Rose de Petra

Petra Oh Petra... Petra is the carved town on the pink mountain resides in the desert of Jordan in the middle east. it's a around 2000 old. i remember they might be having a connection to Mada'in Saleh which resides in west north side of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia because both of them shows similarity of an amazing carved mountains & rocks. now Mada'in Saleh has an amazing story which is written in the Holy QURAN since 1400 years. they were the Prophet Saleh's nation called Thamood, they had been givin an amazing strength to build such city or as a matter of fact carve their city, but they weren't that good people as they were packed with an extreme ego. Prophet Saleh has called them for the Monotheism but they were so fund of themselves & as said, packed with ego. furthermore, they have asked him for miracle in order to believe that he is a prophet, so they have asked for a camel, and specifically they have asked for a pregnant Camel with a certain birth date for it's baby. and their wish was obeyed. a grand stone split in half and there was a camel, but as GOD's Order prophet Saleh told them not to touch the camel and let it eat and live as it is. later, Prophet Saleh said that God said (as a challenge) the Camel is going to drink from the water every other day and those days that it'll drink none of you shall drink from the water but you can drink from it's milk and it'll be quite enough to fit all of you. so they did but their hatred and malice to Prophet Saleh had grew quite huge. after few days 2 ladies came to their town. one of them was ferociously rich and the other has quite beautiful daughters. They said "whoever kills this camel will be rewarded with money and daughters as much as he request". so 2 men stepped forward one of them named Mesra'a & the other one was Kidar Ibn Salef and offered to kill the GOD's Camel. afterwards, 7 other men has joined the 2 men to kill GOD's camel. they have Besiege the camel within the mountains and Kidar Ibn Salef killed it with a bow and so it's child as it was trying to runaway but unfortunately it couldn't. later on that day they went back to Prophet Saleh happy & laughing & challenging him saying "we've killed GOD's Camel so where is your GOD's Punishment you've stated before?" Prophet Saleh Gone crying knowing that GOD's Punishment is coming no matter what. so he went to them and said "you can enjoy and rejoice this life for 3 full days, and after those 3 days will be The descent of torment" then he complete " on the first day your faces will go yellowish, the second day your faces will go red, & the 3rd day your faces will go black". so it happened, the first day their faces turned yellow, and on the next day went red, and the third day went black so they went panic and knew that the agony is coming. on the third day, the same 9 men gathered again and decided to kill Prophet Saleh and his family thinking that The torment will be gone for good. so they have gathered at his house while he was praying wanting to kill him but they couldn't. GOD have sent them rocks that fell from the sky and killed all the 9 men. later on the 4th day's morning all the people were in their houses waiting for the torment to decent, as Gabrielle descended upon them and sent a yell that smashed their hearts, they couldn't even budge from their seats, and all of them were annihilated & it was a complete perdition. all died but Prophet Saleh, the other believers, & a maid who had escaped that town before the 4th day morning to another town and told them the whole story. she was very tired and thirsty, & when she drank from their water she got annihilated by the lord. controversy between how they became after death as GOD said in his book (فَكَانُوا كَهَشِيمِ الْمُحْتَظِرِ) so few said it's like burning bones, other said it's like ashes from walls. That was Mada'in Saleh's story it's also called AlHijr or Hegra. it's not a good place to visit as Al-Petra cause it is cursed (not as movies for sure or the ghosts things) and even Prophet Mohammad have said few about it not to go there, and never stay overnight there no matter what. and as said few says it's has that similarity to Petra and both happened in the same era so i guess there is a connection there. now to the fragrance: it is the most extreme good flower that i can ever get. im literally not into flower notes at all but this one got me quite harsh, flowery hintly sweetish, freshly dark, and overwhelming love. the pepper gives the impression of that dusty effect that describes those amazing carving on the mountains. & the cumin and cardamom on the dry down is slight and gives the cooling breeze of that mountain's castles. it's love to me. and to be honest i do fall in love for any scent that has an amazing inspiration towards an ancient historical place, i didn't read Stephane's inspiration but as long as he named it Petra then it's mine :) i thought for once that the main draw back of this masterpiece was it's longevity & i was completely wrong cause as i've said on other fragrances, some perfumes are meant to be light and not overpowered so it will be amazingly pleasant rather than disturbing just like this one. what you need to do is to apply later on.

