Radical Rose

I've been on a months-long rose kick. For me, 2021 is the year of the rose. I've mostly sported Malle's Une Rose (the ULTIMATE rose soliflore) and Portrait of a Lady, with detours into Malle's Noir Epices, Chanel's Coco and N°18, Love Kills (Masque Milano), Tea Rose (Perfumer's Workshop), and Le Cri de la Lumière (Parfum d'Empire). When Radical Rose appeared on my radar, I just HAD to have it. Samples were difficult to come by in the US, so I risked a blind buy—a risk that came with such high rewards! What initially appealed to me was Radical Rose's (supposed) "highest concentration in the world of rose centifolia absolute." That's definitely there, but still, I was surprised by what greeted me upon first spray. Radical Rose opens quite sweet (more than I expected), an explosion of rose, labdanum, and saffron. It quickly settles into a mildly spicy, deep rose, layered over labdanum, with patchouli rising to accent, rather than compete with, the beautiful floral accord. It's not a soliflore, but it's definitely rose-centric, all the other notes serving to complement the rose absolute. Though sweet, it's never too sweet (for comparison, this is sweeter than any of Malle's roses). It's not jammy, but it's also not not jammy, if that makes sense. In a similar way, the saffron and labdanum give something of a leathery edge, but it's not leathery and not not leathery at the same time. I guess that's to say it is very well balanced, a perfect calibration that continues for several hours. I see that others have included references to Malle's roses in their comments below, but I don't really detect a relation between Radical Rose and any of those. Yeah, there's rose and patchouli here, but this is no Portrait of a Lady. POAL is a grand dame, the ruler of her kingdom, silently exclaiming, "Bow down, bitches!" If Radical Rose is any relation, she's finagled her way into the family through marriage. She's classy, yes, acquired a title, yes, but she's a bit flirty. She's effortlessly likeable, and people naturally gravitate toward her. Pearls haven't quite been clutched, but the old guard turn up their noses to what they see as her gauche attention grabbing. And yes, this will grab your attention and that of others nearby. I've fallen in love with Radical Rose and received multiple compliments when wearing it. On a related note: I'm a college professor. My perfume collection is large enough to last me an entire lifetime, then be embalmed with fragrance, with whatever's leftover to perfume a midsize American city. So, I share my collection with students by spritzing any papers that exchange hands and offer small samples to students when they especially gush over a fragrance. I recently scented an assignment with Radical Rose, and for the first time EVER, I witnessed students (male and female) rubbing the assignment—a statistics assignment at that!—on their skin and clothes to transfer its smell. Me at the front of the classroom: "Umm, the bottle is up here if you want a spritz. No need to become biblically familiar with your assignment..."

