Roses & Chocolate

mmmmmmm. yummy. Ok. So I ordered a decant from fragrancenet because I couldn't find a full bottle for a decent price. Plus I didn't want to blind buy based on reviews. Well well well... Let me tell you, this was a success and now I found a two ounce bottle that I got for $30.00 US which is perfect because I don't want or need a 4 ounce bottle. This is gorgeous. It smells like you are getting ready to bake a chocolate cake from scratch and you just put the flour in the mixing bowl and are tearing off the protective seal from the coco powder. All of a sudden the coco powder makes a slight dust cloud. You get that powdery unsweetened but not bitter coco powder scent. However, you are standing next to a vase of roses that you have on your counter. Not really strong fragrant roses but more of a lighter rose scent. I used 4 sprays and had about 6 hours of wear time where I could still smell it before it disappeared like a yummy chocolate cake. The sillage stayed about arm's length on me. My hubby walked in after I sprayed it and asked if I was baking (I am not a baker). I sampled it on him too and it was really nice. Slightly sweet and stronger on the coco. This is a win! I wouldn't say this is a sweet gourmand fragrance at all but it is still a chocolate rose perfume without all the sweetness which makes this great for an all year scent.

I’ve been wearing this from a sample decant and am entirely and unexpectedly impressed. This was never on my radar or sample list until I saw it mentioned in a thread. On a dark, grey, winter’s day it definitely appeals. I am not a huge gourmand buff - leaning towards cleaner fragrances - but this is really lovely, soft and sweet without going too far. The chocolate note is evident at first spray but dry down is quick and I find there to be a sweet berry note that is prominent early on - a little bit like light, red berry cordial (not too syrupy though). This does not distract at all from the stars of the show Roses and Chocolate, which smell just gorgeous and pillowy when paired. This fragrance is aptly named for me because that’s just what I get. I would wear this sparingly - a couple of sprays at most. My only problem now is that I think I want a bottle!

What a great concept for a fragrance. I imagine Roses & Chocolate to be the perfect Valentines fragrance... so I bought a travel-size decant to try it out, since I am trying to not blind buy any Mancera/Montale's but I am determined to find the gems in their offerings... this is another average 6.5-7/10 perfume to me. Smells cheap (not niche) but it is kinda fun. It's basically as described below. But I would spray this on myself while hanging around at home, like I do with a lot of my "fun cheapies". I do not think this is worth $100, but if I find a full-size bottle for around $55-60 then I may spring to add it to my collection... or maybe I can find a better quality Rose+Chocolate fragrance since I love the idea but the execution here turns out to smell more like a celebrity fragrance.

I LOVE THIS PERFUME. I used this for the first time today and as soon as I sprayed it I was hit by a screechy medicinal note that alarmed me and my heart sank - stay with me, it does have a happy ending. Since it's development, it only took only a few minutes to start it's evolution, this has developed into beautiful fragrance. It's peppery - really deliciously so in fact, rosy with a dry chocolate (dusty chocolate?) note and it's divine. It's not too sweet at all, although it is sweet, it stops just short of tooth-achingly sweet thanks to the dark chocolate and pepper. Well balanced, fantastic blend of notes and a really good chocolate fragrance (I love gourmands).

Wow!!! Amazing and beautiful. It smells like valentines day, quite literally. Like a boxful of the fanciest chocolates, mixed with a great smelling bouquet of roses and flowers. It’s like I drove past the local CVS and went to the fancy mall downtown, and got the greatest selection possible. I got this from fragrancenet and very happy. My first ever mancera fragrance as well, wow this brand does not dissapoint! Great price for a beast mode fragrance. Date night, sweet, sexy and romantic. You’ll definitely reel someone in with this, or if you already have a special other, they’ll be more attached to you than super glue. Beast!

My gosh this is so so nice, so delicious 😋 If I blind tested this I doubt I would have recognised chocolate and roses. Cocoa powder and vanilla yes indeed, something powdery, something warm. I love this since the second I sampled it. It has this fruity opening, rosy violet powdery heart and a dusty cocoa, very dark cocoa and vanilla dry down. Powdery, floral, woody, sweet, edible, gourmand, vanillic. It is definitely my favourite this season. Good for a walk in October, for shopping, for going out, for work. So versatile and absolutely adorable. I love love love Roses and Chocolate.

The opening chocolate in this is a different type of chocolatey, it took me awhile to figure it out, I thought of Tootsie Rolls or brownies and baked goods, but when I read below someone comparing it to chocolate flavored protein powder and I was like “damn! That is it!” After 10 minutes though it changes and becomes way more rose centric. It is totally unisex but for a man on its own I’m not too sure, but as a layering frag it’s great especially with YSL La Nuit de L’Homme. For a woman this would be great, it’s not too fem and it’s something that I keep wanting to smell more of.

Wow,this is beautiful... my first time that I feel a Mancera perfume. Chocolate is evident,cocoa powder,with a sweet and a bit dark. Violet gives a bit of mystique, the rose is there but in a light way in my opinion... seductive scent, unique and sweet and knows also be dark. In its complexity is perfectly versatile, huge sillage and longevity ... I recommend to all who love the gourmand, and fragrances with chocolate notes..I like it! Sillage: 9./10 Longevity: 9./10 Scent: 8./10 Overall: 8./10

This has actually become one of my favorite chocolate fragrances. I've tried quite a lot of niche chocolates and have ended up getting sick of many of them (I'm picky with chocolate perfumes I guess) but I keep coming back to this one. This is unique and easy-to-wear. I like this much more than when I first tried it. I need a full bottle - I've gone through my 10ml decant. Surprised this isn't more popular.

