Royal Rose Aoud

Not every rose aoud combo has to knock you over the head with a foghorn like potency, some can purr. This Micallef purrs. I should point out though that my bottle which was obtained from a completely reputable source says "Royal Rose Aoud" rather than Rose Aoud. Everything about this perfume is beautiful from box, to bottle, to scent. The opening is a velvety soft, fruity pink rose. This is not a sharp tea rose, this has a warm and plush quality that verges on powdery. As it dries the fruitness mellows out and the rosy scent gets creamier and slightly waxy (possibly due to the vanilla note?). Approximately 30 minutes after application the slightly oily aoud note appears in tandem with the guaiac wood, grounding the whole composition and substantially darkening the tone. Sillage: 7 feet Longevity: 10 hours on skin. Weeks on a scarf. An incredibly well made scent that wears as a complex evolution of rose from beginning to end. I think very few men would be comfortable wearing this because of the intensely sweet/fruity opening. The rose aoud dry down is to die for, and when worn with red lipstick and killer heels, any woman wearing this will feel like a femme fatale.

I just adore Rose Aoud! What a beauty, I cannot get enough of it. It is rose and aoud done in a totally gourmand way, just like rose confiture mixed with some aoud, ( very little to my nose), but just enough to give it that middle eastern character. It starts very sweet, and quite strong, with aoud dominating, after which the aoud subsides, giving more room to roses and fruits. The sweetness doesn't last, actually the whole scent looses power within half an hour, but the drydown is clean and soft, just a trace of flowers and woods remaining on skin. There is something very feminine and lovely here, and I can compare this more to Onde Mystere than to Montale. If you look for a statement rose and aoud perfume, please go for Montale Aoud Queen Roses. A very very charismatic presence, an indulgence of senses seeking immediate pleasure, it is love in the infatuation phase, where you just can't get enough of the beloved! Wonderful and addictive! My signature!

*Review for ROSE AOUD (not Royal Rose Aoud) ROSE AOUD is not in the database and the notes appear to be a little different: A perfect spring/summer weight rose oud!! So soft and natural smelling...such a beautiful fragrance! With the weather warming up, I have been mourning (in advance) some of my rose perfumes because they will be a bit heavy for the warmer months. This is a perfect solution for my rose/oud fix! The rose is pink and delicate, the fruit is lightly sweet and just the right amount, the oud is very light and serving as only a backdrop along with creamy vanilla. A dainty rose oud without the usual touch of masculinity. A real beauty.

The matriarch of my collection. A super thick rose oil topped with berry citrus that smells almost like pineapple, on top of a slightly animalic oud. Love it so much. Linear, but powerful, and regal. Love layering this with Montale's Full Incense to make a super elegant scent.

Here is an up date. This smells so much better in the sweltering heat. That typical oud smell that’s in ouds for beginners type fragrance is subdued in the moist and hot air. Just in case you are wondering what I mean by that, I’ll explain. Im going to be frank with you. A lot of beginner ouds smell like someone just sprayed a bathroom after using it. You can’t tell if what you are smelling is a mix of heavy aerosol covering the scent of someone taking a dump or just the fragrance spray itself and you’ve been conditioned to associate it with dropping a load. Those cheap vanilla sprays have some weird deep smell that for years I always thought was the mix (spray + shit) but turned out was the smell all by itself. I have found that where I live, people of a certain generation tend to wear these “deep” smelling fragrances. Yeah, it’s rosy but isn’t super sweet or powdery. It has more of a shampoo or bubble bath vibe like others have mentioned while in this summer heat. The saffron and fruity notes blend in really well making it smell juicy and almost tart. It definitely sticks to clothes and right now is imbedded in my robe. Also, others can easily smell this on me with just two sprays on the wrists. The dry down really smells like something from my past. I thought it was Malibu musk but I recently sampled a fragrance imitation oil of it and it was nothing like I remember. It’s something I smelled when I was a child while playing with toys and spraying some tiny fragrance can.