Café Rose Tom Ford 2023

As a self-confessed rose hater, I never expected to love a rose fragrance... Once again I was standing around at the airport looking for something to brighten my day and lighten my bank account. As always, I end up at the scents... like magic is involved. I always walk past scents that I immediately recognize as being a scent with roses in the foreground. I don't like the scent of roses, and never have. My nose led me to Tom Ford... a bottle of my favorite fragrance immediately landed in my basket. But the "new" fragrance "Café Rose" also smiled at me, I don't know why. Since the fragrance is relatively inexpensive for a Tom Ford fragrance, I thought, come on, what the heck, take it with you too. No sooner said than done. Of course, I bought the fragrance without knowing what it smelled like and knowing that I didn't like the scent of the rose. I was actually hoping that the scent of the coffee would be so strong that the rose would be more subtle.
When I arrived at my destination, I tested out the fragrance straight away and was more than speechless. I smelled rose, definitely and not in short supply. What strikes me immediately is that it is not the extremely penetrating scent of rose that I associate with the typical rose fragrance. It is a soft yet strong fragrance. My nose immediately recognizes patchouli and this is where I start to love the fragrance. I don't know why and I don't know exactly what is happening here, but I love this scent and this interaction so much. My daughter says I smell like grandma... But if this is what grandma smells like, then I'm happy. Really a very elegant, warm and loud scent for me. The roses are definitely there and also scream "here". At first, the fragrance really isn't quite mine, but a few minutes after applying it, my opinion changes immediately. I do miss the coffee a little though... it's there, but only very quietly. I think if there was a little more of the coffee scent, I would bathe in it.
The sillage is really great, the fragrance lasts an incredibly long time on skin, hair and clothes. I love this interplay of spicy, dark, floral, oriental, elegant... for me a fragrance that fits perfectly into the fall/winter.
I have to dress like a grandma quickly now so that I can wear this fragrance out loud...
I would never have expected to buy a fragrance that is bursting with roses. Maybe the child is right and I've reached a certain age where I only like fragrances like this... I'll wait and see how my buying behavior changes