في عام 2016 ، أسس Aurélien Guichard مزرعة عضوية لوردة السانتيفوليا 🌹 Rose Centifolia (Ecocert®🍃) مع عائلته في منطقة Grasse جنوب فرنسا 🇫🇷. و هو صانع العطور الوحيد الذي يمتلك وينتج مستخلص🌹 Rose Centifolia الخاص به، بحيث تتم زراعة الآلاف من الورود، وفقا للمعرفة الأسرية و الإقليمية وعلى أرض استثنائية 🏞️، مسجلة في التراث الثقافي غير المادي للبشرية من قبل اليونسكو. في عام 2019، وصلت الجرامات الأولى من مستخلص هذه الوردة الندية Absolute. وهي مخصصة حصريا لعطرنا اليوم. فبدأ بتطويره ليصبح Rose Centifolia Absolu France المادة الخام الرئيسية لـ RADICAL ROSE. ففي مقالي هذا سوف أتطرق لعطر أبدع في توظيف شاعرية مستخلص وردة السانتيفوليا، فعززت بنفحات من الزعفران الملكي و الفلفل الجمايكي، بالإضافة لمستخلص الباتشولي الأندونيسي و اللابدانوم الأندلسي. كلها تجعل العطر شرقي خشبي بامتياز، دافئ و حميمي، و مزيجه متناغم، زيادة على جودته العالية 🆙 كجل عطور هذه الدار. فالورود بجمالها وألوانها تمثل أحلى ما في الطبيعة من لوحات، ولهذا كانت وحيا للعطرجي أوريليان غيشارد، فأجاد توظيفها و نقلها لعطر راديكال روز في حلة بهية، فالزعفران و الورد صنوان لا يفترقان فإذا ذكرت الزعفران رأيت الورود، فلقاؤهما يجعلك تعيش أجواء رومانسية و كأنك تهدي إكليل ورد لمعشوقتك، فلا يسعها إلا احتضانك بقوة و مبادلتك الشعور القدسي. "كنت أرغب في ابتكار عطر يحتوي على أكبر جرعة من وردة السانتيفوليا 🌹 في العالم 🌍، واحدة من أجمل المواد المستخدمة في صناعة العطور: Organic Rose Centifolia Absolute ،المزروع في فرنسا 🇫🇷 في منطقة غراس. لقد عملت على هذه الوردة للذهاب إلى أساسيات المادة الطبيعية، بدون زخرفة، ليلمس المتعطر ملمسها الناعم و جمالها على الفور. إن زراعة الورود الخاصة بنا هي طريقة لإعادة الاتصال بجوهر مهنة العطار، و الجمع بين الإبداع و الإشراف على الجودة و طرق الإنتاج الخاصة بالمواد الخام.» كان هذا قول السيد Aurélien. يُطلق على Rose Centifolia في غراس "كافيار الورود 🌹"، رائحتها أغنى و أكثر كثافة و تعقيدا من الورود الأخرى. جودتها العطرية فريدة من نوعها، و ذلك بفضل الأرض و التربة و المعرفة المحلية الموروثة لزراعتها و حصادها و تحويلها لمستخلص. يحتوي Radical Rose على أكبر جرعة على الإطلاق من Rose Centifolia Absolute من غراس. حتى أحيطكم علما، فازت RADICAL ROSE بجائزة 🏆 Fragrance Foundation UK 2021 Perfume،🥇 و هذا كفيل لمعرفة مدى جمال و حبكة عطرنا اليوم. — دمت قارئا، و دام العطر رفيقك 🌹. _____________________________________________ للمزيد من التقارير المرجو زيارة صفحتي عبر الأنستغرام Luxe_cologne_reviews مودتي ❤️ _____________________________________________

This is truly a masterpiece composition and I’m in complete awe every time I smell it. I’ve never heard of this line until I saw it in Bloomingdales, thought I’ll try it out and there wasn’t a single perfume in it that I didn’t like and appreciate, which really never happened for me before as I tend to be EXTREMELY picky and it’s always hard for me to find scents I really like. I was on a hunt for a true rose scent, not the light and citrusy/musky type of rose perfumes, nothing overly sweet and jammy and nothing overshadowed by Oud. Smelling Radical Rose I immediately knew it was exactly what I was looking for, but since it was too early in my perfume haul I figured I’ll give other Rose perfumes a chance and smell around before purchasing anything. I smelled several Rose perfumes that day and NOTHING came anywhere close to Radical Rose! It stayed true to what it is: a true, deep, beautiful Rose scent that is amplified with intelligently blended quality ingredients that SERVE the Rose scent profile rather than overshadow it! And I later learned, when reading more about the brand, that this is exactly what Aurelien Guichard meant to create, and he has done so amazingly well! I was so amazed when I learned that he grows his own organic roses and tuberose, now this is passion for perfume making taken to another level! Cultivating the raw material with such love and care to ensure the best quality, and then creating a perfume centred around that ingredient, that celebrates different faucets of it in a harmonious simple blend of quality ingredients, where the purpose of each ingredient is very well understood and serves the purpose of beautifully amplifying different nuances of the central ingredient. Such inspiring passion, dedication, talent and skill, bravo to Aurelien Guichard! Of course ended up buying Radical Rose and not being able to help but wear it every single day since I got it. I will definitely be exploring more perfumes from this amazing line, his approach just makes sense, and to me, this is how perfume should be made, fully respecting the ingredients and truly understanding them to create something unique and powerful that celebrates the beautiful olfactory blessings that Mother Nature has provided us!

