Rose d'Homme
by Les Parfums de Rosine

This is a huge disappointment for me. I'm very open to the idea of a dark, brooding, majestic rose scent. Not sweet, but beautiful in a simple but powerful way. This is none of that.
Instead, "sickening powdery accord that smells very lipstick-like" is a good statement which I'll endorse. Very, very sweet. No rose in sight, absolutely none. In fact, no florals. Thick, metallic, instantly tiresome. Sweet powder, like baby powder. Stale and obnoxious leather note. Yuck. Uggh. This is sooooo sweet and cloying I have to scrub it off.

8th March, 2011.

Only a once in a while selection of mine, I like to join it (on the few cold nights here in MIA) with something pink and Cuir de Rissie. Makes me feel like a Cossack gallivanting around in rose and thick leather amid the palms! A very well put together fragrance...with or without adding a "bi-polarizing" Siberian touch.

21st December, 2010.

How exquisitely understated! To my nose it is constantly in motion, albeit at a gentle pace, traveling around and around - sweet powdery rose through soft dusty leather, then to a creamy woodiness, all the time never allowing the rose component to be fully released.

There's nothing earth-shattering nor is there any controversy with Rose d'Homme, but neither is it dull and uninteresting. I will consider a bottle.

20th August, 2010.

Rosy leather? Leathery rose? It depends on when in its development I sniff Rose d’Homme. The composition swings slowly back and forth between a sweet, woody rose and spicy, powdery leather, without ever moving decisively in any particular direction. The development is not so much linear as circular.

While it’s by no means a dull scent, Rose d’Homme takes fewer risks than many other rose scents that are aimed at men. It does not approach the stark barbarism of Black Aoud, the languid sensuality of Amouage’s Lyric, or the aristocratic decadence of Czech & Speake No. 88. Rose d’Homme’s aims seem more modest than these, so that it’s at once easier to wear and more versatile – an everyday scent rather than a bold olfactory statement.

16th December, 2009.

A very pleasant scent, although it doesn't scream roses to me. For a while I thought it smelled a bit like Zwitsal baby lotion which might be the sandalwood in there. My bf who wore it said it smelled like potpourrie. I liked it because I like sweet and dry scents. A more masculine rose perfume would be Black Aoud or layer Dzing and Voleur de Roses together if you want to give a raw edge to your rose scent.

I'd give it a thumbs up if it wasn't marketted as this dark beast of a perfume.

13rd August, 2009.

I'm going to fly in the face of some of my esteemed colleagues here and give this a big BIG thumbs up.

How nice for a perfume house to make a rose fragrance for men that pushes a heady rose note to the fore. I don't know for certain (as it's not listed on their website) but I would swear this a Bulgarian rose accord. It comes in EdP concentration and I disagree that it disappears quickly - on my skin it projects well and lasts well too.

There is a blend of sandalwood here which is expertly done, never over-powering the rose which gets centre stage throughout the drydown. What I love most about this fragrance is how smooth and well rounded it is. This rose has no thorns, no sticky out bits to try and make it more macho. It's a rose fragrance from start to finish, smooth, opulent and indescribably beautiful.

I actually prefer this to C&S Dark Rose which is so many other things aside from just rose. Rose D'Homme is a rose fragrance for men and as they say in adverts in the UK, it does exactly what it says on the tin (or bottle to be exact).

6th March, 2009.