Rose Privée L'Artisan Parfumeur 2015

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7.5 / 10 116 Ratings

Rose Privée is a perfume by L'Artisan Parfumeur for women and was released in 2015. The scent is floral-fresh. It was last marketed by Puig.
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Main accords

Floral

Fresh

Green

Spicy

Powdery

Fragrance Notes

May rose absolute

Basil

Carnation

Hay

Lilac

Patchouli

Violet leaf

Magnolia

Perfumers

Bertrand Duchaufour, Stéphanie Bakouche

Ratings

Scent

7.5116 Ratings

Longevity

6.8106 Ratings

Sillage

6.1109 Ratings

Bottle

8.0111 Ratings

Value for money

6.914 Ratings

Submitted by Franfan20, last update on 16.09.2023.

Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/16/2023

MoniBonboni
48 Reviews

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MoniBonboni

Fresh rose fragrance

French niche fragrance brand L'Artisan Parfumeur was founded in Paris in 1976 and is now one of the most popular French houses in the niche sector.
Long before the niche boom 20 years ago, the brand recognized the importance of craftsmanship. The brand is known for soliflors.

An initially fresh and later powdery rose-patchouli combination. It is a LE from 2015 - private rose, with the fragrance celebrating the May rose (not a peony). The noses behind it are none other than Bertrand Duchaufour and Stéphanie Bakouche. The packaging has a high-quality look with a little door that can be opened at the side.

Rose Privée is a tribute to the rare and iconic May rose (Rose de Mai). Known as the queen of flowers, the May rose is only picked by hand in Grasse during this month. Around 4 to 5 tons of its flowers are needed to produce 1 kg of essence.
Rose Privée has a fresh, light citrus opening with a hint of basil and a light herbal note. Dewy and with a hint of fruit that smells like I'm walking through a grove of beautiful roses in summer with citrus here and there.
Magnolia lends a light creaminess, while lilac is simply there. Patchouli adds some weight to the perfume, although it's not the dense, thick patchouli. There is also hay, which retains a dry green to the end. The base note balances out the subtle sweetness of the rose in the top note well.
Opening: Modern. Lush rose gardens in the south of France. Fresh + green. Natural. Also something peppery, although not present in the notes. Elegant, but not Delina loud.
Drydown: from fresh notes in the opening: basil, a little lilac to a touch of powderiness: magnolia and violet leaf and cool earthy patchouli.
Initially fresh and later warm and creamy,

A fragrance for fall or spring, it doesn't work for me above 30 degrees - the scents change depending on the temperature and humidity and the May rose also smells best here in May. The longevity is unfortunately mediocre, 3-4 hours, a no go for an eau de parfum.

Another great fragrance from the brand is Voleur de Roses - a dark red, almost black thorny rose. Dark and powerful. Femme Fatale in a deep dark velvet robe with plump petals. Definitely an autumn fragrance. Or Rose de Mai by Jean-Claude Ellena (so it must be good!) for Perris Monte Carlo.
I'm new to the rose game, for a long time I thought rose fragrances were old-fashioned, which is still faster than you think.
The founder left the brand to become
Maître Parfumeur et Gantier and to develop even more decadent creations.

02/09/2021

5
Pricing 8
Bottle 5
Sillage 5
Longevity 7
Scent

Vrabec
61 Reviews

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Vrabec

Helpful Review 7

En Voyage chez l'Artisan Parfumeur: 14 Rose Privée - weak rose

Rose oil is a perfume note that can be found everywhere since man managed to extract it and at the latest after he could recreate it synthetically. Even in older perfumes, which is why rose for me is always very to be enjoyed with caution, because it often seems stale to me.
Here but so not at all.
The rose starts quite green, which is very refreshing. This could be mainly due to the other ingredients, hay I actually smell out, which makes the tingly sparkling rose later move to warmer climes. You definitely get the inkling of warm fruit tea, which however stays very much in the background. I also detect something musky, although this is not to be found in the notes. Patchouli shows up here very very weak to almost not to smell.
Overall, it keeps with me at this warm scent veil, which is very well done but no longer changes greatly. What is not further tragic, because I like this warm adult inkling of rose, which has a calming effect like a warm bath, but yet can also be worn by young ladies.
But let's be honest, it's a very weak scent, it takes a few sprays more for you to notice this one. At low dosage, it is difficult to make out consciously, however, rises now and then a short Bemerkbar machen in the nose.

Nevertheless: something more I would have expected and that can l'Artisan Parfumeur also.