I love this fragrance. Perfect example of gourmand at its best! Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate with rose. The rose is not intensive but it is always lingering in the back ground. This is a very sweet, yummy fragrance that I can not get enough of. My husband really likes this one, especially before bed. lol Enormous projection, lasts all day or night. Very well worth the cost.

Oh my lord in heaven, this is just gorgeous, I mean are you kidding me !!!! I've never smelled anything like it my life , maybe a hint of rose jam jam in there , but there this oily kind of smell but it's so beautiful , don't think about buying this , just buy it, if I were to say it smelled similar to something I'd have to say YSL Manifesto, so beautiful

IF SEX WAS A PERFUME🔥 Does anyone need a better explanation than that??!! IMO, this is a masterpiece!! Well balanced sweetness between chocolate, rose and vanilla... Perfect for Valentines day and close encounter scenarios😈 Eaaasily in my top 10 favorites of my collection and a must have perfume for life!!

This is a dark chocolate for me! There are so many “chocolate” perfumes which just smell sweet but this one has this colder feeling to it. I guess it’s the rose that gives this effect. Really nice. If you want a dark chocolate perfume, go for it!

this may sound crazy but this fragrance reminds me of Britney spears fantasy... I get the lovely chocolate and guava juice/kiwi... this fragrance smells really unique i love it, need to be in a certain mood to wear this.

I’m shocked I’m actually enjoying this. The sillage is much nicer than smelling it up close. The vibe is a fruity slightly floral cocoa. Seems a bit light, but perhaps it needs to oxidize a bit.

Wow, this smells really good on my skin. But I get semi-sweet vanilla mixed with peach and light hint of chocolate. Definitely a seductive scent.

I received a sample today- I really like it! The chocolate is so real smelling yet you can smell the flowers coming through. Very nice!

This starts dry, nostalgic and powdery then it gets better and better throughout the 12+ hours longevity time... the opening smell like chocolate mousse desserts, chocolate whipped cream and exactly like the milk chocolate ice cream popsicle I used to buy when I was a kid... it's also very close to Cadbury chocolate drink/powder (the dark blue /purple container)... I was hoping the chocolate note to smell like Dutch cocoa powder (dark and coffee-ish or like the regular chocolate chips/bars) but it's not that type of chocolate it's more like a creamy milky artificial chocolate drink...it's not that bad it fades to an acceptable form /level after 30 minutes. Be prepared NO roses right away! I don't get any rose in the opening only a chocolate mousse note but after 30 to 60 minutes the (fruity note) starts to be very noticeable with the chocolate and balances the scent profile in a good way...the rose🌹 joins the party late like the beautiful woman who comes late to the party wearing red dress steals the attention and turns all the heads I was hoping she comes on time in the opening but it's fine better late than never! ... the rosy chocolaty late dry-down is the best part... I like this combo it's very smooth, alluring, velvety and unbelievably calming🌹🍫 This fragrance is like a journey, with many transitions over the 12+ hours... great longevity... very good quality...I think females would love it more... it's a more feminine girly type but I think men can wear it ... it suits cold weather or climate-controlled environment... more for special occasions, dates or romantic times... not for summer or hot weather. The opening: 7 /10 chocolate mousse dessert, Cadbury chocolaty drink opening... unexpected! The dry-down: 9/10 fruity chocolaty then rosy chocolaty creamy smooth dry-down. Overall 8.5 /10👍 I recommend testing it first. .

Finally got my full bottle of this after loving the sample. This is a slightly bitter dark chocolate, and definitely more powdered and cocoa-like than creamy, with an abundance of rose petals peeking through and some violets lost here and there. I definitely get the fruity nuances, but they are very subtle and just serve to round out and sweeten the fragrance a little more, you wouldn't really think of any specific fruits when smelling this, though peach and black currant seem like a decent interpretation. Overall this doesn't smell very edible: there's a slight plastic and synthetic quality there, but to me that's not a bad thing, it comes off as chic, shampoo-y and a bit supernatural (like Mugler's Alien). This gives strong Valentine's Day vibes and smells very romantic and seductive, like silk bedsheets, rose petals and a box of chocolates. Very unisex. I have to admit I get nose blind to the chocolate very fast, which is a shame, but knowing that I will smell delicious to other people is good enough consolation!

I find it takes a solid 20 minutes for this perfume to really blossom into something beautiful. What I get with this one is powdered cocoa, not the sweet milk chocolate kind in Montale's Chocolate Greedy or Mugler's Angel Muse. I find this cocoa note remains throughout the entire journey, but after the 20 minutes it does calm down and blend more with the florals. At that point it becomes very well blended, but the final product really does depend on the wearer's skin. My best friend and I tested this at the same time. On me, it was more chocolate and faded quickly. On her, it was more floral and lasted a long time. The curious thing is that I could smell it on her, but she couldn't smell it on herself. I wonder if the same thing happens to me and that's why I think it fades?? Anyway, this is a beautiful perfume for a date night, a cold winter evening, or for February (Valentine's). Warning: I don't think this is a safe blind buy because it is certainly "different", but it is pretty.