Amorem Rose

I’ve been sniffing a lot of perfumes for a really long time, thousands at this point, and I own hundreds. And I have to say that one sniff of Amorem Rose and I knew I had found something special. This perfume is so good that it led to me being immediately and completely obsessed with everything by Shalini. I had avoided even trying anything by Shalini for the longest because of the cost. They ain’t cheap. But with Maurice Roucel being one of my favorite perfumers of all time, it was hard to stay away forever I guess. So back to Amorem Rose. We hear very often about “high quality materials” but a lot of that is just marketing or trickery. Sometimes you find really good materials but they may not be composed with exceptional skill. It’s actually hard to find high quality natural materials composed by a master perfumer. Then something like Amorem Rose finds it way under your nostrils. One of the world’s greatest perfumers using the finest of natural materials in very high quantities. Imagine the guy who created the original Helmut Lang creating its much more elegant rose based cousin. Amorem Rose doesn’t smell like Helmut Lang but that unmistakable Roucel DNA and the texture and feel of HL is there. Imagine removing the lavender and replacing it with rose and saffron and shifting things around a bit and smoothing it out like silk...and to me that is Amorem Rose. It’s sort of like a supreme quality East meets barbershop that’s warm and elegant and everything you ever dreamed of pretty much. It’s truly a jaw dropper....and it’s not even the best perfume in the line lol. Well, maybe it is, it’s hard to say because they are each equally as good as the others and the “good” here is what every connoisseur of the best perfumes hopes to find. And I bought all my bottles. I’m not waxing poetic because something was given to me. I bought ‘em. And I’m gonna buy all of them lol.

Opens with a blast of mahogany and amber on my skin. Then a powerful saffron spice rears its head swirling around a rich deep thick opulently plush rose centered heart. This generous dollop of saffron adds spicy interest and gives this rose a subtle twist of shadowy, thorny ferocity without actually making it dirty or overtly animalic. Mellow warm amber and mahogany glow like cozy fire embers slowly dying around singed bloody red rose petals. Just a touch of natural sweetness derived from the high quality rose element itself. I agree totally with GenevaX's statement that the simplicity of the notes is deceptive. Unisex but masculine leaning. This is a tantalizing bittersweet masterpiece.

A beautiful contradiction of a scent, Amorem Rose is actually an ambery wood with a slight touch of rose. The perfume contains only four beautiful natural notes but the dominant one is a lovely mahogany and amber, with the rose and the saffron lurking beautifully in the background. The overall effect is that of Maharajas throne whose cushions are kept perfumed everyday with rose water. This is a majestic regal scent whose beauty lies in its utter simplicity and high quality of the natural ingredients used. Moderate to strong sillage and projection, long lasting and unisex leaning slight feminine. Elegant, refined modern Oriental perfumery. Enjoy!

This is quite a beautiful and complex fragrance. The rose is noticeable but not prominent. This is far from being a soliflore. I smell a lot more going on than the notes listed. When I was wearing it I noticed three main threads - a soft candied rose, a fresh green aspect and some kind of woody/resinous aspect. It's all blended together beautifully and gives an overall impression of something soft, uplifting, sweet and faintly rose-y and powdery like a really, really nice face cream. The sillage was quite soft though the longevity was good. A supremely wearable, comforting fragrance.

Amorem Rose is one of the most incredible perfumes I've ever tried and worn in my life. When I sniffed it, I got goosebumps and felt like crying. It was like receiving a hug from a great matriach, it was my own feminine spirit, my anima calling out to me. Chapeau to the master Maurice Roucel. I fear that my journey for 'my' perfume has come to an end and that there isn't a perfume greater to my heart than this.