Rouge Royal For Men

hard for me to describe this one.am yet to come across one that is close but there's a heavy dose of spices obviously coming from the cinnamon and cardamom.the initial burst of lavender quickly disappears to leave one with the spices the entire duration of the fragrance. it's easy to overspray and get choked in the process as the spices dont mellow at all -at least on my skin.yes,you are left with some floral sweetness but am not sure which flowers these are but overall this is a well done fragrance. Am glad this appears to be an underrated fragrance but I think if it had been made by Serge Lutens using the same ingredients,it will be receiving rave reviews everywhere.Proof you dont need to spend a fortune to enjoy niche-like smells. It is ideal for cold nights so autumn/fall and winter are simply great for this.Plus it lasts forever on me.Sadly it's hard to find which ironically is good for me.lol.luckily got mine on ebay for a song and simply love it!!

I find this a lovable sweet spicy fragrance that for me becomes a cozy semi-powder scent in the dry down. I honestly was worried that I was wasting my money for it was so cheap ($12.00 for 1.7 oz?!?!)... how could this be decent much less good? I do not have an answer but it is "good" and then some. Funnyboy is correct. It is honeyed fragrance but unlike several highly touted sweet scents this does not give me a headache nor make me nauseous. It seems to get to the edge of too sweet and then stops peering into the abyss of oh boy I am wearing too much of this. In retrospect I find it laughable how worried I was about this scent because of the price point. Truth be told I have been more let down by scents that cost 4 times as much. I was buffeted from hating more expensive scents for the price in my pea brain tells me no it must be good I paid $40 for it. I must be uncultured. Long story short this smells to me like a $40 fragrance should smell.

I have had no previous experience with Princess Marina De Bourbon fragrances however after finding them available recently for exceptionally good prices I ordered Rouge Royal for my husband and A La Francaise for myself. I want to say how beautiful the box and bottle is for this fragrance! Stunning presentation! The fragrance itself is very nice and agreeable, but very, very weak performance. My husband sprayed it liberally and it was a total skin scent with no projection whatsoever after 15 minutes! First you smell the cinnamon and then something creamy like tonka but it must be the resin? There is vague lavender and some sandalwood in the background. In a way it reminds me of Burberry Touch for men, really nice. I decided that I will try wearing this myself since I wear Burberry Touch for men and I adore it. Sadly, so far it is performing equally as poorly on me as it did on my husband.

Wore this one today to work. Definitely the vibe of RR varies depending on temperature (I've worn it in cool weather and it does not really perform as well). Today we were in the upper 70's-low 80's in New Orleans (with moderate humidity) and after 4 hours I can still smell it. Honey, sandanwood and a little cedar is what I get. Slightly sweet and very comforting. Thumbs up.

This might sound super weird especially bc this costs less than 10$ but... if EA's Red Door was a cologne this would be it. Replace Red Door's white floral with lavender and powderyness with freshness. Boom. Red Door but distinctly masculine. I can't think of another way to describe it. Well worth the money, might not be a safe blindbuy but it's so cheap why not!