Desert Rosewood Goldfield & Banks 2016

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7.5 / 10 340 Ratings

A perfume by Goldfield & Banks for women and men, released in 2016. The scent is woody-spicy. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Woody

Spicy

Resinous

Sweet

Oriental

Fragrance Notes

False sandalwood

Indian cardamom

Indonesian patchouli

Benzoin Siam

Sicilian mandarin orange

Comorian vanilla

Perfumer

François Merle-Baudoin

Ratings

Scent

7.5340 Ratings

Longevity

7.6287 Ratings

Sillage

7.1282 Ratings

Bottle

7.8268 Ratings

Value for money

6.8177 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone, last update on 10.04.2024.

Reviews

6 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/16/2021

7
Bottle 6
Sillage 5
Longevity 6
Scent

Annabraucht
9 Reviews

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Annabraucht

12

So different...

...my husband and I perceive the fragrance. So extreme I have experienced that with no other fragrance!
I smell creamy sandalwood & rosewood. Creamy and warm. And still summery. Like a light scent in the summer heat, creeping up your nose with a light breeze.

My husband smells heavy, woody tangerine. "Could also be a sauna infusion". For him, a pure winter scent.

In the practice of a Heilpraktikerin once smelled exactly like it. She then gave me a small bottle of Mary Magdalene oil. I do not know what it is, but I smell it uuuunheimlich gladly! Kind of soothing. Anyway... EXACTLY what it smells like!

10/03/2023

7
Sillage 7
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Dennis1104
288 Reviews

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Dennis1104

7

Pleasant & soothing

The Desert Rosewood starts directly with a woody layer that comes along relatively dry. Dry sandalwood with a cardamom spice. In addition, one takes also directly relatively tart patchouli was.

This sounds relatively "strict" at first, but it is not. Everything is pleasantly designed and over time, the fragrance also gains more and more a certain sweetness.
For me, the resinous benzoin plays a factor, because vanilla I can not really perceive. Evtl something tangerine, but also not really present. It is already rather a resinous sweetness.

Somehow I also get immediately after spraying associations with a sauna infusion, a treatment in the physiotherapy practice or the like. Quite crazy, but that's what I get here.

A fragrance that comes along quite balsamic and is predestined to feel good.

12/01/2023

5
Pricing 6
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 6
Scent

Alebe
33 Reviews

Alebe

1

An off-putting pudding

Well, I really wanted to like this one.
But it starts off in a very weird way for me.
I get a lot of cardamom here, but not (as usual with that spice) in a good way.
I can’t help but describe it as fresh rice pudding made with curdled milk. Essentially an off-putting pudding with a certain bitter twang I can’t stand.
Then, after 1-2 hours this fades into a decent mix of resinous notes with that certain medicinal quality that many people before me have already described as a sauna infusion.
Well, thanks - but not for me.
Longevity and projection are quite decent though.

04/06/2023

5.5
Scent

Hartsy3
99 Reviews

Hartsy3

1

Not sure how to perceive this one

On paper, this was one of my favorite scents in the Goldfield & Banks discovery kit. However, on my skin it seems to be doing something odd. I loved the opening, it was a blast of spicy resinous perfection. But the dry-down has taken on an almost medicinal turn. It must be the cardamom reminding me a bit of black licorice. I can't get past that strong herbal note that seems to cling to my skin and clear my sinuses like vapo-rub. It's not entirely unpleasant, just different. I think it may just be my body chemistry and I would likely enjoy this more on someone else.

03/12/2024

8
Pricing 7
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 7
Scent

Landshark321
521 Reviews

Landshark321

1

Spicy resinous woody multifaceted blend, sophisticatedly done

First proper sampling of Goldfield & Banks Desert Rosewood, a fresh, spicy, woody scent that has citruses, rosewood, cardamom, benzoin, patchouli, and even some vanilla, though it’s not notably sweet. The resins are seemingly at the center, making it robust and classy, a bit of a four-season option that pairs a fresh woody aspect with spicy and dark resins, a bit savory but more so naturalistic and outdoorsy.

In its spicy resinousness, it also ever so slightly reminds me of one of the incarnations of Yves Saint Lauren M7, the celebrated men’s release from 20 years ago, but without some of its oud-laden, semi-animalic bite, pivoting instead toward something a bit more herbal and fresh.

Desert Rosewood is priced at $190 for 100ml and, as with the rest of the house, is sold at boutiques in the US like Perfumology. Overall I think it’s very nicely done, with very good performance, a classy multifaceted versatile blend, a really sturdy offering for the house.

7 out of 10

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