Secrets d'Essences - Rose Oud by Yves Rocher

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Secrets d'Essences - Rose Oud Yves Rocher 2016

7.6 / 10 102 Ratings

A popular perfume by Yves Rocher for women, released in 2016. The scent is floral-spicy. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Floral

Spicy

Woody

Oriental

Resinous

Fragrance Notes

Damask rose

Labdanum

Cumin

Laotian oud

Perfumer

Annick Ménardo

Ratings

Scent

7.6102 Ratings

Longevity

7.285 Ratings

Sillage

6.885 Ratings

Bottle

8.1101 Ratings

Value for money

8.918 Ratings

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Reviews

12 in-depth fragrance descriptions

05/17/2016

Atqa
2 Reviews

Atqa

3

Dusty memory

I love the first wave of Rose Oud. It is truly delightful. Strong, exotic, dignified and strangely melancholic. It bears a beautiful secret and a promise to reveal it. It's like an erotic promise, long look in the eye, touch of naked skin. Unfortunately, the spell is broken quickly, there is no intoxicating night, nor hasty greed of lovers. Sensual damask rose withers, shrinks, leaving only a dusty memory. For a moment I can smell the leathery and woody note of oud, however, without rose essence it becomes muffled, as if buried underneath desert sand.

Rose Oud is dry, somewhat dull, as if roasted by the sun during the day and then quickly chilled by the darkness of the night. It lacks something, does not sound full sound. It lacks space, third dimension. I guess it's the rose that ruins it all. It should be a fresher one, not so exhausted by heat, juicy and fleshy. A drop of water in the desert, which would provide a luminousity and life to the composition, enhancing by contrast the beauty of wood notes. Perhaps resinous labdanum note would become more prominent.

The big dissapointment of Rose Oud is its lasting power. The scent evaporates from my skin very quickly, after a while I do not feel it on my clothes either.

(wersja w jezyku polskim na moim blogu: http://www.atqabeauty.com/2016/05/zapachy-obietnica-yves-rocher-secrets.html)

02/08/2016

8Scent 6Longevity 5Sillage

Chimidoro
23 Reviews

Chimidoro

Helpful Review 3

Butterfly Kisses

A warm, moody, smoky, vintage rose with cumin adding tartness to an otherwise broodingly subtle, woody character.

Doesn't project very much, but this admittedly adds to the style - it is gently inviting, and the occasional moments when I catch a hint of moist, honeyed rose petals emerging through this fog are almost too lovely to bear. (Certainly something that fans of other Yves Rocher rose based scents would appreciate - it does have their signature rose style!)

This is an almost edible, chocolatey rose with a tender freshness at the core that sparks an awakening of the senses - a soft embrace that makes this appear best suited to an intimate 'evening' setting, adding contrast to the dryness of the scent. (Would this be better appreciated in the Sahara or on a steaming, rainy day?)

Smells nothing like L'Agent (as opposed to what was stated by others, elsewhere) on/to me, thankfully, and the biggest drawback of the scent is its softness, read: weakness. Sad but true. Glad it doesn't smell like L'Agent, but sad that it doesn't have more strength. Wears skin close for up to six hours on my skin, trailing off with a delectably buttery labdanum.

01/12/2018

8Scent 4Longevity 9Sillage

Ttfortwo
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Ttfortwo

Top Review 25

Great Mighty Padabooom!

That the latest offspring of the "Secrets d'Essences" series contains real oud, I doubt given the affordable prices. But: It smells good, quite good actually, and it does indeed have a hint of oud.

But let's take it step by step...

"Rose Oud" has an opening like a super sports car; a gentle press on the nozzle is enough, and everyone within a 10-meter radius knows what has been sprayed. It thunders and crashes, and the scent comes straight to the point without any preamble or even the slightest hint of a tender foreplay: A powerful, dark, spicy candied liqueur rose. This spiciness and a tiny touch of freshness in the very first sniff balance the syrupy liqueur sweetness fairly well, so that it just about stays within the limits of my personal sweetness comfort zone.

So, the rose is frolicking in the foreground, it is completely drunk and behaves utterly unladylike, laughing its head off, the little minx, because it knows that it only needs to hint at oud and cumin should anyone dare to even mention the word "indecent." Because there is this little dirty undertone and some dark background notes, and it really does smell a bit oudy and like great mighty Padabooom.

I quite like the whole thing; it is as subtle as a firecracker, but it smells great and quite atypical for Yves Rocher, and it defines the other end of the "Secrets d'Essences" line: On one side "Accord Chic," for me the most elegant and subtle YR scent in a long time, and now this funny, loud, dirty, tipsy wanna-have-fun little rose that burps oud-spicy clouds.

With something as unnecessary as a development, the scent doesn't linger much: It starts with the big bang and quickly becomes quieter; the rose eventually falls into an alcohol coma and thus no longer makes an appearance, the amber and warmer notes get to play for a short while, and then it's gone.

This moderate longevity is very typical of Yves Rocher after all. Really a shame.