Fragrance enthusiast here. After a lot of smells, I found Rose to be my absolute favorite. I am a huge Rose fragrance enthusiast. This is my 4th rose-prominent fragrance I have, I've tested manyyyyyyyyy on my quest to find the one, or multiple gems. I own Lyric man, MFK A L Rose L'homme, Signature Rose by Zaharoff, I've tested POAL, MFK Oud Satin Mood regular and extrait, Cartier Declaration U'Soir, Tom Ford Rose Prick Cafe Rose, L.A. Rose by Wit and West, Lamar by Kajal, Chloe Roses... these are just some. Radical Rose is my favorite. The rose is so prominent but also supported to shine with a simple and very effective scent profile. The smell is intoxicating. The performance is high, the quality and blend is top tier. The perfumer grows and uses his own organic roses. Its versatile enough for all seasons IMHO which was a big deal for me since I'm moving to a hot climate. You may not think it would work in hot weather, but once I wore it during a dry sauna session in a round about way. To my pleasant surprise the smell adapted to bring out the cleaner fresher notes while the heavier stuff pushed to the back. That's when I knew this was something. After more testing, I found its all I want to wear right now, and the more I wear the more intoxicating it is. That's saying something for me who loves variety. Radical Rose is better than MFK Oud Satin Mood because Rose is more prominent and its more wearable. Lyric man is soapy and beautiful for what it is, A La Rose L'Homme is an amazing fresh rose... something about Radical Rose. Transportive. If you are a rose lover, and haven't tried this one, try this. Get a 2ml sample. You have to do at least 2-3 full wearings of it over a week. In short, this scent is a Rose all star and while it may be simple or not ground breaking, it shines with a beauty that is truly remarkable.

Crap. I’ve changed my mind. I really love this. Truthfully, I always liked it but found this a “nice on me, better on others” turns out I’m others! I’ve deleted my old review and am now providing a new one. I just needed it to get a little colder and now all I want to wear is this in the evenings and it’s in a fight with encens suave for the winter evening spot... and this just keeps winning because it’s more wearable. Layering this with rose jam or hibiscus mahajad is an absolute dream. I’ll keep most elements of my old review. To me, this is Maison Margiela On a Date without the blackcurrant and 10x better blended + better smelling. I’m surprised no one’s mentioned this though unless I just have weird skin. I also dislike on a date.... So beats me. This is a deep, dark, slightly sugary rose potpourri. Minus the usual longevity being great as expected of a MP fragrance, this perfumes biggest strength is somehow being fresh, musky and spicy all at once. I fear I’m cramming too many sexy autumn / winter perfumes into my collection, so glad I can keep a 6ml without going against my full bottle limits. I can’t lie, I even wore this on my long Boxing Day hike and still loved it. You could wear this anything below a cool spring evening. I tend to avoid patchouli and I have “patchouli skin” where any fragrance I wear that has it completely gets dominated by it, not here, the crushed rose petals win. This is extremely sexy on men. This is also the only other perfume (barring volutes by Diptyque) that my (I’ve come to realise fussy) boyfriend really loves on me! Only reason it’s staying as a permanent 6ml in my collection for now is I do already have a full bottle rose and I like my other perfumes more, this is also as versatile as my other fragrances... I think Encens suave may be demoted!

