR DE ROSES opens on what I initially took to be a benzoin note, but as the composition develops the rose becomes thicker and richer with a texture not exactly waxy but still vaguely reminiscent of Guerlain NAHEMA. From looking at the notes, I initially surmised that what I was detecting in the base was ambergris much more than leather. After acquiring a bottle and becoming much more familiar with this creation, I have concluded that ATTAR DE ROSES is something of an ambergris bomb. Big rose and equally big ambergris. Think Creed FLEURS DE BULGARIE but multiple the ambergris by about five. This unique, seductive creation is truly gorgeous and a must-sniff for all rose lovers!

Waskotransport I don’t know if you bought it already. But the rose in this smells like a mix of Stella and Chloé. It definitely has a red rose in it but there is also an innocent pink rose, and the fruity white single petaled rose from my boysenberry vine. It manages to smell very similar to the odor that came from my rosary beads rubbed in my teenage fingers at catholic school while saying the Our Fathers prayers. Also the beads sometimes heated on the chest and a similar scent emerged. This scent is like candied rosary beads. I have to agree it smells like food with a hint of lipstick. The silage is low, perhaps a foot from the body, but I bet it travels on the wind. I also think, it’s strong enough to cause wearer to go nose blind after a few hours. After an hour I smell the woody notes at two feet away but must place my wrist in my nose to make it out. Very sensual presentation. I have a decant so the full bottle might be different

I love, love, love Attar de Roses! This is what I call PERFUME. I fell in love at first sniff, went back to test again, fallen in love again. It is so high quality rose, the best smelling mind-blowing pure rose oil, without the greasy edge of rose oil. Natural? Maybe not. It is a warm type of rose scent, maybe due to all complimentary notes. Leather and amber are present, but they never stick out and I'm grateful for that, because in my vision Attar de Roses needs to be first of all a rose scent. Someone mentioned animalic skankiness. This is quite shocking for me. Nothing skanky came to my mind smelling this. I usually avoid any skank, unless... it is so well made and balanced that I don't notice! This is a perfume that makes me feel feminine and elegant yet not in a trendy fashionable way rather in a timeless way. The sillage is not big, 30-40 cm at most but that's a good thing. The lasting power is great.