Hello again :)
Today I come to Rosa di Filare by Bois 1920, a brand that I think is great, but unfortunately far too few fragrances of it could really test so far. One of the reasons is that I haven't even been able to find this brand in niche perfumeries yet (at least here in Frankfurt). Maybe this has changed in the meantime, because I last asked or searched for these fragrances a year ago, which I hope very much, because Bois 1920 seems very interesting to me.
Anyway, this scent used to be called Kimono Rose.
So, but why kimono? Well, what I, as the worst botanist in the world, of course didn't know was that the Kimono Rose is really a real rose that should survive even heavy rain. I still couldn't figure out why this rose is called "Kimono", but somebody here could tell me for sure, couldn't they?
Anyway, I'll get the scent!
The fragrance:
At the beginning I smell a mix of rose and currants, powdery notes and an initially jasmine-like sweetness, which soon smells more like amber. In the background I smell a little lychee, which however becomes fast hardly still smellable. The earthy patchouli also smells in the background, but much stronger than the lychee.
The fragrance soon becomes increasingly powdery-sweet. The sweetish one comes from the amber or smells like amber, the powdery one is the "work" of the iris. The patchouli is now also better smellable, but remains rather soft. Also woody notes gradually "emerge" and smell of a mix of soft guaiac wood and a bit more bitter cedar.
In the base the fragrance is still sweet and powdery, whereas the sweetness now also smells of musk and not only of amber. The earthy scents as well as the woods are still present, but smell quite soft, which is due to the generally soft radiance of the fragrance. I perceive the roses a little less in the base. To be honest, I even have difficulties perceiving roses in the base at all, but I perceive more generally flowery scents. All in all Rosa di Filare is a very beautiful, gentle fragrance!
The Sillage and the shelf life:
The charisma is above average and will therefore be good to smell from close up for a while, as the sweet scents and floral notes in particular radiate more strongly. I found the shelf life quite good for a gentle fragrance, even quite good with over eight hours.
The bottle:
The bottle is pink and cylindrical with a steeper neck. The brand name has been incorporated on the front. The name of the fragrance is apparently not visible. The solid looking golden lid has a "used" look, so it looks flaked or used and is cylindrical at the bottom, while at the top it becomes a disc on which the brand name is engraved. A nice, but a little simple bottle.
Oh yes, Rosa di Filare or Kimono Rose is once again one of those fragrances that I'm sure would have to smell really wonderful with you ladies. And by the way, he is not one of those brightly coloured sweet scents, but despite his beautiful sweetness he also comes across as a little more mature, as he also smells of nice, earthy patchouli notes as well as bitter and woody scents.
It's definitely one of those elegant evening fragrances that you could use for going out and so on, and it's actually independent of the season (in my opinion anyway).
Interestingly enough, I didn't find the rose that is part of the fragrance name to be really salient, or this rose, the kimono rose, smells so different from "ordinary roses," that I have difficulty really recognizing it or perceiving it as intense. Especially at the end of the fragrance I perceive as described rather general, "flowery fragrances" than that I would really smell roses. You see, I don't know anything about roses, but I don't really know anything about flowers in general. Therefore I wrote at the beginning that I was the worst botanist ever :DD
Be that as it may, the scent is very testable and fragrant! So try it out if you're lucky enough to find the scent somewhere! And now I have arrived at the end and wish you all a nice evening! See you next time :)
Top Notes 
Blackcurrant
Calabrian bergamot
Chinese mandarin orange
Lychee
Heart Notes 
Bulgarian rose
Bamboo blossom
Turkish rose absolute
Lily of the valley
Base Notes 
Lebanon cedar
Amber
Asian patchouli
Iris
Hermesh
