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dena4 – :
The rollerball/oil version is bold, bitter, and harsh. Reviewer Cairo Rose describes it as smelling like “some sort of fumes”(in the review second from the last), and I cannot agree me with this description. The only thing is that I grew to like it after giving it a couple of tries. Layered with the natural spray version, which is loud but far more nuanced (the bitter quality comes from a note of bitter almond and is quite discernible in the spray version of the fragrance), results in a cloud of heady goodness as far as I am concern. This fragrance, though, is not for everyone, and as stated by vrosej10, (the rollerball oil) is”weird with a beard” indeed!
myks92 – :
A very floral herbal medicinal smelling perfume. Not for me
NAMO98 – :
This one is weird with a beard but that’s a good thing. Weird, in this case, equals original and how often do we meet that these days?
The front end will put off a lot of those who try this one. I’m okay with that. I’m not sure I want to share this mistress. It starts with a blast of french marigolds and pyrethrum daisies. Bitter, harsh and confronting as a face slap. Hold on though and what you get is an amazing indolic white flower with sugar that dries down to an unusual musk. The bitter note does linger but in a regressed form and this enriches the indole. I’ve never met this before but hell’s bells it is good.
It reminds me a bit of Lush Lust. It’s not a dupe level resemblance but close enough to see it easily.
burd.2010 – :
this one is strong, realy strong,that it makes you sick. I dont use it anymore
teech – :
Review for roll on oil, not spray:
The more I wear Aroosah, the more I love her….
She’s challenging in some ways and exotic/sensual in others. I have to confess that I’ve only smelled Chamomile tea, not fresh chamomile flowers. The scent that I’m getting is more spicy and fresh than the aforementioned tea, almost like
Marigolds
more than chamomile!
Also, I am smelling very little mint. Only a lovely green hint of something underneath. Notes I DO smell include:
Generous Saffron
Bit of Oud
Sweet Jasmine
Abundant Musk
BOLD bitter almonds
and the aforementioned Marigolds!
The overall feeling is spicy-exotic, and I dare say not far off from the scented ropes of fresh flowers at Indian weddings.
I understand how some will be smelling moth balls or camphor only… And I feel for them! Because this is seriously too good to miss – on the right chemistry and in the right weather. It’s one of those scents that more than repays further acquaintance. If you’re on the fence I recommend putting Aroosah away for a bit and coming back to sniff more later on.
Yes, polarizing, rather than immediately likable or ‘pretty’. Once you get past the initial blast, you may find her fresh, aromatic, musky, lightly sweet, spicy, and memorable. In other words, ALLURING.
If you’re looking for an easy-wear Arabian for a blind buy, I don’t want to mislead you! Choose something like Choco Musk or Soft. But fearless fans of Al Rehab Noria (bitter almonds and a hint of coconut and jasmine) and Rumba (marigold party!) may want to give Aroosah a try. I promise that at the very least she won’t bore you. 😉
Five stars = excellent sillage, longevity, quality, and value.
huigo – :
My dad and I came across a tester in a store and when I sprayed it, it was amazing. The smell lasted a while and we both liked it, but he started to dislike it about two hours in. Later on it made him nauseous.
We had already bought a bottle so I thought I’d spray it again to see why I liked it and he didn’t. But then it actually smelt terrible. He thought it was like moth balls but I disagreed because I like the smell of moth balls. We felt very nauseous and decided to keep the bottle for the bathroom. Lol.
I don’t know why the tester in the store smelt so good. It must have been exposed to light and after a while changed into something far from what it used to be. I just know that there are some notes in this that are really good. Unfortunately they’ve been paired with ones that aren’t.
If any of you care whether you buy men’s or women’s, this gives off a feminine vibe. But we bought this regardless of that because at the time it was too good not to.
mmb386Unlogrere – :
I agree completely with a previous reviewer who noted that Aroosah is ideal when layered with Africana! They balance each other out to perfection. One more herbal, one very sweet.
