Rōzu Aēsop 2020

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7.9 / 10 79 Ratings

A popular perfume by Aēsop for women and men, released in 2020. The scent is woody-floral. It is being marketed by Natura & Co..

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Main accords

Woody

Floral

Green

Spicy

Earthy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Bitter orange

Pink pepper Shiso

Shiso

Bergamot

Rosebud

Heart Notes

Gaiac wood Rose

Rose

Jasmine

Ylang-ylang

Base Notes

Myrrh

Patchouli

Sandalwood Vetiver

Vetiver

Musk

Perfumer

Barnabé Fillion

Ratings

Scent

7.979 Ratings

Longevity

6.564 Ratings

Sillage

6.265 Ratings

Bottle

7.667 Ratings

Value for money

6.342 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone, last update on 07/11/2025.

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Reviews

5 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/02/2025

Mlleghoul
445 Reviews

Mlleghoul

4

the fierce tenderness of Yosano Akiko's verse

A rose I immediately enjoy is a rare creature indeed, and this one conjures the fierce tenderness of Yosano Akiko's verse. I don't know how this extraordinary poet would feel about this fragrance, but I am channeling her spirit for these impressions.

Ancient wood smoke
drifts between scattered fog.
Morning bell echoes—
I taste metal on my tongue,
spring's sharp, necessary cut.

Green leaf floating in
the temple's shallow puddle
reflects my true face.
A mantis waves its thin arms
in mock benediction.

Thorn-pricked finger traces
rose oil, crimson poems
on sleep-soft limbs,
bitter sutras cannot wash
this sweetness from memory.

02/10/2025

8
Bottle 6
Sillage 8
Longevity 9
Scent

MorganleFay
5 Reviews

MorganleFay

1

Shiso

I grow shiso in my garden. It's rarely available to buy at market and it has a very particular minty-herbal-perfumed taste that adds a lovely bright note in leafy salads. I've never smelled shiso in a perfume before and I wouldn't have recognised it if not for the little purple-leaved bush I grow.
The rose is there, but never as the star of the show. She is hidden under a wet, earthy, mossy canopy - and yes, there's the shiso, too. As it dries down it turns into a wonderful meditative woody incense that never quite lets go of the wet vegetal patchouli.
Absolutely genderless, very much in the style of other Aesop perfumes.

06/10/2025

ClaireV
774 Reviews

ClaireV

1

A Japanese onsen rose

Just when I thought roses had lost their capacity to surprise, along comes Rozu, which wraps a fresh, dewy rose in paper-thin layers of pink pepper, shiso leaf, and aromatic grasses that crackle with intent. Surprisingly, it is not the spice or the aromatics that shine through the hardest. For me, it is the evocative aroma of freshly-turned soil that makes Rozu special. Moist, sharp, alive – this is the healthful, plush air inside a Japanese onsen. There is also even a tenuous link to mitti, an attar that captures the aroma of the first rains of the season hitting the red earth of Mother India.

In line with other Aesop fragrances, Rozu smells uncluttered. Simplicity is not shorthand for laziness, though. On the face of it, you might write Rozu off as a rose perched between herb and wood, a dash of pink pepper providing an electrical spark to keep it moving. But pay attention and you’ll start to wonder why you never noticed until now how minty shiso leaf can smell warm or how spices can smell cold or how a rose can smell indistinguishable from clay. There is grace (and design) in the way your impressions are prompted to shift from roses to earth to spice to wood and back again. Yet, it is all as effortless as if Rozu had leapt fully formed from a Japanese forest floor rather than from a perfumer’s organ.

Hours in and you start paying for its supreme naturalness. One by one, the sharper, zestier notes fall back and even that dewiest of roses starts to feel a little faded around the edges. Every time I wear Rozu, I have to remind myself to stay still and let it roll over me like a fog. Otherwise, it is easy to miss parts of its conversation. For example, on my third test, I noticed that Rozu has a deeply fragrant, almost ‘dry-roasted’ drydown that, while subtle, provides the wearer with the sense of a party meandering pleasantly to a close instead of the abrupt full stop common to most ‘natural’ (or natural-styled) fragrances. Whether this is due to a particular resin or wood is besides the point. If you’re still paying attention at this stage, the only solid thing you grasp is a feeling of warmth. My God, but it’s good.

10/02/2021

3
Pricing 10
Bottle 3
Longevity 7
Scent

WoodyClean
3 Reviews

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WoodyClean

2

woody, warm, mystical

I love this fragrance! Very unique: first impression fresh cut roses (in a positive sense, no stale scent), spice and woody notes come in, some pepper. Scent does not stay long on the skin, smells long on clothes. Typical Aesop scent. Also somewhat reminiscent of Rose31 by Le Labo, but goes in a different direction (greener? mossier?). For me, an absolute unisex fragrance.

10/11/2024

8
Pricing 10
Bottle 6
Sillage 5
Longevity 9.5
Scent

Selena86Karo
2 Reviews

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Selena86Karo

3

Mystical

For me, this fragrance is the little sister of Portrait of the Lady by Frederic Malle.
Very warm but not too intense, just the right blend. I have been looking for an elegant rose fragrance for a very long time. This is it and I can highly recommend it. Very, very elegant and not too overpowering. I can smell the wonderful, beautiful transformation of the rose with a spicy note. Perfect for me for day and night for fall and winter.