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A beautiful conventional vanilla-tinted rose - very good, but not great.
Delox is a conventional rose vanilla from Tiziana Terenzi, designed by Paulo Terenzi. Tiziana Terenzi is a brand that feels very confused and confusing. From the notes listed on their website, many of their perfumes seem assembled robotically without a clear sense of direction. Is their business model to be a clone house that makes expensive copies of well-known perfumes? However, as the infinite monkey theorem states, you can produce masterpieces when you make a large number of perfumes. Delox may not be a classic, but it is definitely very good. This review is based on a full bottle I bought from Jomashop for $68.
The opening notes listed on the website are iris, hyacinth and coffee. You will miss the coffee note if you blink. Apparently, there is some similarity with Montale Intense Cafe because of the coffee and rose notes. But the coffee note is so fleeting that I would just delete it from the olfactory pyramid. Many reviews and the description on the website made me expect a coffee scent, and I had to check the bottle to make sure that it was really Delox. However, the opening is interesting for its own merit. I get rose, vanilla and a davana-like accord in the start. I assume that this davana note is coming from hyacinth and iris, but it subsides quickly. There is also a wine note in the opening, which may be familiar to some from Frederic Malle Rose Tonnerre but without the sourness. The heart notes are primarily rose and vanilla that continues strong for many hours. The myrrh that is listed as a heart note is not perceptible to me. When we get to the base notes and dry down, both the rose and vanilla are still present in good amounts. But I can smell minor hints of amber, musk and woody notes also.
The performance of Delox is very good. I can smell the rose and vanilla for 8-10 hours on my skin. The sillage is good at a few feet distance for the first 3-4 hours. Remember that most others will smell this as a rose vanilla.
Finance theory states that the markets decide what a product is worth, based on supply and demand. Delox is worth the $68 I paid, but not the price listed on their website. I recommend Delox for someone looking for a vanilla-scented strong rose, with some minor ancillary notes. This choice can be an issue if you have other rose perfumes. I have Elie Saab Essence No. 1 Rose and Bon Parfumer 106 that are nearly identical to Delox, as well as Rose Tonnere, Portrait of a Lady and Noctambule that are roses with very different personalities. So many roses, so little time!
Top Notes 
Coffee
White hyacinth
Iris
Heart Notes 
Turkish rose
Vanilla
Opoponax
Base Notes 
Acacia honey
Powdery notes
Amber
Lebanon cedar
White musk
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Olfactology
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