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Avenue London Grandeur 2012

7.6 / 10 109 Ratings

A popular perfume by Grandeur for women and men, released in 2012. The scent is floral-spicy. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Floral

Spicy

Woody

Smoky

Resinous

Fragrance Notes

Damask rose

Choya Nakh

Elderflower

Labdanum

Frankincense Oud

Oud

Saffron

Bergamot

Patchouli

Cade juniper

Klimpzadur

Perfumer & Creative Guidance

John Biebel Perfume maker

Ratings

Scent

7.6109 Ratings

Longevity

8.591 Ratings

Sillage

7.990 Ratings

Bottle

7.479 Ratings

Value for money

6.926 Ratings

Submitted by Calista, last update on 07/26/2025.

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7 in-depth fragrance descriptions

04/28/2025

10Scent 6Longevity 6Sillage

kittea
65 Reviews

kittea

Helpful Review 2

Roasted roses

This fragrance was my introduction to choya nakh (roasted seashell attar). Smolderose puts the emphasis on the 'roasted' part, less on the 'seashells'— there's no briny mineral notes here, but it is definitely not your average smoky fragrance.

There is something extremely edible about this. The choya nakh doesn't smell like any particular food I've ever tasted, but those roasted notes give the impression of something worth eating. The rose is dark and vegetal and has been dunked in a balsamic glaze. I think these rosebuds would have the texture of a charred pearl onion or shallot if I bit into them.

Luca Turin described this as 'perverse', and while I completely disagree with him, I can see why. The rose-oud formula is obviously what Smolderose is riffing upon, and if you're used to that, I imagine this being a bit of a shock. Rose and oud is usually a study in contrasts, with a pink/red/purple rose standing out against the dark oud background. Smolderose paints both rose and oud with the tarry brush of choya nakh, marrying them together seamlessly.

Edit: My brother described this as "upsettingly meaty", which is a) accurate, although I don't find it upsetting, and b) much more evocative than "perverse".

08/19/2022

9.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

BobbyGee
230 Reviews

BobbyGee

3

January Scent Project / Smolderose

This is an artistic work for me.
The opening is a strong citrus-green hit, which quickly evolves towards the scent of Damascus rose in an edition I have not known yet. Unfortunately, I'm not a fan of the scent of roses in perfumes with very few exceptions. This is i.a. this exception. It is a strange mixture of balsamic strange rose combined with a burnt, smoky and still smoking rose from the heat. To make it more interesting, I smell a strange salty flower here - is it a salted rose after burning, or maybe it's not a salty rose? Strangely familiar smell ... warm, salty and as I wrote before - burnt. These are roasted and hot shells ... in India called Choya Nakh. And what is this creation? Well let's go....
Choya Nakh is a traditional distillation of roasted shells produced in India. The wild shells are roasted slowly in a large earthenware vessel called choya, producing a light brown oil with an intense aromatic essence. The strong and sharp aroma of Choya Nakh absolute is smoky, oceanic and mossy with notes of mineral and amber. Choya Nakh gives perfumes and fragrances an interesting depth. Includes unique notes of smoke, sea and ozone. Ok ... that's it for that Choya.
To make it even more interesting, I can sense this scent with slightly leather notes and a slightly dirty smell ... no !!!! This is a specific smell at a gas station - the smell of fuel, including burnt gas particles from the exhaust. In the center of this fragrance we still have a 'strange rose with 2 faces' and it is the epicenter of this fragrance. Now tell for yourself - is this not a unique piece of work ??? For me, John Biebel's masterpiece. Oh .... the smell is completely wearable.

Projection and durability at a very good level.

Top notes are Olibanum and Bergamot; middle notes are damask rose, lilac black and saffron; base notes are Sea shells, Smoke, Labdanum, Agar (oud) and patchouli.

