Amber & Roses

I LOVE this! I have been collecting perfume (mainstream at first and now moving towards better quality brands) and I am still stuck on Stella and Chloe. Of all the beautiful scents that I own, those are the two I love the most. I have been consistently looking for a dupe for Stella (perhaps in the niche market maybe), but a scent that also has better projection and longevity. I think this is one of the dupes. So far I have found this one, Lady Vengeance, Montale Night and Spirituelle. Now to also start looking for frags similar to Chloe EDT or EDP that are unknown to me so far. This is a very fun project! This was a blind buy and if you like the older Stella or Stella Rose Absolute Intense, you will love this too.

This is a perfect May Grey / June Gloom floral fragrance. It brings to mind an expensive and expansive cemetery in Los Angeles; quiet mid-afternoon, the clouds hanging low over the hills, the air is damp, a florist is making bouquets of roses. Turning up a driveway lined with blue hydrangeas, the AC on cool, the music down low. A man in a suit directs you to your destination. An ever so slightly chemical smell reaches through the earthy mist and reminds you that this place is not wholly natural. Smells like Lana Del Rey - Bel Air Not overly sweet, and just the right amount of amber. Peaceful, quiet and refreshing.

This is a very dry but also powdery-sweet rose on a heavy bed of incense, even with a dose of patchouli and synthetic oud that appear after about an hour. No amber to my nose, but perhaps a bit of musk. My favorite type of rose, Damascus rose - not jammy, not green, not mamby-pamby run-of-the-mill rose, but dignified and lovely. I sprayed it on and...instant love, because it reminds me of my precious Rose Nacree du Desert, but comes in a bigger bottle at a better price!

I really like this! I do get the ‘graveyard’ vibe that others have described but it’s nowhere near as prominent as I expected. This is predominantly a rose perfume. There is definitely an earthy smell and a surprisingly strong lemon note. To me it smells like being in a garden after the rain, with the scent of damp earth, blooming rose bushes, and ripe citrus trees. There’s also an addictive warm/musky scent that comes through after a few hours. Really nice.

I don’t really get the hate this gets. I guess if you expected this to be a pretty and sweet rose I could understand the disappointment, but to me this is a great scent. It has a layer of mystery to it. I get the whole dark rose vibe some people say this has. The picture this one brings to mind is sitting at an old library next to an open window during a thunderstorm with a dusty old book in hand and a dozen fresh roses sitting at the table with you.