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Perfume Calligraphy Rose Aramis 2013

8.1 / 10 372 Ratings

A popular perfume by Aramis for women and men, released in 2013. The scent is floral-oriental. The longevity is above-average. It was last marketed by Estēe Lauder Companies.
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Main accords

Floral

Oriental

Spicy

Sweet

Resinous

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Saffron

Honeysuckle Oregano

Oregano

Heart Notes

Turkish rose absolute Myrrh

Myrrh

Styrax

French lavender

Base Notes

Frankincense

Labdanum

Ambergris

Musk

Perfumer

Trudi Loren

Ratings

Scent

8.1372 Ratings

Longevity

8.4290 Ratings

Sillage

7.8289 Ratings

Bottle

7.9272 Ratings

Value for money

8.036 Ratings

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Reviews

33 in-depth fragrance descriptions

12/06/2014

9Scent 7.5Longevity 10Sillage

Drseid
828 Reviews

Drseid

Top Review 8

Powerful Powdered Rose...

Perfume Calligraphy Rose goes on with sweet honeysuckle mixing with deep rose with mild saffron spice support. As the composition moves to its early heart the sweet honeysuckle and mild saffron spice remain now in support, as the rose strengthens into the star, joined by co-starring powdery lavender. As the composition moves through its heart the honeysuckle turns to more of a sweet strait-up honey, as the lavender powdered rose gradually adds in a prominent smooth styrax derived incense-like undertone. During the late dry-down the rose and lavender dissipate, revealing relatively clean musk and slightly powdery vanilla in the base. Projection is outstanding, and longevity excellent to outstanding at 12-14 hours on skin.

Perfume Calligraphy Rose has been a composition on my radar for quite some time, but its limited distribution made trying it always just out of reach. Finally having now gotten a chance to sniff the composition it is clear it was worth the wait. No, one is not going to find a super-innovative concoction as let's face it, powdered rose has been done many times before. What distinguishes Perfume Calligraphy Rose from its many competitors is its outstanding performance and solid execution while still adding a small wrinkle or two to the standard powdered rose fair with its styrax derived incense undertone and honeysuckle derived sweetness. The powdery lavender can get just shy of too powdery at times, but deftly remains just within tolerable limits for the powder averse. That said, in truth, the *real* way to enjoy Perfume Calligraphy Rose is smelling its fabulous and powerful scent trail, as the powder becomes barely noticeable, letting the rose and incense accord shine in all its glory. The bottom line is Aramis has a solid history of producing quality compositions at bank account saving prices, and while the limited distribution Perfume Calligraphy Rose with its approximate $100 per 100ml price point is about double the cost of their regular line offerings, this "excellent" 4 star out of 5 rated winner keeps their bang-for-the-buck tradition intact and is well worth a sniff (and purchase) if one can find a bottle.

05/18/2015

jtd
484 Reviews

jtd

Top Review 9

Calligraphy Rose

The rose is often maligned among fumies. It's quaint, it's prosaic, it's the low hanging fruit of floral perfumes. It's lovely on the bush but uninteresting in the bottle. Perhaps the rose's greatest sin among the cognicsienti: it's common.

I see it differently. The rose’s ability to play the common denominator makes it the ultimate contextual note. Whole genres are created through the rose's affinity with woods, ambers and resins, fruits and mosses. Rose notes make the most beautiful chypres, fruity florals, florientals and woody florals. It has so many intuitive pairings because there are many facets to rose that are enhanced by other materials and notes: patchouli, oakmoss, cedar, citrus, musk, labdanum, vanilla, berry. Rose perfumes can be woody, jammy, sweet/dry, bright/dark, soft, garish, innocent or skanky. Rose is to flowers what sandalwood is to woods: the broadest, most encompassing example of its genre. The best analogy I can come up with for the rose is blood types. Rose is the AB + blood type of perfumery: the universal recipient. The rose can be paired with just about anything.

And here is the trap.

Many fumies disdain rose perfumes because, where's the artistry in a note that can't help but smell good? What good is beauty if it's common? My counter to this line of thinking has two parts. 1) There have been terrible rose perfumes, so quality isn't guaranteed. 2) Smell Amouage Lyric Woman, Vero Profumo Rozy or Paco Rabanne la Nuit and tell me that rose lacks character.