As for the scent Aroosah itself, I suspect the sharper, more pungent opening is saffron… gentle, sweet chamomile hours later. I do not personally notice more than a mere hint of mint, but the effect is gentle and calming. In fact, therapeutic!
I wish I’d been to India to confidently affirm Shwets’ review, but it comes as no surprise that someone would think of India and Aroosah in the same moment. This is the kind of spiciness and pungent goodness you will not find in most Western open markets….
Recommended, but not for the Arabian oil newbie. If your taste runs to the ‘unsafe’, then by all means explore this unique aura that is Aroosah! For me, Aroosah is Comfortingly Exotic. <3
Hanzo – :
This is not sold as intended for men and women, the name Aroosa means bride! If men choose to wear it anyway, so be it.
cherep1771 – :
Aroosah is an acquired taste.
It’s kind of two things at once. A very soothing and mild chamomile note against a green, sharp, almost minty herbal with refreshing and invigorating qualities. It dries down rather herbaceous and powdery.
It reminds me a bit of both ointments for stuffy nose and of sleep remedies. It has that weird combination of a pleasant floral and a somewhat astringent smell. Not everyones cup of tea, but I actually find it strangely intriguing.
I like to sniff it now and then, it feels like the scent clears the mind. Almost like a therapeutic essential oil.
I also like to wear it just before going to bed. The chamomile feels relaxing and destressing.
As many perfume oils from Al-Rehab this one also has a great sillage (don’t wear too much) and lasts super long on the skin.
sahtey – :
At first, it smells like piss and WC cleaning products. Not pleasant at all. But after a while it becomes more herbal. An unusual fragance, I don´t really like it but after it dries down it becomes more wearable. I mix it with Monogotas Vainilla to sweeten it and it´s not an unpleasant mix. Won´t repurchase, it reminds me too much of the smell of hospitals and medicines, too astringent and too camphory for my taste.
AHDPEW – :
Wow, this one gave me quite an olfactory shock!
It starts very strong and unpleasant – urinal unpleasant! Fresh chamomile is a weird-scented herb per se and the agarwood is also unusual and pungent, so these two make the weirdest combo ever. Patience required! After 1-2 minutes of rubbing the oil in to the skin, the unpleasant odor miraculously vanishes and leaves room to a very pleasant herbal & woodsy scent with camphoric undertones.
So surprising, so unusual. I like the experience it offers.
SandersFR – :
Reminds me of the inside of the men’s room at a rest area on the New Jersey Turnpike. Smells exactly like a urinal cake. Yuk.
Lerowerve – :
Aroosah is very strong (and a little unpleasant) at the beginning- after it sits a while (and is rubbed lightly into your skin) I get lovely powdery-green herbs, woods and just a bit of sweetness. More feminine than masculine but I suppose it also depends on the wearer. Absolutely worth trying! The longevity is the shortest of my Al Rehab oils, where it becomes a skin scent after 4-5 hours, though longer over a base of grape seed oil. Still better than many generic store-bought perfumes, and it has an unbeatable price.
KEEP IN MIND: These oils need to sit around a while after shipping so you can get the full sense of what the perfume smells like. Testing/smelling too soon after delivery is NOT an accurate representation of the perfume!
surik11 – :
This review is for the CPO.
Aroosah starts off with a quite a punch! Vividly sweet-green… I agree with the chamomile (herbal pineapple-y note), but also would add cilantro-leaf, basil, and a nice touch of “green” aldehydes. This part of the fragrance STRONGLY reminds me of how Al Haramain’s ‘Khaltath’/’Mukhallat opens… so check that one out too if you’d like another with a similar vibe (though Khalthat has a fruitier edge). Anyway, this first impression of Aroosah sloooowly fades and gives way to an unusual heart.
