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La Collection

Voleur de Roses L'Artisan Parfumeur 1993

7.1 / 10 144 Ratings

A perfume by L'Artisan Parfumeur for women and men, released in 1993. The scent is floral-earthy. It is being marketed by Puig.
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Main accords

Floral

Earthy

Woody

Fruity

Oriental

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Geranium

Bergamot

Plum

Heart Notes

Damask rose

Indian patchouli

Base Notes

Amber

Benzoin

Musk

Sandalwood

Perfumer

Michel Almairac

Ratings

Scent

7.1144 Ratings

Longevity

7.1101 Ratings

Sillage

6.488 Ratings

Bottle

8.1100 Ratings

Value for money

7.417 Ratings

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Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the La Collection collection.

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Reviews

12 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/05/2012

7Scent 7.5Longevity

Sherapop
1240 Reviews

Sherapop

4

Don't permit thieves reeking of patchouli in your rose garden!

L'Artisan Parfumeur VOLEUR DE ROSES is one among a cluster of recent rose patchouli perfumes. This one lacks the sweetness found in, above all, ANGEL LA ROSE. The patchouli note is also rather dry and dirty here, rather than sugar-coated and caramelized, as in the ANGEL flanker.

I have no objection to the earthy presentation of the patchouli, although it is true that it swiftly overwhelms the delicate and already understated rose. (Don't permit thieves reeking of patchouli anywhere near your rose garden!) My only real complaint is that VOLEUR DE ROSES exhibits under some weather conditions the defect common to many offerings of this house: lousy longevity.

In contrast to Lush KARMA, this patchouli-rich perfume strikes me as a composition, not just a mixture of patchouli oil with other essential oils (in the case of KARMA, orange figures prominently). But you really do have to love patchouli to wear this one, too!

05/02/2020

9Scent 9Longevity 6Sillage

Iseabail
25 Reviews

Iseabail

Helpful Review 4

Earth & Roses

This perfume is not aggressive but very much present. I get complimented on it quite often. Earthy patchouli and dark scents work with my chemistry. The plum note brings the illusion that the roses have a very slight natural sweetness; it's as if they were at the end of their life in a garden at the beginning of autumn. It is beautifully melancholic.
*This is a review of the earlier formulation, (glass bottle, burgundy label).

03/04/2015

8Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

Briarthorn
91 Reviews

Briarthorn

3

My #1 choice of rose for my man

The opening of this is unbelievably wonderful! It's like sitting in a damp bed of roses. I get the soil, stems, flowers, leaves and dew. It's all there and it's amazing.

After the initial opening, the Patchouli, which is pretty dirty, becomes dominant and feels a bit to masculine on me. The rose flower is also pretty dominant with the patchouli but it's not a feminine, girly rose. It's masculine and thorny (on me at least). I never really got any of the plum outright but maybe it's what is helping balance everything.

The sillage and longevity are Moderate. This is a Fantastic Rose scent for a man. It's one of my favorites in fact, and I often suggest it to the men looking for a good manly rose scent.

May
31
2014

02/03/2012

10Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

Lola82
361 Reviews

Lola82

1

Rain Soaked Patchouli

Roses the flowers of saints; this is the most purest most natural organic
rose fragrance it's not a powdery synthitic rose compound like in givenchy's very irresistable. made with
the purest rose oil and patchouli makes it an earthy feel.

conjoures up the feeling of a pilgrimage to guadelupe mexico to visit
the shrine of the virgin mary or the day of the dead festival in mexico full of colorful flowers dancing skellinton
puppets and dirt.

it's bit a feminine to classify as a
men scent a refined fragrance that is
not gaudy loud or flashy perfect for
sipping deep red wine.

12/21/2012

8Scent

Bertel
236 Reviews

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Bertel

Top Review 15

Noble Ancestor

"Voleur de Roses" by L'Artisan Parfumeur has been on the market since 1993 and represents for me, along with "Portrait of a Lady," one of the ancestors (or rather, ancestresses? ;-) ) of the still widely popular rose-patchouli fragrances.

The opening is now known thanks to "Black Oud" as the classic "Montale opening" - watery-oily strong rose notes with citrus (and here additionally slightly plum-like) overtones - but the execution plays in a completely different league. This is an intense, very multifaceted, extensive, voluminous, layered rose scent that is finely differentiated and feels very natural (the image of a rose garden in full bloom right after a summer rain is often cited, and I find it very apt), paired with plenty of patchouli of the moist-earthy-woody variety. Very fine and rounded, not too sweet but often simply "beautiful" and very appealing and pleasant.

A wonderfully composed and balanced fragrance that conveys an impression of high quality and craftsmanship. For me, as a self-proclaimed patchouli rejecter, it is not wearable, but I greatly appreciate this high-quality scent for what it is and how it presents itself, now for almost 20 years.

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Statements

21 short views on the fragrance

bloodflower

8 years ago

3

I personally adore roses and detest patchouli, the name implied this would be a rose scent but nope, overwhelming patchouli HEADACHE :(

JonasP1

6 months ago

6.5Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

35

33

The Rose Thief's Spoils
Sparkling amber-warm
In the deep patchouli cellar
Hidden behind wooden panels
Enticing
Rose de Resht
In a plum velvet cloak...

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