A.Maze

If you're a rose aficionado, chances are that you have many categories of rose perfumes in your stash. Hypothetically, if you're in the mood for an innocent, springtime bloom, L'Arte di Gucci or Une Rose will be a disappointment. Those are "Diva Roses", and masterpieces, at that. Perhaps one may be turned off by the "Diva Roses", but that will never be me. There are many exquisite roses in several categories. I categorize my rose stash by: Ingenues, Earthy Roses, Divas, Sexpots, Soliflores and Eccentrics. The "Divas" for me rule the stash and don't you dare forget it (LOL). I put A*Maze in that category because she won't take a back seat to anyone. She sees Une Rose and can look her square in the eye. There's a complete balance in A*Maze's strength by the notes in the composition. What a shame that it is no longer in production. The "Diva" personification is Maria Callas, of course.

I love this scent! Intense, dry rose scent, with some spice. Not a big, flowery in-your-face rose, but a more secret and intimate one. Very long lasting. Want it so bad, but it is hard to come by and very expensive to import to my country.

I ADORE this scent! It always made me feel very feminine and a little bit different than everyone else. Very special!!

I was debating which perfume to put on this evening and was about to select one of the Nejma or Montale rose-oud perfumes, when I happened upon a couple of samples from The People of the Labyrinths. They were in a gauzy red drawstring bag indicating that their provenance was in all likelihood one of the smaller niche emporia (Luscious Cargo?), and I probably received them with an order last year. "Why not?" I thought, throwing caution to the wind and donning A.MAZE, about which I knew absolutely nothing, but which turned out to be none other than a saffron-oud-rose! Big rose was my first pleasant surprise: high-quality, natural-smelling voluptous rose--taif, I guess they say. Then I noticed what seemed like oud, and I started to wonder whether it might be saffron instead. In fact, it's both. Well, I think that I've said enough now to make it clear that this is not an earth-shatteringly revolutionary or original composition. There seem to be dozens of these saffron-rose-oud perfumes out there, all vying for our affection, and this one I must say smells quite good. The standards should be high though, I can say having now espied the prices at their website... Until tonight, I had absolutely no idea that The People of the Labyrinths was a fashion label. Oh well, they have a very nice saffron-oud-rose perfume, as well. Right up there with Montale and Nejma. No one needs to be making anymore of this type of perfume, but if they're going to, they'd better make it good, if it's going to be able to compete, and The People of the Labyrinths has succeeded in creating a perfume which is not an embarrassment to their name. That is a distinction unfortunately not shared by all designers these days--whether of haute or basse couture...

this is very rosy as expected, and i get something which seems to turn just a bit sour on my skin. after a few minutes i think i'm getting the oudh coming on stronger, but the rose really continues to dominate the scent. eventually this blooms into a woody, somewhat musky oudh-rose and the herbal/sourness thankfully disappears. the dry down is a musky rose that's very very pretty.

This is so interesting . like a sweet rose with a serten dryness. i guess it is the Taif Rose that makes this . almost like a Rose water turkish delight kind off rosy feal , but not as sweet. it is all about the rose on my skin. clean beautiful ,lingers on skin for a long long time , i like it alot

Wowza. This is the most decadent, deepest, truest, most interesting MOST VOLUPTUOUS Rose, oud, and saffron I've ever smelled. The oud is the strong medicinal type, which dominated the opening for at least a half hour. This is where I think they lose a lot of folks who had medicinal oud, but NOT ME! I hung on and I am so glad I did because I love the challenge of taking a good oud by the horns and hanging on to see where it takes me. The rose is the huge, velvety, fluffy red Damascus rose, and the saffron makes it just a tad more interesting. I have at least 4 really good Rose/Oud fragrances. KM Loukhoum Parfum du Soir, Jo Malone Velvet Rose and Oud, by Kilian Rose Oud, and Roja Dove, and I think this one is definitely in good company. The KMPdS has an airy, candied quality, so it's not as deep. The Jo Malone is lighter, like oud for beginners. The by Kilian is so deep it dominates like a dominatrix. This one dances on my skin. It's slinky and sultry.

I am not A.Mazed. Although I love the brand's name and the fragrance's name, and the bottle, the scent itself felt quite underwhelming. To start off, I can smell a fresh cut rose. Then more sweet rose. And even more. As it develops, it gets a tiny bit sweeter, balancing between the morning freshness and doughnut filling, never quite crossing the line. I must say, this is a beautiful rose. Unfortunately on me, there is not much else, it mostly feels like a delicate rose soliflore. If there is any agarwood in it, then it hides on my skin all too well. I get no musk, no wood, no saffron. It is a bright, delicious fragrance, but dos not deliver the expectations it promises. For me, this was very underwhelming.

Turkish Delight comes to my mind. My small vial , I think, does not let me discover this perfume in full. I would need a bigger spray to create that cloud, and feel all ingredients show themselves. I have put this vial in my handmade leather purse, to gift to my friend who is in the very middle of painful divorce, to cheer her up. She breathed it in, and said, Oh, this is so nice...it's like attar...or some aromatic oil...I was surprised as I did not sense so much depth...Not until I have reached for my purse the next time...Leather kept a trail of mysterious aroma, gentle, but on spicy oily base...Nice. Happy I have please my friend though.

I love this. I'm Indian and it smells like the incense "agarbhati" of my childhood. I picture curls of smoke in the shape of roses at the altar of the gods. Rose milk on marble, smoke milk on moonstone. It smells precious and holy. This is why I own it but can never really wear it. I hold poetry, dance and listen to poetry but I will not wear poetry out of respect for divinity.

A very lively and interesting combination of saffron and taif rose ,traditional middle eastern combo that starts a little loud but settles down in a musky ,slightly salty jammy rose and fades in a nice fuzzy woody background. Definitely a good one, but i prefer in the same style Ormond Jayne's Taif!

I'm reading all these reviews and wishing I could find this fragrance!!!!! Does anyone know where I can buy it? HELP! :)