As other reviewers have mentioned, there is a caramel-like and/or almond-like section that becomes noticeable after a few hours, adding “warmth” to the green-ness. I’m actually reminded of ‘China Rain’ at this point in the drydown (as the musk also takes on a stronger role here) but it’s at about the 6-hour mark that I become really surprised as the fragrance seems to be taking yet another turn: along with the musk is definitely sandalwood, and a wee touch of tonka’s grassy-vanilla-ness- really such a gorgeous base! And this lasts for hours more yet… (!)
You won’t need two fragrances for days on which you wear this: it functions as both a daytime and evening fragrance- like two-in-one! I think it would be a bit too heavy for summer, maybe, but in my opinion perfect for the cooler months of spring and autumn.
As others have said, this is probably not an attar for the newbies who might be put off by the assertive opening, and never leave it on long enough appreciate the whole story. ‘Aroosah’ is a strong “like” for me, and I reach for it when I want the novel experience that only it can deliver.
Estastref – :
Reminds me of picking fresh chamomile and making teas and tinctures. Very herbal. Straight from the bottle will knock you down, must put on skin in small amounts.
yuragot – :
Bought Africana by Al rehab, very different as a perfume but very much the same smell as shrimp sweets from the 70’s and 80’s. You know those foamy pink shrimp shaped sweets they sometimes sell nowadays with yellow foam banana sweets.
Bought Aroosah at the same time, which was very strong on the saffron (no saffron listed, well it smells exactly like saffron and nothing else)
Mixed the two together and makes a very nice perfume. The sweet, candy Africana turned Aroosah into a loveable different perfume. Hey presto!! So now don’t have to through away Aroosah or give the Africana to a young teenager 🙂
Keep smelling my wrist now!!
ropa12 – :
very interesting perfume, unlike any others i have tried.
I have the 6ml rollerball oil.
In the bottle this smells quite astringent and a little shrill, the first time I sniffed in the bottle I put the cap back on and walked away sharpish!
The next time it sppealed to me a lot more, rather than smelling astringent it smelled quite herby and fresh with a slight almost antiseptic note. Intriguing.
I tried a small dab on my forearm and the smell does warm within a few minutes on the skin. There is quite a sharp, hard edged note here, I am not sure what it is. I get this note, it is similar to tea tree oil or pine oil, possibly a litle sagey or even a hint of eucalyptus? I am not sure, but it does lend a very crisp almost piercing note that, as I said before has an almost medicinal antiseptic quality to it. There is also chamomile, perhaps roman chamomile which I also find has a sharp edge to it, and underneath there is a softer floral, a hiny of cool wood and a hint of musk. For the first few hours the herby sharp notes dominate but after the initial half hour these do round and soften and work with the skin more. Like I say, I found this intriguing as it slowly changed over the day, I could never pinpoint exactly what I was smelling at any time. After about 6-8 hours this suddenly and dramatically changes and becomes a warm, floral woody exotic scent that sits close to the skin and is just gorgeous.
I found longevity to be very good – for a full days wear I dabbed my wrists and inner elbows, armpits, cleavage and behind my knees. I could still (very very faintly) smell this the following morning on my skin. The smell on my jumper was still there the next day. Projection is nice – it projects a little, maybe a foot or so away from the body whch is nice with a scent like this as I imagine it would not be to some people’s taste.
This really was like 2 scents in one, as around the 6-7 hour mark it changes so drastically into such a soft, warm and round smell.
I also found, by accident that this is magnificent when paired with Mitsouko! Honestly – I put a small dab of this on my chest and fore arms followed by a couple of sprays of Mistouko and it is incredible! Give it a try for something different.
rejissor – :
Was excited to get this one but the combination on my skin reminds me of some sort of fumes (I did WAIT for it to blend but the fumes scent stayed)…hard to explain but not for me…have other oils from Al Rehab that I adore.
paninbk – :
Very spicy floral scent. Reminds me of India. Extremely long lasting with powerful sillage.