Nice, very nice indeed! Surprised no one has mentioned the resemblance to Amouage's Rose Incense, which is probably my most favourite Rose fragrance. I'll update more as the day goes on with the wear, but initial feelings is it's gorgeous :) OK, this is my 4th from the house and I have a 5ht on the way (Falcon Leather), and not one has disappointed (Except Santal Austral, but that is subjective as the fragrance was awesome). So, I'm a bit thrown when every purchase I get from a house turns out as good as the next, it doesn't really ever happen! This starts off with a nice blast of Incensey, dark rose, that within 5-10 minutes transforms a bit into an ever so slightly sweet incense rose, and it get a tiny bit powdery, just enough to remind you it's a Rose scent, but then the rose ever so slightly slides a bit to the back and the sweeter incense (Labdanum I'm guessing) moves in ever so slowly and nicely, then you get the feeling of that gorgeous sweet-bitterness of Patchouli that I love so much, I can't tell exactly when the sly little Saffron sneaks in, but he does, but I can never catch the little slippery git, he's just there :) All in all this is a luxurious and non-linear fragrance, that I think is absolutely a gem. It also layers lovely, I've given a try with MC's Infrarouge Cuir, Encense Suave and I think it will layer nicely with something fresh to juxtapose itself, like Creed's Royal Water. I can wear this in whatever weather and whatever the occasion, obviously it's more suited to night than day, and maybe not so hot days, but I'd wear it anywhere, I cant see it being offensive, maybe not the best office frag, but hey :) Any gender as usual for me, and blind buy FB worthy if you ask me :) Enjoy all and God bless :)

Rose is one of my favorite notes. I don’t think it should be considered typically feminine—far from it—and I also don’t believe that floral scents must inevitably evoke one’s great-grandmother. I own quite a few fragrances strongly centered around rose, and I especially love the way Montale works with it (potent, strong). When I came across a great online deal for Radical Rose, I jumped at the opportunity, confident I wouldn’t be disappointed by this blind buy—and indeed, it’s a pure WOW. Rose, rose, and more rose. I’ve read other reviews mentioning a strong patchouli presence. Personally, even though I own many perfumes with patchouli in varying degrees, I always struggle to detect it—it just slips past me. Here, all I get is rose: powdery, talc-like, and deliciously sweet. It’s like holding a powerfully fragrant bloom right under your nose. And let’s not forget Matiere Premiere has its own rose field for their perfumes. It projects beautifully, lasts for hours, and wraps you in a marvelous rose garden. Many people dismiss it as unsuitable for summer. Well, today is an August day with temperatures expected to go beyong 30°C, and here I am in the office, completely intoxicated by it. Granted, I might not wear it to the beach—but anywhere else, in any season, I can see myself wearing it. I also really like the packaging. I always appreciate very simple bottles with minimalist labels. The color of the juice is lovely, the cap has a satisfying weight, and the sprayer delivers an excellent mist. For floral lovers—and especially for rose enthusiasts—this is an absolute must-have in your collection.

This is a dark, spicy, rich, and slightly jammy rose that leans masculine. Yes, it is rose dominant, but it is also intensely patchouli and saffron. It's a bit gothic. There is a heavy note here that feels artificial, but this perfume is nonetheless beautiful, and it's one I grab time and time again. Despite its more masculine vibe, I'm a feminine-leaning woman and I love to wear it. It's probably one of my favorite perfumes and I ADORE rose. This is a loud perfume, but Radical Rose feels like a more laid back and approachable than POAL (as many here have pointed out before me). This perfume isn't groundbreaking or new--in fact, it's fairly simple in its execution. But the quality is undeniably superb. Radical Rose is expensive and smells extravagant. I love wearing a black cashmere turtleneck when I don this perfume. It's mysterious and classy. I absolutely love it. I opt to wear Radical Rose primarily in cold weather, although I think it would be appropriate for early autumn and early to mid-spring. It's an investment, but due to its beast-mode strength, it will last a long time. I'm curious to try the hair perfume with it, but I'm honestly afraid that the hair mist in combination with the actual perfume might overpower everyone around me! I am perplexed as to why they made an extrait version (I haven't tried it, but do I need to--this one is a monster in itself, in the best possible way). In addition to its similarity to POAL, Radical Rose also reminds me of Jo Malone Rose and White Musk Absolu and Diptyque Eau Capitale (I enjoy all of these).

