Mémoire de Roses

This is a very western rose, so its smell is very fresh, airy, it’s not a heavy dense middle eastern rose. I thought it was going to be feminine but for me no. The citruses make it very sparkling and fresh. As everything from the house, smells very natural, refined and classy. Smells like you’ve atomized water on fresh garden roses. I’ve smelled a lot of rose perfumes and they share a lot of similarities, so this is nothing innovative or very different, but i would wear this rose instead of others, cause it smells natural, fresh, light and wearable for a man. Longevity is good but as usual i disagree with fragr. votes... it lasts the right amount of time, expecially if sprayed from the bottle and around the neck.

I love rose scents, so I have a bias for these types of fragrances. Let me say that this is the best rose fragrance I have smelled. I was introduced to L'Artisan by a Neiman Marcus sales associate, and I was floored at how much I love almost every scent in the collection. This rose is very present with a citrus note, which settles into a musky smoothness. My 20-year-old daughter has adopted it as her favorite fragrance of the moment as well. I recommend sampling it for yourself first. It would be a risky blind buy unless you already love rose scents.

I received a sample of this today and I love it more than I expected. At first the citrus lifts the rose so it blossoms with a sparkling trail, then I quickly got a hint of patchouli from somewhere that blended perfectly. On dry down it has just the right sweet fresh rose sweetness on the powdery musk. I usually wear spicy/woody fragrances so it's a revelation. I would wear this to bed for the delight of falling asleep amidst this beautiful scent, it's a tender hug in a bottle.

This fragrance is a salve for the senses. I think it can be unisex. I also think it can be worn year-round and for all occasions. It seems to be the perfect balance of everything: not too citrus, not too floral, not too sweet, not too musky. I feel soothed wearing this...like a windless, cloudless day. It is a tonic for the soul. And yet, it is deeply sensual. The mandarin, musk, and rose are so harmonious and truly divine.

This is a rose for people who don’t usually care for rose. Rose lovers will write it off as average and not worth the price tag; non‐rose people like me, who flee at the faintest whiff of “classical” or jammy, will find it's worth every penny. Fresh citrus keeps it bright, while a subtle spiced nuance makes it feel elevated, fresh, and modern. The dry down is a happy mix of clean white musk and spicy, pink rose petals.