Thank you for reading my comment

06/21/2016

jtd
484 Reviews

jtd

Top Review 7

rose cologne

Stéphanie Bakouche’s sensational Invasion Barbare for Parfums MDCI is a hard act to follow, and it’s worth considering that early-career success is not without its downside. The expectation following a Luca Turin 5-star rating of a first perfume is stratospheric. Rose Privée is Backouche’s second perfume, released a full ten years after Invasion Barbare and co-authored by Bertrand Duchaufour, cited by l’Artisan as Bakouche’s mentor. In the intervening years she’s been at the heart of the l’Artisan Parfumeur line, first as a Trainer and then as a Fragrance Development Manager and Perfumer.

The opening of Rose Privée is pure color. Pink rose, silver-green violet, white and pink grapefruit, green basil. But mostly pink, as in pretty. Not as unabashedly pretty as Drole de Rose or as self-possessed as Safran Troublant, Olivia Giacobetti’s two roses for l’Artisan, but Rose Privée is charming and fits the l’Artisan aesthetic. Rose and violet, a classic ‘makeup’ pairing, hint at lipstick but Rose Privée is far from the plumped and ready-for-battle lips of Incarnata‘s cold violet.

The rose of the topnotes is brief but bright, creating an olfactory effect similar to a cinematic lens flare followed by a hazed washout. The eau de parfum fades to violet via lilac, all the while suggesting a range of watercolor pinks and purples. The topnotes are gentle but as they meld into a sweeter, sharper lilac-magnolia accord, the rose seems more fragile than soft. The directness of the synthetic tone easily outpaces any attempt at a full-fleshed natural appearance, which is not necessarily a failure in a perfume. But for one that puts “Rose” in klieg lights and sells itself as a rose de mai, the transition from the topnotes to the musky-berry heartnotes has the feeling of deflation. Streamlined, abstract tones take precedence over verisimilitude to rose and the topnotes blow away in the breeze. Post-rose, the perfume is linear.

The ‘basenotes’ are a better indicator of the perfume’s intention. A calibrated woody-musky shape forms the skeleton of the fragrance. It recalls a softer version of the the finish Duchaufour has applied to many of his woody-florals like Dzongkha or Sienne d’Hiver, but without his signature incense. The odd thing, though, is that unlike the radiance and durability that the Duchaufour treatment usually gives a perfume, evanescence is Rose Privée’s chief trait. The whole experience of the eau de parfum lasts about 2 hours, after which it’s gone without a trace.

If you’re looking for a long-lasting or thorny rose, Rose Privée won’t suit you. But worn as a buoyant, floral version of an eau de cologne, it fits the bill. The rose de mai burns off like the citrus of an eau de cologne and the musky sweetness floats until it fades.

05/27/2015

5
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 8
Scent

Drseid
819 Reviews

Drseid

Helpful Review 3

Citrus Rose...

Rose Privee opens with a natural smelling slightly tart hybrid citrus accord that resembles a cross between grapefruit and peach. Moving to the early heart the slightly tart citrus mix joins modestly powdery, airy lifelike rose as co-stars with a honey pollen-like lilac and subtle carnation supporting floral duo. During the late dry-down the rose turns a bit more powdery but keeps the powder still to relatively low levels as dark supporting lightly spiced hay-like coumarin in the base joins the rose remnants through the finish. Projection is excellent, as is longevity at around 12 hours on skin.

When I heard Rose Privee was composed by the pairing of super-star "old-hand" nose Betrand Duchaufour and up and coming star Stephanie Bakouche (Invasion Barbare) my interest was piqued to find out what the old and new "A List" pairing could jointly produce. On the surface, going with a rose composition appears a pretty safe bet, as it is tough to screw up and has been done hundreds of times over. That said, this is not just an average rose you will find elsewhere. Instead, the pair has added a very interesting and distinctive citrus accord that permeates the rose early and hangs around for most of the composition's development. I still am not entirely sure what is driving the tart citrus, but it comes off as a cross between grapefruit and peach. What I *can* say is I like the accord a lot, and it pairs perfectly with the staring airy rose, creating a distinctive smell that really is sublime. The dynamic duo also add in a carnation and lilac supporting floral accord to the mix in the composition's mid-section that seems to pair with the rose citrus like they were made to go together. The only slight disappointment is in the late dry-down as the rose turns a bit more powdery, joining some deep hay-like coumarin in the base that doesn't quite mesh as well as the rest, but this is only in relative terms and absolutely nothing to worry about. As to similar smelling compositions nothing comes immediately to mind, but stylistically, Duchaufour's absolutely superb Rose Cut by Ann Gerard from last year kind of fits the bill. That said, Rose Cut smelled quite different using peony and incense instead of the tart citrus used here. Rose Privee also would probably be stereotypically described as more "feminine" by most due to the rose's airy nature. At the end of the day, "masculine" and "feminine" are just words, but all I know is Rose Privee smells really, really good and would on anyone. The bottom line is the $180 per 100ml bottle Rose Privee utilizes the talents of two superb noses and delivers the goods big time, earning an "excellent" 4 star out of 5 rating and a strong recommendation to rose lovers in particular.