Rose Oud

This fragrance is quite special to me. I've always loved heavy rose fragrances, cause I've always found rose to smell dated, antique and, in a way, "gothic". So, a year ago I decided to dedicate a huge part of my collection to rose frags. This one was the first I purchased due to the extremely affordable price, and despite getting to smell and love many other roses, Rose Oud from Monotheme goes really near to what a "gothic rose" should smell like to me. Many people describe it as a "screechy" fragrance, and yes, it is indeed screechy. And I love it for that. It opens citrusy and fresh spicy, but in an almost medicinal way. Geranium and Elemi punch you in the face in a way that I can only describe as brain piercing. It's not a fresh, clean, delicious kind of citrusy opening: it just simply opens like a scream. Then you can smell the rose. It's not a fresh, realistic rose. It's a geranium rich, rosewatery, antique rose made darker and colder by the other notes. The parallel to be made here, is one that can perhaps only be understood by people who grew up catholic: it smells like the rose scented rosary crowns that grandmas used to pray with. It has that cheap geraniol rose quality that many people might despise, but it smells so old, melancholic and ecclesiastical to me. The note of oud is quite a screechy artificial one, but it smells dirty and cold, it mixes beautifully with such a dark rose, making it even darker and colder. It reminds me of old wood polished with resins. Sillage and longevity are really, really good for an EDT, considering that it costs around 10€ to 15€ (at least here in Italy). I've red other reviews of people describing this frag as oppressive, sad and screechy, but let me tell you: if you like dark things, rose oud is for you. It feels eery and screechy and melancholic. And I love it for that. It doesn't just linger on you: it covers you like a velvet funeral pall. For such an affordable price, it really is something to try out!

I bought this at the Treviso airport (Italy) and I had a hard time deciding between Black Oud and Rose Oud, both from Monotheme Black Label. I finally decided on Rose Oud because of how it developped on my skin after about 15-20 minutes of perusing through the airport Duty free shop. This perfume needs quite a bit of patience, as it develops slowly, depending on each skin ph. Very strong and pungent at first, definitely not for the faint at heart. Medicinal, earthy, but after that, surprise. You start feeling the rose while the oud and other components are still in the background. Extremely persistent, I recommend for cooler months. I was wearing it yesterday and after about 12 hours, I had the surprise to discover that the smell became sweeter and more gourmand, which never happened to me before when I was wearing this perfume. It is a fragrance full of surprises, and good value too!

Great oriental rose scent, dominant notes are elemi and rose, and a little bit soft oud. It is complex too, some here writes that it's linear, but I can't share their opinion. Starts with a little bit sweet rose, later you will every hour notice less rose but more oud. This perfume has absolutely BEST performances on my skin, my skin is dry and even the Joop or any other powerhouse don't last on me more than 3-4h, but with this one always get more than 10h. Many perfumes from category rose-oud are similar, but some of them has unreal high price, I won't name them but if you love oriental rose scents, you don't have a reason to buy them instead of this one.

it begins with a strong odor of elemi mixed with lemon.....this ago in way to leave that the rose seems a strange odor.....almost pits a good red wine. then he clears and can clearly be felt the rose. good the touch of geranium that with the lemon and elemi it doesn't fade away in hurry. the oud is not so dark and imposing...perhaps because sweetened by the amber.non in relief patchouli. sillage 10/10 longevities over 12 hours. for this price it seems to be before to a perfume of niche.I don't believe that they are synthetic ingredients.. very oriental atmosphere!!!!8/10

When it comes to good price and fine quality, Monotheme is doing great! I'm a big fan of oud-rose combo, and this one is done great! It is hardly unisex, I'm a lady and man wil not do with this, since it is tart and rosy.... Not pink rose, but mature burgundy too ripe to cut and put in vase type of flower. Amber is strong, and I can feel geranium right away as well. I personally would've added more woody notes to it, something like spruce or even birch... So, what should I layer it with now? Very happy with this blind buy!

I absolutely in love with this, it is a beautifully blended fragrance with insane longevity and sillage. A sublime mix of rose and oud, which develops with time. The geranium note prevails more so then the rose as it develops. The oud is quite harsh, it's not soft or creamy, it's almost abrasive. It's funny because people love or hate it on me, there is no middle ground. I love it, it's an absolute must have.

After a balsamic and pungent opening with roses notes, strong and bitter oud and orange citrus notes that lasts about 1 hour, the drydown reveals notes of frankincense with musk (perhaps vanilla) that joins the roses and the oud , tuning the composition. Amazing performance, fixes and projects over 24 hours. The opening scares, but it's worth the wait for the development of this fragrance on the skin. 6,5/10

brilliant cologne smells much more expensive than it is currently no longer available in m&s impossible to find have looked for it everywhere both retail and online if you find it it has top quality like any tom ford creed or bond fragrance longevity 10/10 sillage 1010 this scent is very unique it is like a mix of le labo rose 31 and creed royal oud highly recomend

Wooooow, during the first 10-15 minutes I could only smell the rose (very feminine) but after that the rose calms down and the oud starts to take over but the rose is still there. I think I like this one more than Oud Ispahan from Dior once it has settled down. The potency is not very good though but for the price you cannot go wrong.

My favourite perfume upto now!!!! I'm in LOVE with this juice!! It's very very good quality!! The Oud is also perfect in this!! And it lasts a very long time on your clothes!! It gets better with time!! And it's the strongest out of the monotheme black range!!! I also get commented a lot on this!!!!

