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Rosenthal Hendley Perfumes

7.7 / 10 43 Ratings

A popular perfume by Hendley Perfumes for women and men. The release year is unknown. The scent is floral-woody. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Floral

Woody

Spicy

Resinous

Sweet

Fragrance Notes

Rose

Angelica root

Frankincense Iris

Iris

Juniper

Patchouli

Sandalwood

Perfumer

Hans Hendley

Ratings

Scent

7.743 Ratings

Longevity

7.836 Ratings

Sillage

7.136 Ratings

Bottle

6.936 Ratings

Value for money

7.117 Ratings

Submitted by ExUser · last update on 05/09/2025.

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Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

05/09/2025

8.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Turgenev
73 Reviews

Turgenev

2

Evolution^2

I've always been searching for the ultimate rose, and so far I've gotten quite close, but never arrived there.

Rosenthal is, by far, one of the most original rose centered scents I've tried. It kicks off with a green, lush garden rose, slightly sweet (I'd tone it down one or two degrees) and boozy. Then, shorty after, the incense comes through and, combined with the other elements, turns it into a soft Russian leather, smoothened by sandalwood.

During the drydown, the chocolatey patchouli shows up, making it slightly gourmand.

What a trip

03/07/2022

10Scent 10Longevity 10Sillage

Eriqesque
12 Reviews

Eriqesque

2

Olfactory Orgasm

Inhale deeply and you will experience an absolute eyes roll in the back of your head olfactory orgasm.
Deep red rose front and center brought down to earth with patchouli and incense. The sandalwood mixing with the iris is glorious in this. Angelica hmm. Never knew them well. but now I do. Bit of a celery note but also herbal and rooty. As my bottle blooms the Angelica is toning down. I purchased a 30 ml but this is becoming a major favorite so I’m sure I’ll be back for a 50 or even a 100 it is that good.
I personally don’t pay attention to gender in frags. This is definitely unisex if not masculine leaning. But again as with all frags it’s gonna smell a bit differently on everyone. Also what notes we perceive.

07/20/2017

jtd
484 Reviews

jtd

Top Review 8

rosenthal

Rosenthal is an interesting challenge. It's a new perfumer's entry into a well-travelled genre. It's a big, boozy rose, in the same broad woody rose category as the rose chypres, florientals and woody florals. Artisanal perfumery brings a new perspective to the table. Small-batch extractions of materials, inventive methods and 'outside the box' approaches ignore the boundaries of mainstream technique and can lead to novel perfumes.

One of the drawbacks, though, is the reinvention of the wheel. Self-taught perfumers run the risk of stumbling across compositional frameworks, that, while new to them, have been explored in detail by professionally trained perfumers. The risk becomes even greater with a genre that includes icons like like Amouge Lyric Woman, Portrait of a Lady, Aromatics Elixir and Nahéma. 'By comparison we suffer' and all.

Fortunately, Rosenthal avoids the pitfalls and Hendley threads the needle nimbly. The patch/rose accord is a touchstone in perfumery. Hendley plays with it smartly and doesn't try to bend it into something unrecognizable. Instead, he touches it up with cool, woody/herbal details and extracts a broad range of shades from the accord, from dark berries to flinty metallic flashes. A bready note (iris?) matches the doughy quality of the sandalwood drydown and provides a long arc from topnotes to the milky sweet drydown.

Finding inventive angles on a well-studied accord might be expected from a seasoned perfumer, but it's particularly encouraging from a new perfumer. Perhaps artistic cross-training has something to do with it. I've read that Hendley is a photographer by education and practice. He joins a growing set of artisanal perfumers who've taken their practice in other art-forms and applied it to perfumery. This hybrid-artist trend in independent perfumery is one of the most exciting developments in the field and Hendley joins Antonio Gardoni, Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, Bruno Fazzolari, Dannielle Sergent in bringing new ideas to perfumery through the side-door.

I'm looking forward to trying more of Hendly's perfumes and will keep my eye out for future work.

from scenthurdle.com

05/24/2018

9Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Ergoproxy
1131 Reviews

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Ergoproxy

Top Review 4

Rose somehow melancholic

Actually, I like the scent of roses in every form, but when it comes to perfume, I prefer either the lush dark rose notes or when the rose is integrated into an unusual concept, and that is exactly the case for me with Rosenthal.

At first, the rose is clear and distinct and also a bit harmless, but that is not meant to last.

Quite quickly, incense and a spicy bitter note join in, which I would like to attribute to angelica root. While the combination still leaves enough space for the rose, it takes away its cleanliness and niceness, and the scent now seems more serious and somehow melancholic to me, without drifting into something truly dark.

Towards the end, patchouli comes through a bit more for me, but I can't perceive any more changes after that.

The longevity on my skin is about 10 hours, the projection is a bit stronger at the beginning, but then settles into a moderate level.

I can imagine that not everyone will like this spicy vibe of the fragrance. In its composition, Rosenthal reminds me a bit of Afternoon of a Faun by ELdO, which, with its distinct straw flower note, appeals more to enthusiasts than to the general public.

The fragrances I have tested so far from Hans Hendley are consistently interesting, and I hope that I will have the opportunity to get to know the remaining scents from this small but intriguing brand.

My thanks to Caligari for the testing opportunity and the nice contact beforehand.

Statements

13 short views on the fragrance

Rachelg

2 years ago

7Scent

2

A huge velvet red rose sprouting in a patchouli greenhouse. There is a sweetness to the frankincense more apparent in the drydown.

Jeob

2 years ago

7Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

31

42

A brooding gaze
over a high-collared
rose petal collar.
The world mentally dissected
into root, earth, bloom, herb & wood.

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JonasP1

5 years ago

7Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

23

20

Road sign to Rosenthal
The roses bloom
Delicate patchouli follows me
Incense lurks in juniper roots
Nice here
But I'm leaving again

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Mefunx

6 years ago

7.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

12

4

Honey-sweet patch rose, not just frozen in beauty by a spicy immortelle & cooling, almost camphor-like green. I like it.

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Jakobkn

3 years ago

8Scent 6Longevity 5Sillage

8

7

Sleeping Beauty
The prince climbs a woody rose
Peppery angelica stands in his way
Rose retreats
He succeeds

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Caligari

5 years ago

7Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

7

2

Here, the rose, which I usually avoid, is wonderfully captured... in a long-abandoned garden, whose...

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Lilienfeld

8 years ago

7.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

7

Hm> Iris: powdery-herbaceous, again with a hint of coumarin, almost curry ;) a lovely bitter note, slightly sour and a wilted rose petal! Melancholy in bitterness.

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