02/26/2024

9Scent 9Longevity 9Sillage

SimonaB
31 Reviews

SimonaB

1

Fresh roses

I am on a beach, I have a rose in one hand and in another a shell attached to my ear from which I perceive a sweet sound of the sea... this is one of my favorite roses, fresh, citrusy, smoky. A perfume you never stop smelling. Not the usual rose and Oud that we hear everywhere now. This fragrance is so well made that it is difficult to find another that comes close. I love January’s scents. John always managed to amaze me. Anyone who hasn’t tried at least one of his perfumes absolutely must do so.

06/13/2025

ClaireV
969 Reviews

ClaireV

1

Inky, charred seashells on the sea shore

Smolderose (the EDP version) is beautiful and arresting, but I have to admit straight up that I cannot smell the rose in it. What I smell is primarily the head-spinning fumes of a room where tins of black boot polish are stored, a smell that is tarry and (pleasantly) chemical rather than smoky.

I smell the lemony-minty green sting of geranium in a minor key, which is a rosy note, I guess, as well as the leathery undertone of choya nakh (roasted seashells), a distillate used in very careful doses in traditional Indian attar perfumery to add a marine-leathery tone. Choya nakh is also used by Mandy Aftel to give Tango its smoky, skanky-leather undertone, and indeed, there is a somewhat similar tarry boot-rubber effect in that perfume too.

But, for me, that almost benzene-like honk of black boot polish is what prevails. This seething, fizzing, gaseous miasma of fumes joins with the scent of our old Calor Gas heater, whose electric bars, when heated up, emitted an addictive aroma of heated electrical cogs and springs. I have a fondness for this accord, which I smell also in Gris Clair (Serge Lutens), because it seems to occupy a physical space in the air, charging the oxygen particles with ions and static electricity. I should mention that Smolderose takes up such a firm physical presence in the air that my head swims if I inhale too deeply.

12/11/2017

9Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Can777
257 Reviews

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Can777

Top Review 34

The Warrior's Last Rest

Melancholy and proud sorrow. That is Smolderose for me. A rose scent like I have rarely perceived or rather never smelled before. A Damask rose captured in a construct of deepest sorrow and sweetest melancholy. This rose is beautifully tragic. Smolderose is the work of John Biebel, a very talented painter, artist, and multi-talent. One of his greatest wishes was to create his own fragrances, which he accomplished with the brand
-January Scent Project-. John has given a scent to his own paintings and his art, it seems to me. Those who have seen his paintings will likely understand his perfumes better. They radiate a melancholic and profound calm. Just like Smolderose.

The scent of Smolderose is difficult to describe because it feels more like a dream image, but what makes it unmistakable is a very exotic ingredient. It is an oil derived from roasted and distilled seashells. The name of this delicacy is Choya Nakh. A dark oil that is used for seasoning in many dishes in Asian countries. The scent and also the taste could be described as oceanic-smoky-mossy. Essentially, a smoke oil derived from shells.

Smolderose always smells of Damask rose from beginning to end, that much can be said. But with constantly new facets. At first, it smells rosy-fruity and fresh. I would attribute that to bergamot and the sweet elderflower. But that soon changes. The fruity notes gradually recede. Frankincense weaves through the rose, and the scent becomes smokier and darker without dominating the rose. It delicately and gently envelops the rose.
But that is not enough. The Choya Nakh gradually flows in and gives the scent this breathtaking depth and smokiness. A smell of incredibly sublime freedom spreads. As if one were sitting on a cliff by a campfire, surrounded by rose bushes. A beautiful grassy patchouli and an almost inconspicuous woody-soft oud paired with splashes of birch tar underline this beautifully tragic scenario.

Conclusion
Smolderose is for me the scent of a lonely and romantic warrior who has the profundity of life in his blood and spirit. Heartbreakingly soft in heart and soul, but with a firm step in the here and now. A perfume that exudes a neo-romantic aura around its wearer. Or also its wearer. Smolderose is well-suited for both genders. It has a very good longevity of 8 to 10 hours. As for the sillage, it is extremely fine yet still pronounced.
A scent with which one would want to be buried as a warrior!

Thank you Mr. John Biebel for Smolderose!

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