Eau De Mystique

A beautifully sweet, sexy, syrupy, fruity and boozy rose Bitter and honeyed Mai Rose rose that is a deep burgundy in color. It smells almost vintage in character like a vintage amber chypre. The rose is realistic, full, and deep next to a jug of warmed honey or sweetened honey lemon tea. Nothing like Ambre Narguile or any of its clones, this is unique and in a lane of its own. I wasn’t expecting this to be so rose dominant - bitter and fruity aspects of rose a profile characteristic of slight citrus, and tea qualities. Eau de Mystique is like taking a microscope to the core of a beet-red rose and then dropping yourself inside of it. There is also something arousing and naughty about this formula with its fruity qualities like Deviant. I don't know how Wesker manages to do that but that sexy sophisticated DNA is present here as well. I also smell the stem as if the rose bud was just snapped from its base and the sweet green smell from the open wound in the stem is lingering in the air. This green and herbal, grassy, undercurrent is definitely a tell-tale sign that a real Rose de Mai absolute was possibly used here. I feel a connection in syrupy scent quality to Tauerville rose flash or Tauer Une Rose De Kandahar but Eau de Mystique is more tangy, bitter and sparkling, citrus and honey dominant rather than creamy and nutty like Une Rose De Kandahar. It is not thick and incense-y like many other indie rose fragrances typically become. Ensar, Sultan Pasha, Areej Le Doré and House of Matriarch for example are guilty of this. That incense-y, churchy, or thick, gloopy quality of indie rose fragrances to me is the result of throwing everything but the kitchen sink into the perfume to try to compliment the scent of the rose. My analogy for this blending is how homemade juice when settled separates with all the heavy material sitting at the bottom of the jug and the colored flavored water floating above. It is fine for juice to do this but I do not want my fragrances to be this way. Incense roses, and rose ouds, and saffron roses, all thick, warm, and bottom-heavy with only light top notes escaping the skin while the gloopy, waxy, church-y rose stays on the skin. Even though I appreciated this type of rose when I was new to fragrances you realize it is a mediocre and heavy blending style that becomes synonymous with indie roses. In my opinion it soon proves to be monotonous and boring especially at the price. They all begin to smell the same like Malik al Taif, Juriah or Ottoman Empire and Kazimi. Sample them if you can to see what I mean. Though Wesker produces a colorful and busy notes list I can safely assure you this rose is not indie. Rather very fresh, fruity and tangy, somewhat green and not cacophonous in the least, smelling slightly like fresh apples. You can probably get away with this in spring and summer but winter is coming up and this is the perfect weather for it. Eau de Mystique is like an edible dewy and lush rose, vibrant, hypnotic and voluptuous. This is also a BIG performance perfume and could possibly lack versatility in some professional environments. The rose in this is fresh and DEEP. Up there with my favorites. 9.5/10

One of the very few gourmands that match my frequency nowadays, and perhaps among the most unique gourmand out there. Eau de Mystic MY TAKE: Wesker's Eau De Mystic is an excellent blend of dry fruits and resinoidal elements, all steeped in a taif characterized rose. The waxy undertone serving as the core structure may be an accord due to the coupling of honey and other balsams (styrax and labdanum); strengthening the overall tenacity which ties the entire composition rather well. Subtle hints of a spicy character appear in the mid, giving off a "Garam Masala" impression; this is intimately connected with the rich sticky syrupy rose. A slight talcum powder nuance starts to linger around in air, which is barely noticeable upclose. This was in my list since a while, luckily got hold of a sample mid last year in Canada from a lovely salesperson. Had decent view initially, however grew quite abruptly after coming back home, here. And just recently made the decision to preorder a full bottle. On a matter of fact, most highly dense resin based compositions don't transition throughout their lifetime(due to the adhesive properties of resin molecules), and this is not an exception. On the very drydown, an oily propolis like animalic undertone starts to help settle the fragrance as a skin like scent, similar to what I've felt in compositions utilizing natural beeswax. The dry fruit accord lingers until the very end of the fragrance, evoking clean, oily human skin of the loved. I've kept this short and simple due to its linear nature, with minimal transitions throughout. I generally look for deep, smooth transitional phases in fragrances, where the scent evolves with time; or, scientifically, the macroscopic olfactory bubble has a conscious evolutionary limit at certain instances, which changes the scent completely after a certain critical time. This definitely is not one of those perfumes; however, it makes the whole linearity scheme in perfumery a whole lot more applaudable or appreciative. I have to say, this might be one of my favorite "linear" perfumes around. If you're a fan of fragrances like Slowdive by Hiram Green, Gaea by Centauri, Rose Ember by TRNP or the powdery animalic tonality in vintage Joy from Jean Patou then you're going to love this! Scores for the numerical people: Uniqueness in profile- 9/10 Quality-8/10 Blending-7/10 Pricing-8.5/10 (8.13) ___________________________________ Longevity-9/10 Projection- 8.5/10 ΣPerformance: 8.75/10 (8.75) ___________________________________ Σscore= 8.4/10

This is the second fragrance from this house that I have sampled. The first, Deviant, I have reviewed and given it very high marks. But this one is a deep sexy beast that lasts for hours and hours on my fragrance killer skin. The list of notes is long, but I really can smell virtually all of them and my oh my do they bend well. There is some similarity to Ambre Narguille but they are distinct and this is not trying to imitate it. It it big enough to stand tall in the sun rather than fading into shadows. I really am not exaggerating when I say this one competes with some of the best Serge Lutens that I have tried in terms of complexity and depth. I am not sure how it would be wearing this during the day as it radiates out and takes over. To me, I like this, but those trying to find an office scent need to look elsewhere. The scent evolves, it isn't linear, but some of the notes last throughout, especially the sandalwood, olibanum, and honey. It is a sweet scent so those looking for pure masculine may not love it, but I am very impressed by both of the two from this house I have. There are only 3 altogether from this house: Imperial is the 3rd and the notes indicate if it might put TF's Lost Cherry out to pasture (and unlike many TF haters I quite like Lost Cherry).

Reviewing this from my 3rd wear of this fragrance. I haven't got a full bottle but it's going to happen. I'm not a huge fan of rose fragrances but Eau de mystique broke my mold. It's absolutely stunning. I can't make everything out from the note breakdown but I can definitely smell the rose, plums and florals. Superb. I have never smelled anything from this kind of DNA. I see people mentioning Bengale Rouge but I think it's because of the rose but everything else is differently blended. I'm not really comfortable with the $180 price tag for 50ml but I do think it's smell super high quality and rather unique so it might be worth it. A definite recommendation but do try it first.

Eau De Mystique is the first sniff from this brand. Gorgeous fragrance with deep rose, adding faint bitter orange support before gradually transitioning to its heart. I sampled it at my friend's place and immediately placed an order of it. It's a worthy buy for me. Its projection and silage are very potent. you can use it for casually night parties or movie. This is similar to Labrotorio Olfacttivo Kashnoir. Try sample and then decide of buying. Scent: 9/10 Silage: 9/10 Longevity: 10/10 Bottle: 9/10 Price: 9.5/10