🌹Radical Rose (2020)🌹 Aurélien Guichard I don’t know if there is nothing left to say about this heavenly intoxicating, beloved, voluptuous rose. There is a perfect balance between three popular notes mixed with Rose: Patchouli, Saffron and Labdanum. This scent is mellow and brash with inviting earthy touch in it and without Vanilla it never gets sweet. It’s stupendous with an enormous projection and sillage and everyone will notice your scent before and after you. If you are considering something like this I think you should check out as well Parfums De Marly Delina, Amouage Rose Incense, Penhaligon’s Cairo and Tom Ford Rose Prick. They are all different but in the same modern “beast mode” Rose category. I like to layer Radical Rose with Falcon Leather. MATIERE PREMIERE is the French phrase for “raw material” and the scents are built around one central natural ingredient so they are quite simple and easy to layer with each others. There are Saffron and Labdanum in both of those two and a leather note in Falcon Leather is made of Finnish Birch Tar. “Perfumes contain between 85% and 92% natural ingredients. They are vegan, phthalate free and without any colouring agent.” Thank you for reading, I hope my review was helpful. I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG and/or YouTube (English subtitles): @ninamariahperfumes It gives me a lot of motivation to write more. 🤗

Honestly, I’ve had this sample for a while, but I never thought much of it when I first sprayed it on my wife’s wrist. To me, it was a sweet, jammy rose—albeit a very nice one. I didn’t give it a chance past the opening because I dismissed it as slightly too feminine. However, I gave it another shot recently, and I am so glad I let it develop this time. I think it is actually perfectly unisex—even a tad masculine now. The scent has incredible range and changes noticeably throughout. As it dries down, the rose fades into the background and an earthy patchouli takes center stage. It has an extremely subtle "wet earth" quality, like the air right as it begins to rain. This scent feels mature and carries a certain melancholy. If you’ve ever watched Cowboy Bebop—that scene where the rose is lying on the ground in the rain—this is exactly the vibe it emits. I feel like this is wearable year-round; it works for dressy occasions or casual wear, as the coolness of the saffron and patchouli make it beautifully well-rounded. It isn't cloying, but it’s certainly not a light "freshie" either. Plus, the projection is massive for a solid four to five hours. I am so tempted to buy a full bottle, but I already have way too many fragrances! I might just buy it for my wife and "borrow" it every now and then.

A perfect, incensey, powdery patchouli-rose. It's deep, velvety, and sexy, and not so austere, stark, and regal as you find with Portrait of a Lady and it's dominant frankincense note and tart berry depths. Radical rose is quite sweet on my skin, yet definitely unisex, and honestly probably leaning slightly masculine due to it's spicy notes. There's something addictive about the creamy labdanum base with the saffron, which has tremendous staying power! To me it has a slightly animalic, musky vibe, almost vintage. I would also say it's more linear rather than complex, but it doesn't stop the scent from being totally intoxicating, I just can't get enough of it. I wish I could do it justice honestly, it's one of the most gorgeous perfumes i've tried for a long while. I immediately purchased myself a decant so I can enjoy it after I have gone through my 1.5ml sample. It's slightly too sexy, bold, and yang for me to wear to the office, so I will be enjoying it at my leisure. I wouldn't recommend this for anyone looking for a feminine, clean, fresh rose scent. I've heard people compare this to Amouage's Rose Incense. I have a sample of this in the post so I will amend my review later to include a brief comparison.

