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Fougère L'Aube Rogue 2019

7.6 / 10 116 Ratings

A popular perfume by Rogue for men, released in 2019. The scent is green-fougèreartig. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Green

Fougère

Fresh

Woody

Spicy

Fragrance Notes

Geranium

Hay

Camphor

Lavender absolute

Moroccan rose absolute Musk

Musk

Oakmoss absolute

Bergamot

Galbanum

Petitgrain Costus

Costus

Indian sandalwood Amber

Amber

Perfumer & Creative Guidance

Manuel Cross Brand owner, Perfume maker

Ratings

Scent

7.6116 Ratings

Longevity

7.799 Ratings

Sillage

7.2101 Ratings

Bottle

7.389 Ratings

Value for money

7.449 Ratings

Submitted by Laurel, last update on 11/01/2025.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Green Irish Tweed

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Silver Mountain Water

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Elysium pour Homme Eau de Parfum

Reviews

9 in-depth fragrance descriptions

06/28/2024

8Scent 9Longevity 4Sillage

Smirky
483 Reviews

Smirky

5

Modern take on a fougere

Classy, modern take on a fougere. In the dry down, a very subtle but noticeable rose note appears but in the overall framework remains totally masculine. For me, this would be a definite dress up fragrance, not casual, but that's just me. Longevity is quite good - at least a good 9 hours for me. The sillage is another thing though. Initially, it is moderate - at about arm's length but then after not too long, it becomes a quite intimate skin scent. A bit too timid for me. I am, however, impressed with how well this fragrance is put together and will be examining other fragrances from Rogue Perfumery.

06/07/2020

7.5Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

Drseid
828 Reviews

Drseid

3

Preserving The Classic Aromatic Fougere...

Fougere L'Aube opens with a tinge of slightly sharp bergamot citrus, with a moderately sweet honeyed-green petitgrain and galbanum tandem in support before transitioning to its heart. As the composition enters its early heart a fine aromatic lavender joins sharp, rosy-green geranium with a combination of the remaining green galbanum, hay-like coumarin and oakmoss from the base in support. During the late dry-down the composition stays relatively linear as the overall fern-like accord from the heart remains through the finish, with the green aspect gradually receding to unveil supporting relatively sweet, subtle sandalwood detectable in the base. Projection is average, and longevity above average at 9-10 hours on skin.

Due to IFRA regulations, real aromatic fougeres (complete with bergamot, oakmoss and "hay-like" coumarin) are a dying breed if not near-extinct. Luckily we have artisanal perfume houses like Rouge Perfumery that refuse to comply with the ridiculous genre killing IFRA guidelines, reminding us what the "real deal" actually smells like and keeping the category alive, if not still on life support. Fougere L'Aube is a fine example of what an aromatic fougere should smell like. It has all the ingredients one would expect to create the classic "fern-like" accord while never (thankfully) straying into modern fougere territory. The mossy-green oakmoss and hay-like coumarin in this case are more subdued, letting the rosy-green geranium take center stage in the heart to drive the relatively linear development. In the end, Fougere L'Aube breaks no new ground, but perfumer Cross has the classic fougere structure down to a tee, coupling great skill with the use of high quality ingredients, making for a fine outing regardless. The bottom line is the $125 per 60 ml bottle Fougere L'Aube may not plow new ground, but is one of the final true examples of a real classically structured aromatic fougere, presented wholly intact and crafted with fine skill and polish by perfumer Cross, earning a "very good" to "excellent" 3.5 to 4 stars out of 5 rating and a solid recommendation to old school aromatic fougere lovers lamenting IFRA destruction of the genre.

03/09/2025

6.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

EAtkinson
19 Reviews

EAtkinson

1

Niche Alternative to GIT

If you like the classical Green Irish Tweed you are going to enjoy this fougere. The camphor, lavender, hay and oakmoss are built in such a way you will feel like a gentleman that knows a thing or two about the world. You can expect to get approximately seven to eight hours of longevity with about two hours of projection. In my opinion, this one outperforms GIT by a considerable margin.

If you already have GIT I would pass on this one until you need a new bottle. If you love GIT, but don’t love its price, pick this one up and you’ll be doing just fine.

11/12/2020

5Scent 7Sillage

FvSpee
323 Reviews

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FvSpee

Top Review 40

Brief Review at Dawn

That Fougère L'Aube should be something for me was firmly planned. The bottle, label, and color of the fragrance please me (judging by the photo) immensely. The name is lovely. I enjoy bold Fougères. I have a weakness for small artisan brands. Yatagan, Floyd, Mörderbiene, and Profumo have all received 8 or more. I had already speculated that the fragrance could fill the void that will arise when I (soon) finish the last remnants of my dearly beloved and cold-stored Lehmann Fougères.

