Rose Muskissime (1988)
by Maître Parfumeur et Gantier

Charming and youthful rose scent, loaded with juicy exotic fruit notes, over a powdery musk base. A brilliant example of what a wise and thoughtful use of rose can add to a composition and how the clever addition of fruits can project the light side of the florals and bring an air of freshness. Daywear oriented, perfect for those days you just have to be optimistic. Go for it.

20th January, 2010.

Sweet rose and a bright citrus comingle in an opening accord that’s refreshingly perky for a rose-dominated scent. The trick here is that the rose doesn’t in fact dominate. Instead it shares its living space with the crisp fruit and sweet musk to create a pleasant and well-integrated heart accord.

The drydown is soft musk with echoes of the fruit and rose floating in the background. Altogether very nice, but also unusually tame for this fragrance house, and hence a little bit disappointing in my view. Olivia Giacobetti's Drôle de Rose does much the same thing with more sparkle.

13rd December, 2009.

This fragrance projects love, warmth, and acepptance. Rose Muskissime opens with flowers, but, suttle flowers; mellows out to a powdery sensation. This fragrance is wonderful on my wife; it is very long lasting and not overbearing.

3rd December, 2007.

What a scrumptious concoction! Rose shares billing with tropical fruit notes, and the combination is a very well rounded, fleshy and robust scent. Pour both of those over smooth musc, and the union is irresistible. Had to swipe some of Montale's Roses Musk on one wrist and Rose Muskissime on the other. I thought they'd be closer, but until drydown, they're quite different. The Montale is brighter, sweeter, and rosier than the MPG, while the MPG is lower-key, fruitier, and more well-rounded. Choosing between the two would of course depend upon mood, but for a cool weather scent, Muskissime gets my vote.

28th November, 2007.

Muskissime is my favorite kind of rose fragrance—one that has a soft, subtle, and a minimized rose note. When I saw the tropical fruit listed I was not looking forward to the experience of testing this, but I’ve found that all of these elements are played so beautifully. It opens with a rose / tropical fruit accord that is expertly balanced and discreet—it’s really quite graceful. The rose is there, the tropical fruit (passion, mango, papaya) are there, and the black currents are present, clearly defined, artistically proportioned. The accords are subtle and sensitively structured…and there is absolutely nothing in it that is loud or even speaking above an elegant whisper. This delicacy is not what I’ve expected from a tropical fruit accord. I am totally impressed—this is a truly lovely rose fragrance.

4th March, 2007.

pure sweet rose, if you love rose this ones for you!

4th March, 2006.