I've had this for over a year and worn it a few times, because it's too strong for most situations, and it also has that pull that makes you want to go all in when you try to spray it lightly (rather like Interlude Man in that respect). AG makes a song and dance about this perfume containing the most rose ever of any perfume. I mean, sure, OK, but what this smells the most of is the Matière Première base which runs through the whole line. In this one it's particularly strong, so any sense of nature or even a rose flower is smothered by the ultra-modern screech. That said, a lot of people love the screech, and it's the screech that makes it similar to POAL for me. The feel of this scent to me is a very well put together person with a chaotic lifestyle and a drink problem. The kind of person who is fun to be around in small doses but always has a psycho bitch vibe (regardless of their gender) and enjoys overstepping social boundaries, because that's what Radical Rose will do, it'll invade the space and thoughts of anyone within 10 metres of you, more if you're in public transport. What I like about it is the incensey feel and the jammy sweetness which isn't too sickly.

This is a stunning rose fragrance - absolutely exquisitely made. I think the criticisms about the name from people who say there isn't anything 'radical' about it are perhaps lacking in imagination. What about all the radical things the wearer can bring about though the confidence boost they get from wearing such a beautiful scent? Who says the name has to literally be a descriptor for the juice inside, and not something more personal? In this case, I think the radical is connected to the fact Aurelien Guichard has rather extravagantly obtained a rose field to make this fragrance from his own materials, in a true homage to the name, 'Matiere Premiere': wanting to create the fragrance from the earth up. This is such a lovely rose - equal parts spicy, and rich, and sweet and voluptuous. Very smooth. Like others say, and like other fragrances in this line, it's perfectly gender inclusive. I've never found a fragrance line before that is so amiable-smelling right across the stable, whilst never being boring. On the contrary, because the fragrances are so well done, it's an exciting line.

What has happened to me?! In a few days I will turn 40. For most of my life I have disliked the sharpe sourness of rose fragrances. Last week I ordered a few samples from Matiere Premiere and on a whim added Radical Rose to the bunch, not expecting much. When the fragrances arrived and I smelled Radical Rose, suddenly something clicked and now I can’t get enough. Did a rose-inclined olfactory switch turn on at 40? Maybe. Or perhaps, I’m finally getting to the stage in my fragrance journey where I have smelled enough perfumes to recognize quality. As others have said, this fragrance isn’t groundbreaking....I mean, it’s rose. But it’s rose done very well. Radical Rose has a slight sour zing to it, but the zing is cradled in a smooth, almost pudding-like creaminess. It is pure sophistication in a bottle. Encens Suave is my first love from this brand and I have already purchased a bottle. Next month, when my fragrance budget is replenished and I have sold enough on Mercari to justify the purchase, I will buy Radical Rose too.

This is a perfect deep spicy rose fragrance. It's superbly blended. I agree with the review below it doesn't go dry like portrait of a lady. I actually don't like that fragrance at all. This keeps the dewy freshness of the rose but adds depth with the spices and the patchouli and the labdanum. The saffron never becomes too metallic here. That is often a problem with saffron in fragrances If it is overused. And radical rose it's perfectly balanced. The spices, the base add warmth and depth instead of a harsh metallic almost ping like feeling inside your nose like a lot of saffron heavy fragrances can do. Gosh I can't stop smelling this one. It really reminds me a little bit of Aramis calligraphy rose. Which I already own. So, I probably won't spring for a full bottle of this but when my full bottle of calligraphy rose is gone this would be an excellent substitute for that fragrance. So, everyone out there if you miss calligraphy rose check out radical rose, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.

