Rose d'Amour Les Parfums de Rosine 2006

Les Parfums de Rosine ROSE D'AMOUR rolls a cluster of super-classic notes into one very classic-smelling chypre rose perfume. I suspect that ROSE D'AMOUR may elicit charges of old ladyishness from younger wearers. This is not, I repeat NOT a modern chypre featuring sweet patchouli, as that term has come to imply in recent times.

No, the opening of this creation features a brisk slap of aldehydes, and then the fun really begins: galbanum, soapy iris, oakmoss: they've all been invited to this celebration of Rosine's OCD fetish note: rose. Yes, as far as florals are concerned, rose really is the bottom line as usual with every creation from this house.

As someone who truly appreciates galbanum, soapy iris, and oak moss, I find the drydown of this perfume quite nice. I'm less enthused by the opening, as I find the aldehydes a bit jarring at times (I've worn ROSE D'AMOUR now a few times), but overall I do find this composition to be a worthwhile journey back into the past when many perfumes featured galbanum, soapy iris, oakmoss, and aldehydes all in one action-packed perfume.

Very classic, this perfume is not really intended for the cutting-edge set. This is not a rose-saffron-oud or a rose-vanilla patchouli perfume. Far from it, in fact!

No matter whom you ask, the Rose of Love is red for all people. At least most men would probably answer that way. Bright red and in the store, you can buy it as a Baccara rose, for 5 euros each.

Yes, the Rose of Love is red, blood red, but it is not a Baccara rose, which is artificially cultivated and flawless, yet emits no scent at all.

The Rose of Love is the magnificent, velvety noble fragrance rose, whose velvety petals shimmer from orange to almost black in the light and exude an otherworldly beautiful scent. One would love to pick the flowers of these roses and scatter them over the bed, prepared for a passionate night of love. Some rose petals must not be missing in the champagne either, as they give it a very special aroma.

These roses give the fragrance its rosy substance. But I want to start from the beginning:

The beginning - supported here by rather citrus-scented aldehydes - forms an unusual and substantial opening with bergamot, but especially with ginger and galbanum. Not yet a rose, just sparingly dosed citrus notes, the sharpness of the ginger, and the balsamic note of galbanum.

Then - quite clearly - the iris develops a powderiness that simultaneously brings a slightly soapy note. This transition from the spiciness of the top note to this fresh soapy powderiness is remarkably surprising and unexpected.
But that is just the beginning, as jasmine and daffodil join the iris. They bring a pleasant, floating floral quality to the heart note before red berries prepare the transition to the rose.

And then it comes. Accompanied by at least 1000 of its kind, all contributing their scent and now taking the absolute lead role. The sillage carries this wonderful rose scent into the room and gives the wearer the feeling of being beautiful and erotic. Besides the flower's own sweetness, there is no other sweetness present. This makes the fragrance very natural and yet very sexy.

The rose receives a very special support from the base components. The spiciness of nutmeg, a slight peppery sharpness, and then the oak moss bed with vetiver. The longer the fragrance is on the skin, the more beautiful it becomes. And it lasts long, very long.

I already expected a special fragrance with such a name, but that it is so beautiful is a wonderful surprise for me. I never tire of sniffing at my wrist and inhaling this wonderful base deeply.

It is an adult rose, an erotic and incredibly feminine rose, it is the Rose of Love!!!

I definitely prefer a bottle of this rose over a giant bouquet of Baccara roses!

If there is nothing completely extraordinary to be found in Florblanca's sample gallery, then Rose d`Amour is exactly the scent I envision as the ultimate rose. It is not just a naturalistic rose fragrance, but rather a hymn composed for the rose.

The opening is crafted to spark curiosity, as I perceive it like the red carpet for the queen of flowers. One could also speak of an overture. The diva of blossoms is not yet present, but the atmosphere precedes her. Rich, rather green, and already radiant, as if to highlight what will then be revealed in the heart note: the magnificent dark red rose, no, I do not see a lavish bouquet here, but almost an allegory.

Rose d`Amour is melancholic, erotic, unattainable yet immensely desirable. The scent is dark and a bit mysterious and has phenomenal longevity, at least on my skin. This is not a banal rose perfume, but the fragrance tells the story of all roses. How much happiness this flower symbolizes, how much love it expresses, how many tears have also been shed. All of this is captured in this perfume.

And to give Rose d`Amour a worthy exit, the diva trails behind her a train of beautifully mossy and cool-spicy base notes, until eventually only her aura can be felt.

In contrast, a drop of my 100% pure rose oil seems so flat. Rose d`Amour is much more beautiful and expressive than nature and thus sings a hymn to the scent of the world's most famous flower.

From my sample basket, I took a vial labeled "Rose D’Amour" yesterday. Oh, I thought, rose, that’s a tricky one, sometimes I like it, sometimes I don’t. Encre Noire is in my collection, and the rose there can overwhelm and annoy me at times, even though it’s not a typical rose scent. In Encre Noire, the rose smells somewhat artificial and synthetic.

No more hesitation, a spray directly on my left wrist. What can I say, after the first sniff, Rose D’Amour was immediately sprayed on my right wrist as well.

This fragrance starts for me directly with the rose, a freshly cut Gloria Dei rose with dew drops on the petals. The Gloria Dei is yellow with slightly red edges on the petals, not dark red like love, but Rose D’Amour feels brilliantly bright to me, so I don’t perceive it as the scent of a red rose. This fragrance is velvety, delicate, yet powerful, not sweet or cloying. On my skin, the scent doesn’t change much; it remains rosy and fresh, and after a while, it becomes a bit powdery. The fragrance weakens and fades out with a soft spiciness.

The longevity is around 4 hours for me, which is in the medium range, and the sillage is similar. My better half noted it positively upon returning home. This is a fragrance that can be worn year-round, but it shines the most in summer.

I hope the ordered decant is on its way to me soon.

It's not easy now in summer, when everything is sweating and sometimes also subtly to brutally stinking. Yet it is precisely then that one longs for lightness on the skin, on the palate, in the nose ... Airy, colorful sundresses, watermelon, citrus scents - the summer classics and none of them are for me. How difficult it seems to combine a quality like lightness with elegance, aroma, and depth!

"Rose d'Amour" has all of that: It is a beautiful, delicately spicy, and light rose chypre. Unsweetened and elegant with a tiny hint of soap, it accompanies me almost every day through blazing metropolises along with their olfactorily merciless public transport. It refreshes and nourishes and protects me. I can always smell it; it is never too much and never too little for me. And if it were a woman, I would instantly switch sides. It would be perfect if it lasted a bit longer ... But that's how it is, beautiful things enchant us not least because they are fleeting.