Rose Gold

This one gives me chills and a big smile. It reminds me of Ta'if, but with Ta'if I could never quite get past the jasmine note. I love smelling jasmine in person, but I like it in passing whiffs and not just stuck to my body, as it turns quickly on my body. Rose Gold has the same rose + jasmine combo as Ta'if, but it's cut with lime and very mild pepper and a fizziness that tempers the jasmine, so I can now enjoy the indolic jasmine this time in the whole composition. I know what I described probably sounds like 1000 other fragrances, but somehow I could easily pick Rose Gold out of a crowd. It makes me feel like I'm standing out without drowning out others or being garish. So glad I was able to try this one. It would be my signature late spring through mid fall, if I could afford it. I will have to savor my decant instead. Moderate sillage and decent projection, but not a beast (though heavy spraying could get you there with this one). Update: After several wears, I found the the jasmine too indolic, as with other OJ fragrances I've tried. I do still get the occasional craving for it and don't have anything else quite like it still, so I am glad I have a big travel size, but that is all I need.

My new baby!! Read the notes and the reviews on here and had the chance to try in Selfridges on a trip to Manchester. In my typical style I had sprays of 4 different perfumes on my hands and arms!! Something was gorgeous but which one was it? Initially I disregarded this as being too similar to others that I have but fortunately I had been given a sample which I was able to wear on it's own for a full day. Definitely get the initial lime (and who would have thought that lime would go with rose!!) but then the most wonderful Ta'if rose rises through and wow!! Even my husband said I smelled lovely and he rarely notices the multitude of my different perfumes. I never really had myself down as a rose lover but changed my mind when I met Rose Oud By Kilian. This one is competing as a new favourite. Selfridges have the most wonderful perfume department with many niche brands and the staff are very friendly and helpful. They willingly gave lots of samples and I would highly recommend a visit for fellow addicts like me.

Wore this yesterday from a sample. OMG, this is great. The opening is really bracing, very sharp lime and bergamot. Then it transitions into the most beautiful rose fragrance, underpinned by gorgeous ambery musky sweet notes and this wonderful slight warm spiciness (perhaps the carnation in combination with the oud?). The lime still stays around, in a much more subtle way than at the start, throughout the heart of the fragrance, making this smell both sweet, deep, warm, AND sparkling at the same time. It's inviting, luxurious, feminine, delicious! I feel like this should be worn by someone far more beautiful and elegant than me but I don't care. If I had the money I would buy a bottle tomorrow and wear this every day!

One of the best rose scents ever created. Not a warm, cloying, sweet rose, but more of a pungent, hesperidic, yet fragrant and aromatic rose from TAIF. It's an original. A masterpiece. Immediately you feel like a £1m (pounds, not dollars, lol). There is a metallic, cooling and soothing quality to this fragrance and it is also somewhat peppery, oudhy, and musky. Mainly geared for women, but I think a man with a feminine, yet confident touch to his personality can equally well wear and pull this off. Highly recommended for spring, summer, day or night. Definitely a modern classic with a twist, personality and soul. Verdict: 10/10 (I want it very baaad, but it is a bank breaker).

Ormonde Jayne is honestly my favorite brand. They serve every note like it’s covered in gold leaf, super radiant, insanely elegant, and peaceful in a divine way. Like a literal god/goddess aura. They make me love every notes. Everything melts into each other so smoothly, blended together with this almost otherworldly kind of beauty. If anyone can find the old version of this perfume, lucky them. I honestly think it might be one of the best women’s fragrances in the world. A distant, mysterious, yet quietly content kind of beauty. A rose so beautiful it could literally make someone who hates rose tear up.