Aramis Calligraphy Rose takes full advantage of the rose and uses oud to make a woody rose/floriental hybrid. A hybrid/hybrid. The rose springboards off a light oud note to create a heady, jammy, boozy perfume with lush sillage and a long arc. Aramis clearly sees the perfume as a market-expander, a foot in the door of an Arabic sensibility and demographic. The marketing strategy is simple to the point of crass, especially compared to Amouage, a comparison Aramis would desperately like the consumer to make. But the perfume is lovely. It steps straight into the line of fire of the rose critics by being a 'feel good' fragrance. But passing the Guy Robert 'smell good' test is only the first hurdle of any perfume. From there, a perfume must then be considered in light of criteria such as coherence, balance and thoughtfulness, and Calligraphy Rose rises to the occasion.

03/12/2015

ColinM
516 Reviews

ColinM

Very helpful Review 9

Resinous rose

I am usually not a fan of rose – not at all, honestly, except for a couple of masculines - but this Aramis scent nails it completely. It manages to smell “rose”, but without that sort of haunting soapy heaviness many rose scents have (or on the contrary, without smelling like floor cleaner as many cheap rose scents). The key here is how perfectly they managed to balance rose with a smoky-dusty sweet resinous base, which is discreet but perfectly enhances the elegance and the juiciness of rose “taming it down” enough to provide some more dynamism and colour. This fragrance is quite simple actually, as it’s basically a resinous rose; but it’s really pleasant, solid, much versatile, surprisingly unisex and compelling. Nothing ground-breaking, but perfect for “mild fans” of rose which wouldn’t wear rose bombs, but still enjoy the note a bit. Silky, warm and classy. Honestly if I’d ever buy a scent with “rose” in its name, it would be this. It’s cozy, effortlessly refined and really pleasant to wear. Total good quality for the price.

8/10

04/23/2016

BrianBuchanan
363 Reviews

BrianBuchanan

Very helpful Review 7

A Rose by any other Name would not smell as Sweet

Another take on the Oriental, this time using amber made with storax instead of vanilla.

The dull, soft sweet character of storax is accompanied for some of the time by rose, and between them, they create an amusing show of Turkish Delight flecked with incense, which is cast in a resin and bitter spice shell. But storax upstages the star player and steals the show, hanging around and humming sweetly on stage until some of the crowd have got completely bored with it.

Scientists say that no experiment is a failure, and if you don't get the results you expected, you have at least learned something useful, ie: the answer you hoped for lies elsewhere.
Trying to create an Oriental based on storax instead of the conventional vanillic amber was an experiment.
We have at least learned that it didn't work, and that a large dose of storax gets tedious.

08/28/2015

10Scent 10Longevity 10Sillage

Belgwen
94 Reviews

Belgwen

Very helpful Review 8

Oh.My.Word.

If animals had a signature perfume, this would’ve belonged to the Black Widow! A dark, dangerous lady with a red core. Black spices, luscious red roses, and a touch of gooey balminess that sticks to you like a spider web. If Matahari wore this, she would’ve had presidents spill out state secrets! This powerful juice smells like the older, sweeter sister of Yves Rocher Rose Absolue. One spray equals to 12+ hours of diffusion within your 12+ feet radius. If you love florientals, you just have to try this. Masterpiece!

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Statements

48 short views on the fragrance

BertolucciK

5 years ago

7.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

4

Oriental scent composed by a sweet syrupy/resinous rose, with saffron, myrrh, styrax and a hint of lavender. In the drydown, labdanum, amber

Pinseltown

4 years ago

9Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

46

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Angels send warm-spicy heart roses
Down to all people of the blue planet
In North, East, South, and West
Their message
We are the World

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Kylesa

8 years ago

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15

4

Softly the first snow falls on this last rose
Delicately spiced and graceful in its existence
Not sweet & full of warmth
Sensual~Gentle~Velvety

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Jumi

9 years ago

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6

Delicious, smooth rose like in mom's rose wine, then dry-powdery & spicy like Tauer's PHI. Long-lasting - even survives the sauna. Very nice!

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SchatzSucher

7 years ago

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13

2

Rich dark rose, a hint of ember, herb-spicy ignited, golden shimmering. Warmth in the heart and great elegance. Truly beautiful.

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Inger

10 years ago

9Scent 10Longevity 7.5Sillage

13

A rose-colored velvet cape that I can snuggle into. An opulent companion for the colder days.

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Mausebeer

10 years ago

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1

Noble oriental with a bite and well-balanced rose. Substantial, cozy, warming, multi-layered. Fantastic base (more powdery than expected!). Luxurious and timeless.

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