Petra might be carved out of pink sandstone mountains but Rose de Petra is a full-bodied dark red rose (if dark burgundy had a scent this would be it) arising majestically after the spiced dust clears just as the ancient city arises from the unforgiving coral desert. Pepper is a tricky note for me, as much as I enjoy it in my cuisine and having light-hearted trysts with samples, a long term relationship is usually difficult. Failed romances include TDC's Rose Poivree (I wanted more cumin, I got too much pepper)and Amouage's gorgeous Epic Woman that I love smelling on others but the dry spices start out too intense for my own wearing before the scent fades disappointingly into a muted shadow of its former glory (yes I suffer from Goldilocks's syndrome, things have to be just right). Rose de Petra is perfectly proportioned for me. Joyfully sweet and luscious meets a dark bloodied rose meets an excited crowd of nose tingling dry spices. All the notes blend beautifully together and create a hot pulsating creature with a mysterious air and exotic bloodlines. Sillage is modest, it's appreciated by others without being intrusive and longevity is decent. While I can't stroll through the Siq under the guidance of thousands of candles, Rose de Petra is as perfect as I get to a Bedouin romance while sitting at my desk in the tropics.

Soft beautiful rose. It comes and goes longer than I expected. At some points of the day I think its goine and the a beautiful elegant soft luxurious light rosey smokey breeze makes a debuting anchor. I find this reminds me of the former amouage turkish and bulgarian rose attars. Not the same but much kin. I get a very luxurious whiff of high grade white musk . Mainly rose and a very soft rose a unique rose of wealth.so so understated elgantly adoring perfume. I am so enemored. If someone loves lyric woman it will be a new love for rose de petra. This is a fragrance for any time any culture and any moment . Edit 01 August 2014 This is so beautiful. No scent of cumin what so ever. Today I pick up smoke and the rose is undeniably beautiful. Cardimon is very smooth in the opening. I am really surprised that anyone in rating put dislike. Its attractive, gentle and very elegant. Very pleasing and smooth. Nothing ever cloying. Most well blended. LOVE LOVE LOVE.

I am not a big fan of rose scents, but this one is the best I have ever smelled in the category "rose still alive". I am totally in love with Calypso from R. Piguet, but there is geranium bringing dried rose petals back to life. I wanted to have a rose perfume that wouldn't hurt my nostrils and remind me of the velvety burgundy red roses. I searched... until I came upon Rose de Petra. I bought it, blind, after your reviews. When I smell this I can imagine sun heated stones on a beach in Greece with roses in a garden by the shore. Salty water gathering the scented air and washing with it these "petras"... Warm sligtly sweet incensey smokey jamy creamy spicy rose. Yes, the rose is the discrete base for all the other notes. A perfect blend with staged evolution from "good" to "better" to "the best". Unisex? Could be... I smelled it on males too, but rose is really and actually a classical utterly feminine and romantic fume.

Rose de Petra is a magical perfume, cathartic in its metamorphosis, so smooth in its transitions like a beautiful daydream. The fragrance opens somewhat raw, with distinct unlisted notes of saffron and oud -- a little sour and delicately sharp to open, rather spirited. As the salient notes retreat, the most incredible transformation takes place. Cardamom in its smoothest rendition envelops the fragrance, then breathes to life a rose of pure divinity -- resinous, velvety, soft, like thick pourable cream flavored with a delicately spiced rose and infused with subtle smoky wood. She is quietly immaculate and fleshy. With incredible depth, this rose has the feeling of having been everywhere but has found solace in her quiet character. Rose de Petra is a sensual, mysterious, wise, humble rose with hidden secrets.