Even though I live quite close to Venice, surprisingly I couldn't find this frag anywhere in my city!! Then I bumped into it a few day ago and it was love at first smell! Wonderful!! Just as Venice!

This is the perfect rose & oud perfume, with the notes being very strong and clearly defined, and distinct, but it turns bad after a few months...

very good this is maybe the strongest of the range, lasts a good 10hrs on me & smells so good the whole time

I found this delightful fragrance in Venice while checking out the much pricier Merchant of Venice perfumes (Rose Secret. Nice. 180 € per 30 ml. Must think about that one a bit longer to see if I crave it enough to buy it. They have a little shop next to La Fenice.) Asked if they sold Merchant of Venice, the lady in the perfumery at the airport said no, pointed me in the direction of Monotheme and told me they are fairly the same. I thought yeah, sure! Monotheme fragrances are a fraction of the prize of Merchant of Venice offerings, about 10 %. Checked it and found out, that both companies are owned by the Vidal family. Go figure. By the way, I don't mind spending a lot of money on niche perfumes if I can't live without them and I have quite a collection of Frederic Malles and Amouage, Creed, Lutens exclusives etc. I tried Rose Oud of Monotheme's Black Collection on paper and skin and walked around for a few hours, nearly missed my flight, again and again sniffing my left wrist which smelled divine. A very uplifting rose-oud combination if you can imagine that. I get rose and woods about 50% - 50 %. The citrus gives it a smile, patchouli, oud and amber give it a dark, cuddly and creamy base with stellar longevity. I don't get Elemi, but maybe my nose is not trained enough for it. Is it Elemi that I identified as citrussy?Very very slightly medicinal and only a hint of barnyard. But, tell you the truth, I don't want more than a hint of barnyard. At 20 € this was a no brainer and I bought a full bottle. I have sampled almost all of the Montals and I much prefer this one to any of them or to the Rose Oud of Merchant's of Venice. The back of the Monotheme box says "Elemi, Geranium of Africa, Moroccan Rose, Indonesian Patchouli, Amber and Oud Wood". It claims to work with "rich natural essential oils" and in the list of ingredients I recognise some that are components of natural rose oil, at least. We all know that perfumes composed solely of natural essences are often somewhat disappointing. The result is gorgeous and absolutely compatible with all the walks of life, bed and office, solitary enjoyment and large crowds. My husband likes it a lot and bought the Vetiver for himself, which I like a lot on him, though he prefers Malle's Vetiver for its better sillage. I highly recommend checking out this line. Excellent quality.

Okay so this line is impressive however you stack it up. For the Oud/Rose lover this has to be a worth while fragrance to check out because despite lacking the depth and intensity of some, it delivers the basics in a very concise way. The opening rose starts out very jammy and sweet, very intoxicating for the first few minutes. Then it starts to settle and become darker, less sweet with the oud becoming more prominent. Rose Oud is reminscent of countless others but I would definitely say more on the side of rose. This makes it not really a fragrance for me, it's straight up floral and straight up wood which despite intensity progression in terms of smell is quite linear. What I mean is that despite drying down to a very warm, gorgeous, cozy light rose and woods it takes several Rose dominated hours to get there and I'm not sure I want that. I like a bit of patchouli or creamy sweetness even vanilla with my rose just to lift it. I prefer the Noir de Noir or Rose d'Arabie's of this world, that sort of thing. This is more one for a true rose lover, actually darker than I expected with a growing synthetic oud note. Yeah other than lacking a little bit of quality compared to high end stuff this scent is very, very impressive for £22. The longevity & projection was very good, beastly even at first but then fading and not matching the calibre of Montale, Mancera etc... But really not far off and what do you expect? Great value and really worth checking out if you want an Oud/Rose combo on a budget.

Top notes: rose, geranium, elemi Heart: rose, elemi Base notes: oud, patchouli, rose Not much development in whole, yet completely unpretentious and far more interesting than some expensive or much admired rose/oud based niche offerings. Opening reveals a fresh, spicy geranium-rose, standard and thin-smelling, but soon enough carefully sweetened with elemi - for me, this was the point where I thought "OK, 15 Euros not thrown to the wind" - and from there it gets only better moving towards more pronounced oud and gradually more and more dark rose. The heart is a succulent flash of elemi-rose and rather quickly the base appears; dark and dusty oud garnished with patchouli and dark rose. Steady and moderate in every note. Sillage moderate, long lasting longevity. Nothing unique or spectacular, but for the price decent if not great.

It's a very jammy, boozy gothic rose scent. It's kind of screechy first, I sense a weird bitter aspect in it, but in a kind of addictive way. It's smells like heavy books and magic spells 🫣🪄 Was I after that aesthetic? No! But now I'm maybe am! 🫦💅🏻 It's my first oud centered fragrance, a nuclear bomb on it's own. I think I reached the kind of 'niche' level with this, where I drawn to this scent, even though I know, few would appreciate or understand it.🫣😆 NOT A SAFE BLIND BUY!! Can be polarizing. Great for layering, to earn that gothic vibe.

Rose Water, and nothing else maybe. Can be rather shrill. Use your imagination and it becomes Turkish delight. Oud, patchouli and amber undetectable. Zero development and can be rather harsh and synthetic. Adequate performance compared to the rest from this brand.

This is a short review as it smells like Oud Ispahan on my skin, projects wonderfully and cost me pennies on ebay. I love the Dior but only have a decant that I use sparingly as it's one of my top 5.

bautiful smokey (a little bit oriental)rose with a really nice wooden/icence base. It's quite linear scent but also very noticable- very, very good sillage and longlivety.