Rose Omeyyade

I suppose I'm in the minority and it's possible that Rose Omeyyade just reacts badly with my skin but I'm not bowled over by this fragrance. It opens with a powdery candied rose that is pleasant enough but remains pretty linear throughout. There is a slight detergent smell that reminds me of vintage paper wrapped rose scented soaps and for me, the fruits here smell a bit plasticky. Performance is only okay, there is nothing that wows me enough to pay the steep price for a full bottle.

Wonderful - rose, wood and raspberry. The fruitiness completely sets it apart from the 'smellalikes' listed. This is an author's fragrance; someone interesting, to whom you want to lean in to hear what they have to say. A masterpiece.

This is just kinda alright. I love a rose oud combo but struggle to find one that matches with my skin chemistry without projecting a kind of glue-like scent. I first noticed this with Jo Malone Velvet Rose & Oud, a scent which I find spectacular all round, until I put it on my own skin. Once dried down, Rose Omeyyade resembles Velvet Rose & Oud quite closely but I think I detect a hint more patchouli or spice. But again, my skin scrambles the scent while my nose sulks sadly in a corner. Also, no need to be scared of the gold flecks. They end up falling off you once the perfume has dried anyway. But who doesn’t love a hint of sparkle? Haha.

I have soooooo many rose fragrances in my collection of 340+ bottles, However, none are quite like Rose Omeyyade. Sugar can often go wrong in a fragrance, but here it is masterfully balanced. The deep, dark, jammy Arabian rose, dusted with brown sugar, is interwoven with a touch of non-skanky oud, and a generous dose of guaiac wood and patchouli that adds a lot of dimension to the raspberry sugared rose. It’s more unisex than one might think by looking at the notes. It starts off really rich, then turns a little dark, and gradually sweetens over time. I’m fairly sensitive to sickly sweet scents, and this one does not strike me as cloying or too saccharine at all. Of the four fragrances I have and have tried from this house, this one may be tied with Larmes du Desert for my favorite from the brand.

I expected a dark rich scent but I found it to be the complete opposite. It’s a fruity, sweet, sugary, light rose. Goutal Rose ‘Pompon edt’- Van Cleef ‘Rose Rouge’ - Lancome ‘Tresor Nude’ - these varied Rose profiles do remind me of this scent. Personally, I would say this fragrance has better performance in longevity and projection compared to the ones I mentioned.