Rose Noir Byredo 2008 Eau de Parfum

In my search for an exciting rose fragrance I came across a sample of Rose Noir. Excitingly it is good, because immediately after the first spraying the association of a piano with several keys pressed at the same time arose for me - energetic, straight, loud and dark. Citric, but at the same time sharp, peppery and somehow dark. It stayed that way for a very long time, probably three to four hours.

I constantly had to smell my wrist because I just couldn't understand how a fragrance can swing so many chords at once. In addition I must say: I am bloody beginner in the smell describe and can absolutely no details, only the general impression give back. The volume became too much - at some point I got a headache. Dark green comes to my mind - that's probably the moss?

Very slowly it became "quieter" and spicier notes appeared. The rose is always very reserved, only guessable. All in all, my impression is an aggressive, dynamic, assertive one - unfortunately, I didn't smell like myself with this fragrance