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Madame Rochas Rochas 2012 Parfum

Version from 1960

6.9 / 10 30 Ratings

A perfume by Rochas for women and men, released in 2012. The scent is green-fresh. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Green

Fresh

Floral

Powdery

Citrus

Fragrance Notes

Musk

Benzoin

Petitgrain

Ambergris

Bergamot

Cedar absolute

Erika absolue

Honeysuckle

Jasmine absolute

Lavender

Oakmoss absolute

Orange blossom absolute

Ambrette seed

Bourbon geranium

Hay absolute

Rose absolute

Patchouli absolute

Labdanum absolute Oud

Oud

Vulcanized Notebook

Perfumer

Euan McCall

Ratings

Scent

6.930 Ratings

Longevity

7.223 Ratings

Sillage

7.124 Ratings

Bottle

6.724 Ratings

Value for money

6.911 Ratings

Submitted by EmergeR, last update on 09/29/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the Mainline collection.

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Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/29/2025

5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Pennantis
104 Reviews

Pennantis

1

A great-grandma’s sewing box

You know that scent that smells like it came out of your great-grandma’s sewing box? Yep, that’s Elegy. It opens with a blast of bright citrus — seriously luminous. Then it blooms into this old-fashioned floral bouquet, like something out of a vintage novel: rose that smells like velvet, orange blossom that’s soft but definitely present, and geranium giving full-on retro vibes.
Give it 15 minutes and boom — here comes the ambrette parade, floating in the background like a freshly ironed silk shirt from your grandma’s closet (meanwhile, those citrus notes are still running at full speed).
Then comes the hay, musks galore… and patchouli with that classy-dirty twist.
It’s warm, powdery, like an old story wrapped in face powder and faded memories.
Definitely not for noses that hate nostalgia.

06/23/2025

7Scent 8Longevity 6Sillage

oiseaujaune
1 Review

oiseaujaune

1

Spicy baby wipes (not necessarily bad!)

There’s something about certain combinations with benzoin (haven’t quite figured out what other than skin chemistry) that just smell like baby wipes on my skin. I don’t hate it, especially when it starts to dry down and the florals and citrus start to come through. I think this would be great in hotter weather.

08/22/2024

10Scent 10Longevity 10Sillage

Matteofuma
29 Reviews

Matteofuma

3

This turned me into tears

Such a touching perfume. One of the few that could really move me in the inside.

It's vintage cyphre, a ghostly rose so aldehydic it seems incensy-churchy-outworldly.

It's like entering into a room in your dreams. Someone already have been in there. It could be a woman, someone from your childhood. Someone who doesn't live on this planet anymore. She was in the room. She wore a beautiful, opulent vintage aldehydic floral scent. She's moved into a different room now. A room you have no access too.
You just feel her presence from the past. The sillage of her scent.

The magic of "Elegy" is its power to make you feel like you're wearing that distant sillage.
Uncanny yet beautiful.
Modern masterpiece.

05/11/2022

9Scent 9Longevity 6Sillage

Emorandeira
395 Reviews

Emorandeira

1

Cítric rose & geranium

Green, citric, spicy and powdery. This is elegy.
It is angreat combinación, with an opening with petit grain and bergamot and a floral heart composed above all by rose and geranium. A slightly Jasmine is also noticeable
The dry down is balsámic and Green, with a cozy Benzoin and a very pleasant hay.
It has for me also a soapy vibe which makes It very weareble.
It is a great option for summer and AUTUMM and for daytime use. It could be also a good choice for work
The projection is very moderate but the longevity is High.

Scent: 9
Longevity: 9
Sillage: 6
Versatility: 8
Originality: 9
Global: 9