Top Notes 
Bergamot
Heart Notes 
Tea
Base Notes 
Vanilla
Amber
07/10/2025
MrsGuerlain
502 Reviews
MrsGuerlain
1
Ongoing…
Rosewood… an interesting concept, named mainly after the colour of the wood. The amazing thing, apart from the wood being really beautiful is that it has a gorgeous smell. Depending on the origin it can smell quite different. In Parfumo’s directory six different rosewood notes are registered, not counting the ‘rosewood’ note with no specific origin: Brazilian, Indian, Australian, American, Balinese and Canadian. I am not able to tell the difference between all these, since I have not smelled all six. But I know how rosewood smells and I love the smell of it: warm and slightly floral/spicy. Rosewood adds to a scent the same as amber, resin and other woods: an underlying warmth that makes you sniff for it.
I remember my first encounter with rosewood. A friend of my parents had a big chest made of this wonderful wood. In it she kept wool sweaters and silk shirts. She told me that the natural oils in the wood kept moth away. Later in life I learned that it is cedar wood, not rosewood. But the chest was beautiful and smelled great so I suppose she was happy not knowing.
Banana Republic’s interpretation of rosewood is really good. First spray is a citric smell, well balanced by the tea note. Underneath this, very soon the amber spreads. Warm, delicious and very downplayed. So delicious and soft. Mixed with the vanilla, which is subtle, it stays like this for… ever! Longevity is amazing! I spray in the morning and next morning I still sense reminiscences of the fragrance.
This is a really good amber scent on the same level as more expensive ambers. The pricing is ridiculously low so do try it! It is worth it.
Oh - comes to mind: perhaps BR should have considered naming the fragrance Amber?
Year 2, 57/365
I remember my first encounter with rosewood. A friend of my parents had a big chest made of this wonderful wood. In it she kept wool sweaters and silk shirts. She told me that the natural oils in the wood kept moth away. Later in life I learned that it is cedar wood, not rosewood. But the chest was beautiful and smelled great so I suppose she was happy not knowing.
Banana Republic’s interpretation of rosewood is really good. First spray is a citric smell, well balanced by the tea note. Underneath this, very soon the amber spreads. Warm, delicious and very downplayed. So delicious and soft. Mixed with the vanilla, which is subtle, it stays like this for… ever! Longevity is amazing! I spray in the morning and next morning I still sense reminiscences of the fragrance.
This is a really good amber scent on the same level as more expensive ambers. The pricing is ridiculously low so do try it! It is worth it.
Oh - comes to mind: perhaps BR should have considered naming the fragrance Amber?
Year 2, 57/365
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