Unfortunately, after I finally got my hands on a sample of the hard-to-find fragrance (thanks to the donor), it turned out differently: Especially in the first one to two hours, I just want to run away. The combat clouds are so biting and almost synthetically piercing that I wonder if they are rather clouds of chemical warfare. The green and earthy accords come to me as damp, bold notes of musty, wet foliage on the verge of composting. Oily-resinous-sticky nuances, and not in the sense of fresh spicy tree resin (amber in statu nascendi), but in the sense of eclair varieties, do not make it any better.

As the fragrance develops, it relaxes along with my tension headache, which has been significantly exacerbated by the scent. Fougère L'Aube becomes milder, rounder, almost a bit sweet and chamomile-soft. It can then be described as a beautiful fragrance, but not as the herbaceous, robust Fougère I had expected.

The word L'Aube likely has three main meanings in French: the shovel (of a paddle steamer or similar), the alb (the white garment of a Catholic priest), and dawn. The latter was surely intended here to evoke the moist freshness of that time of day. I also find "dawn" fitting, though rather because of the word component "dawn," and because I feel like firing duel pistols at this fragrance in the early morning.

03/30/2020

8.5Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

Profumo
288 Reviews

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Profumo

Top Review 31

A true manna for fans of old-fashioned Fougères!

‘Fougère l’Aube’ (Fern of the Dawn) is Manuel Cross’ homage to the old Fougère fragrances of the pre-war era, of which, with few exceptions, none have survived: the British ‘English Fern’ comes to mind, as does ‘Wild Fern’, along with the powdery variants from France: ‘Pour un Homme de Caron’ and ‘Mouchoir de Monsieur’. The good old ‘Zizanie’ has unfortunately also disappeared, just like the even older ‘Fougère Royale’.
Instead, there are countless reinterpretations - Fougère is back in!

One might think that with the rise of hipsters, not only has the full beard made a comeback, but also the scent that once filled the old barbershops, and today their modern counterparts in the trendy districts of Berlin and Frankfurt: shaving cream, sandalwood tubs, powder, and a citrus aftershave that was gently slapped onto freshly - of course with a straight razor - shaved cheeks.
This amalgam was what the old Fougères tried to emulate. Manuel Cross now clearly connects to this tradition, although he does not take the more French route of emphasizing the powdery accents, but rather the English one, which highlights the herbal, woody facets more. Lavender, the pivot of a Fougère, often smelled somewhat stiffer, sharper in the Anglo-Saxon fragrance concept, while in Paris, or Grasse, it was often paired with nutty-powdery coumarin and occasionally a hint of animalistic-erotic twist.

With its grounding in the British tradition, ‘Fougère l’Aube’ is therefore also far from the lascivious frivolity of ‘Jicky’ - no civet in sight. Only a tiny bit of costus slumbering in the base lends the fragrance a shy eroticism. Dominating, however, are lavender, galbanum, geranium, bitter-peel citrus notes, and plenty of oakmoss. Especially the combination of lavender and galbanum characterizes this fragrance and makes it a representative of a rare species, the green ‘Fougères’.
This bitter-herbaceous liaison is beautifully infused with the rosy freshness of geranium and the zestiness of the citrus notes. They truly brighten the fragrance: Barbershop, and outside the bright morning sun shines!
Manuel Cross has bedded this contrasting kaleidoscope on a strong dose of uncastrated oakmoss, which can fully develop its moist-mossy-bitter-ink-like scent spectrum in all its glory. It is accentuated by a bit of dusty-dry hay, a hint of camphor that gives this fragrance a slight medicinal twist, and a - as mentioned - shy portion of animalic notes.
All the aromas are blended in typical Rogue fashion: a bit rough around the edges and somewhat rugged here and there, but this way ‘Fougère l’Aube’ retains its charm as a nice, somewhat buddy-like nature boy - more jeans and full beard than trousers and twisted mustache.

Speaking of ‘Moustache’: the old Edmond and Thérèse Roudnitska fragrance could have been an inspiration for ‘Fougère l’Aube’, although it lacks the galbanum. Otherwise, I find them quite similar.
With the addition of galbanum, Manuel Cross also builds a kind of bridge to the green-aromatic fragrances of the 70s/80s: to ‘Alliage’ and ‘Devin’, ‘Halston 1-12’ and ‘Eau de Campagne’ - all green chypres, but, as already mentioned, green ‘Fougères’ are rare. Aromatic Fougères are plentiful, not to mention maritime-ozonic and recently woody-ambery ones.
But green, and not chypre?
The good old ‘Sir-Irisch Moos’ is still around: green-spicy and definitely better than its reputation, but the Rogue fragrance does not seem that old-fashioned after all.
Really modern, however, it is not either. It is definitely a beautiful reinterpretation of an ancient fragrance concept.

For fragrance enthusiasts with a penchant for reminiscences of the good old days, ‘Fougère l’Aube’ is certainly a true manna!

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