Rose Trombone

A Synthetic Sweet Jammy Rose perfume that smells a tad oriental. There’s some creaminess to it. And it definitely makes a big impression upon initial spraying. Almost suffocating. It kinda reminded me of a discontinued old favorite of mine by Yves Rocher called Rose Absolute. The later was a boozy dark rose that stayed on for days on my clothes. This one does smell red and super rosy but in a sickly sweet, rum ish way. It’s not as boozy as I wanted it to be but the super sweet rum is undeniably present. Super strong but Not niche. If someone said to me this is a Zara fragrance I would’ve believed that. But it could easily be someone’s night out signature scent. a night out fragrance for colder seasons. 7.5/10

I love this, right now thinking from memory, it reminds me of Roses Musk but I think it's much better. I need to compare them side by side to see if it's FBW, but I find it super addictive. It's funny how perfumes change with weather changes. I tried this perfume in spring and it was too heavy and almost hated it... probably that day was too hot and the rum note was too strong for my taste. Now we are at 13oC and I hardly perceive the rum, it’s more musky rose with a vanilla background and perhaps some of the rum giving it that extra point that makes me like it more than Roses Musk.

Syrupy rose. Maybe a rose for a tango. There is a booziness to it. This is not a fresh rose or natural rose. It stays “ sticky”. Not literally but in smell. I’m a rose girl so it works for me. The musk is very faint. Hmmm I think it would layer well with piano santal ( may favorite from the line so far) Longevity is modest. I want something more from it. 7/10 for me. Good winter rose scent.

the smell is the best thing i have ever smelt. i wish the bottle was not as boring

I had high expectations for Rose trombone, the few I tried prior from this brand are excellent and there's been some seriously good rose perfumes of late from brands like Les indemodable, Matiere premiere, and even Moschino's Toy Boy which is bloody fantastic!!! I was hoping to be treated to something of real beauty and don't get me wrong this is a good fragrance, but it's got tough competition from the ones I mentioned. The depth of this really comes in the drydown, somehow becoming more rosy however I'll start from the beginning. So my first impressions on the strip were of an aldehydic, sharp, soapy, rose perfume which I'm not apposed to from those descriptors, in fact that's quite appealing, but something just didn't gel for me. However, smelling it much later on the strip and wearing it today, my impressions of the opening on my skin is of a much more rounded affair, frankly I don't know where the fizzy aldehyde thing has retreated to? It's still sorta there? Rose trombone is comprising those fruity, jammy elements of rose almost with a kind of plastic, dolls head, playfulness, and the mild bubblegum, soapy aspects, but still not really that rosy. Although my sister commented that my car 'smelled like rosewater' I'd say this is more creamy and waxy than a transparent rose watery perfume but clearly it fills the air with rose vibes even if you're not that aware yourself. To be honest I don't really know where this sits in terms of a rose, it's very accomplished and as I mentioned earlier gets rosier somehow, and vanillic with a good mixture of emotions, it's a subtle rose but present on skin all day and creamy it's pretty lovely and feels modern, and as I say if some rose fans are crazy about this and for the price etc...I'd say fair enough.