I love rose and have quite a bit of this note in my collection, everything from jammy roses to aquatic presentations. Before I tried Radical Rose, if someone had asked for a photorealistic rose, I would have suggested Diptyque's l'eau Rose. However, next to RR, Diptyque's bottle is lemony, sweet, woody--a rose bathed in sunsine with a bit of earth, stem and soil. Radical Rose is certainly the most beautiful, the most photorealistic rose I've experienced-- it leans a bit into musty territory, there's patchouli here, but it stays in its place. If this is a real rose, it's blooming at night, the sky is overcast and there's a Gothic moon peeking through the clouds. The overall scent is well blended--a seamless, darkly beautiful, mysterious rose. This stays mostly linear throughout dry down and projects well in hot Texas weather (July). I also thought this might be too close to Tiziana Terenzi's Porpora, but they are nothing alike. Porpora is an amber rose iteration, rich in cinnamon and spices.

I've had this scent for several weeks now, and I've worn it as the weather has gone from warmer end-of-summer weather to crisp autumn weather, and the weather change has affected how this scent wears throughout the day. On warm days I have to use this scent sparingly because I found it turned a little boozy smelling on me throughout the day. I liked it, but I didn't love it because, at the end of the day, it smelled boozy and maybe even a little metallic. I never got a migraine from it, but something about it reminded me of a night out, which was strange because it smelled so luxurious the first couple of hours I wore it. However, as the weather cooled, I noticed the scent developed throughout the day into something much smoother and silkier. It now smells sweet and candy-like at the end of the day, but I wouldn't necessarily say it's gourmand; it is so addicting, and everyone around me has complimented how it smells. It is now my go-to day-to-day scent because it smells so luxurious.

Absolutely my favourite rose scent. Such a genuine and splendid blend that the only other one getting close to Radical Rose is Rose de Petra by Stéphane Humbert Lucas, but the latter did not have the same longevity and sillage though it performed very well and not weakly. My search for the ultimate rose fragrance ended when I got a 6ml gift of RR and never did I receive compliments as I did with this one. So happy it comes in a 100ml bottle. Those comparing Radical Rose with MFK Oud Satin Mood can not be taken seriously, they are quite different..to say it mildly. RR is in its own league when it comes to the rose departement. Before this I had Lyric by Amouage and Atomic Rose by Initio, just to mention a couple. Lyric was a high quality blend but missing the masculine DNA but the opening was fantastic in its own way. Atomic Rose could strangulate most users and was too linear...even one single spray was overwhelming. Scent 10/10 Longevity 9/10 Sillage 9/10 Price 9/10 Overall 10/10

The initial hit of this is so wonderfully rose. I’ll never get used to how it slaps me in the face. One of the best rose openings I’ve ever smelled that doesn’t pull me directly into a female direction. I honestly don’t know how it is so comfortably unisex or even mascualine with such a strong rose scent, profoundly good perfumery. The it stays floral in the front for the dry down and doesn’t at all lose its core. The patchouli is backing it without being cloying or too “hippy-ish” and earthy. It’s woody and mild. The best rose fragrance I’ve ever smelled and honestly cannot rate this highly enough. Though I must say it is rather linear and is clearly looking to please the masses and not be overly unique. Nothing wrong with that when it’s done this well. Sillage is mild but not a let down. Remains a bright skin scent even down to its final moments and remains lifted throughout. Cannot speak highly enough about this though I can’t speak to the comparisons meantions below.

Three samples from Matiére Premiére site. Tested at home 4x in 72 degrees F. Starts with a loud bang with a sweet, prominent, saffron pulling this rose to the brink of candied. An earthy patchouli cuts the sweetness in ~15 minutes. The composition darkens, but only winks in the direction of goth. I don’t recall smelling this rose in nature, but many do. The enormous projection wanes to moderate after an hour, then quickly draws closer over ~3 hours. The patch gradually succumbs to a delightful deep wood. This rich, tenacious wood builds over the course of the entire wear, before dominating the late dry down. After ~5 hours, it’s detectable on skin. The journey draws to a close at the ~8 hour mark. I’d prefer stronger projection in the dry down, however I think most wearers would prefer it as-is. This isn’t a shapeshifter, but it’s certainly not linear. Verdict: A rich, deep and satisfying rose of exceptional quality. A strong like, with the potential for love. Nice!