Updated on 05/29/2018

02/20/2016

7.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Kris2305
9 Reviews

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Kris2305

Top Review 19

I'm Surprised

I am blonde and rather petite, a newbie to perfumes, and I haven't thought much of oud fragrances until now. To be precise, I didn't know oud before I recently got to know Parfumo. Relatively quickly, I came across posts about the highly regarded as well as critically scrutinized oud fragrances here, educated myself on what it is supposed to be, and soon came to the conclusion that oud does not suit me. Never! I'm just not that type. And my nose is sensitive anyway.
But the curiosity remained. I stumbled upon discussions about the new oud fragrance that is not available in Germany. Such things challenge my pride. Why can't I have this scent? That made me even more curious. Then the offer in the souk, a sample! I went for it. Deep breath in, breath out... ha! I've got it!

Today I found the muse to dedicate myself to this fragrance. A bit anxiously, I inhaled the scent that was still subtly emanating from the sprayer. I expected everything. A soft scent greeted me, soft but also profound. Bitter, but not off-putting. And rose, a lot of rose. OK - that can go on my wrist.

The scent is intense, warm, spicy, bitter, and radiates with its rose. This is how a proud rose smells. Dark. The scent is somewhat coarse, but not as "animalistic" as I imagined oud to be based on various descriptions. Yes - interesting. But no, it really doesn't suit me. Too heavy, somewhat coarse - despite the beautiful rose. However, I can very well imagine it on other women - basically also on a man - just not on me.

After 20 minutes, the scent becomes closer to the skin, it doesn't radiate as strongly anymore, and the coarseness fades. My nose keeps seeking out the wrist where the scent unfolds. I am unsure, trying to fathom why it intrigues me so much. It really has something. Less coarse and now smelling really good on the skin, it has become warmer. Rose, warmth, I even smell vanilla. Vanilla is supposedly not in it, but I smell it! Yes, really - this scent is interesting.

Now the scent has been on my wrist for about 3 hours. Now it is a scent for me, as if made for me. Warm, slightly woody, sensual, lightly sweet, a bit vanillic, and a hint of rose. The rose itself no longer dominates the scent; you can still feel it. The coarseness - which I originally interpreted as the oud - is gone. The scent is still not very close to the skin. With my arm movements, a scent banner dances into my nose again and again. Beautiful. Yes, really beautiful! I like it! I'm surprised...

05/23/2019

7.5Scent 5Longevity 6Sillage

First
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Rum and Coca-Cola

"If you ever go down Trinidad
They make you feel so very glad
Calypso sing and make up rhyme
Guarantee you one real good fine time
Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola..."
(Andrew Sisters)

I have never been to Trinidad, and when this song by the Andrew Sisters came out in 1944, I wasn't even born yet; my parents were still toddlers.
But when I first heard this song in 1999 in a pizzeria in Zurich, I was completely captivated. And the chef was obviously too. The piece was played at least four times each evening, he sang along loudly and elegantly sprinkled toppings on the pizzas, tossing them into the stone oven with flair, always in rhythm with the song. I went to that pizzeria every evening.
When I had to leave, I immediately bought a CD by the Andrew Sisters. That absolutely cool, multi-part harmony - incredibly powerful!

What does this have to do with Secrets d'Essences - Rose Oud?
A lot, and perhaps not so much, as it primarily involves my associations.

I sprayed Rose Oud on myself, and immediately a bar from the 1940s in the USA appeared before my inner eye. This song is playing. You can smell some rum and a bit of smoke, a hint of leather. The wood of the bar is resinous. People are dancing, sweating. As in the song, there is prostitution, albeit only vaguely alluded to. Times are tough, but people still know how to make the best of it, live in the moment, and enjoy it as much as possible. And that joy, that ability to have fun, was also present in that chef in Zurich, and in Zurich, people drank alcohol, perhaps too much alcohol, and enjoyed life, without prostitution, deep into the night.
There is a lot of liveliness in this scent, a lot of heart.

Rose Oud - and I smell no rose. That’s typical for me. But I also don’t smell any oud. I smell floral notes on rum, yes, there is a slightly alcoholic rum note that lasts for about an hour, accompanied by clove and other spices, which soon take on a sweaty undertone that is not unpleasant. A slightly cinnamon-like and minimally smoky warmth spreads, lush but also sweatily bitter. The bitterness increases, becoming increasingly resinous, but that doesn’t bother me here. It doesn’t become too bitter or too resinous; rather, the wild excesses remain loose and joyful.

I prefer Secrets d'Essences Rose Oud at the base in projection much more than when smelling directly on the sprayed skin. On the skin, it does become bitter and very scratchy, also increasingly artificial, while in projection, it appears soft and spicy with a noble bitterness. I think it’s more of a scent for winter. There are dark winter evenings by candlelight when I find exactly such a scent perfect. I wouldn’t recommend it for spring and summer. Unless you want to immerse yourself in a 1940s American retro bar with songs by the Andrew Sisters. Or if you happen to find yourself in Zurich - in a very specific pizzeria....

Updated on 05/23/2019

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