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Xeroxksqbr – :
عطر باتشولي جميل جدا لمحبي الروائح الترابيه
الورد والبخور لم الحظهما بشكل بارز
العطر رغم تميزه الا انه ليس من اختياراتي المفضله
يستحق التجربه برأيي
يصلح لكل اوقات السنه
7/10
gas331977 – :
Hippie Rose has been my crazy love for half a decade. My bottle runs low now since I wear it a lot.
A soulful perfume, – could you even say so? But it is.
Woodstock all the way, with a touch of modern, minimalist refinement.
Strong dry patchouli and unsweetened tea roses + vetiver. Absolutely unisex.
Sucre – :
This to me is a somewhat odd perfume.
I’m reminded of the smell when you open a bathroom cabinet full of slightly mangy/foosty bath salts and Vim bath scrub.
It must be the combination of a slightly harsh patchouli and clean rose. I’m not a fan of patchouli, though in many classic perfumes it forms a backbone structure without taking over.
Yes, this is a sort of hippy rose in as much as the patchouli is quite distinct and it smells like a bathroom cabinet from the 1970’s!
deniss5414 – :
Bergamot, airy green notes and rose make for a bowl of velvety sweet pink rose petals, Like concentrated rose water — so pretty!
Patchouli in Hippie Rose is fresh, young and green, a little minty and camphorous — just.
The incense smells like clean, musky labdanum. Pink, sweet, and clean.
Musky, minty, woody, aromatic rose glinting with a sparkling amber. I keep falling in deeper and deeper as Hippie Rose warms on my skin. So versatile, effortlessly going from hemp bracelets to diamonds without so much as a twitch. Unpretentiously chic and natural. Much ‘pinker’ and more aromatic than most rose-patch scents. I think I’m in love.
Sometimes falling in love happens so unexpectedly, like when a company throws in a random sample with your order. My wardrobe was lacking a rose scent and this is the one I didn’t know I was yearning for.
senycc – :
Hippie Rose
James Heeley
Nose
Uncredited
Year
2011
Hippie Botanica
Welcome you seekers of aromatic spiritual enlightenment to my little 1967 Summer of Love San Francisco Haight Ashbury botanica! Hippie Rose is exactly like the combination of scents found in an indie American botanica that sells alternative medicines, herbal remedies, marijuana, patchouli oil, herbal teas, salvia, sage, aroma therapy items like scented candles, room sprays, incense, perfumes with special properties, magic charms and amulets, and of course beads and hippie signs. This is the fragrance of an old hippie couple who have started up their own business selling hippie paraphernalia. It reminds me of those little shops in such diverse locations as Greenwich Village, SoHo, San Francisco and Portland. The hippie touch is all over it and it’s definitely mature and not for the younger crowds who wear the celebrity sweet sugary candied gourmand stuff with berry and cotton candy. It has been compared to fragrances such as Agent Provocateur L’Argent Portrait of A Lady Voleur de Roses Jessica Simpson Fancy Nights Gypsy Water Pompeia and to a degree Opium but this is very much it’s own unique scent and far more subtle as a green hippie chypre aromatic fragrance.
The opening is a bergamot tea, herbal green tea with citrus. It’s an oily opening, with that patchouli opening up beautifully like leaves in a Venus fly trap or the “Mean Green Mother From Outer Space” from Little Shop of Horrors. This is a green cabbage tea rose, a blend of dark rose and patchouli. The rose scent here is not the pronounced feminine powdery rose, but the kind of Gypsy rose you find hidden in a lot of green moss and green notes in perfumes like Opium or Fancy Nights. It’s an ethnic Romani rose, dipped in smoky incense. The incense note is fantastic but not a huge pillar of smoke either. Smells like rose incense. It even has a religious air, almost bordering on incense censer in a Roman Catholic cathedral. The herbal touches are superfluous. This perfume has a mélange of green moss, patchouli, sage, vetiver and amber. These are classic chypre ingredients but there is also a musk scent which I find to be quite masculine. There are spices (cinnamon is detectable, perhaps black pepper or mace) cloves all of which come off as earthy spicy and masculine like a man’s cologne. In fact this is not a woman’s perfume at all. This is unisex and it’s clearly designed for both men and women.
The thing is, though, that even with all these big notes, it’s linear and quite simple. The fragrance has minimal sillage. The scent does not project and instead it acts like a bar of green soap on your skin. For all it’s massive greenery, it’s subdued and moderate. The herbaceous and aromatic air it has is like a little green tattoo. It has a mysterious, somewhat religious Santeria voodoo type of thing going on, very much in the stile of Piver Pompeia. This can be worn with boho chic fashions, that is to say bohemian fashions with like 1970’s style long sleeved hippie blouses, tie-die shirts, flower prints, tight jeans (with bell bottoms or without), or those mini and maxi dresses straight out of the 60’s. For men who have long hair and are artists and photographers who don’t especially care for high end fashions and wear bohemian style clothing, leather, jeans, threadbare T shirts, tie-dye, psychedelic colors, and floral prints.
I am loving this fragrance and wish I had discovered it sooner. Totally matches up with my personality! I am a hippie at heart. A liberal, pot smoker, lesbian, poetess, and in my career a human rights activist lawyer which is no easy job considering the ups, downs, and taxing emotions involved. The relaxed and calm side of me prefers to smell this type of scent to de-stress. This is not really a spring or summer fragrance and to me it smells like it ought to be worn in autumn and winter. The whole thing is warm and aromatic, musky, green, mossy and moody, pensive and though not a clean smell it’s not dirty either, just spicy, smoky, herbal. The perfume is perfect as aroma therapy itself. This is going to be as good if not better than marijuana for you to smell and inhale and feel inner peace and just relax. This is a Chinese opium den scent without the sex appeal of Opium from Yves Saint Laurent and more of a shorter lived “trip”.
I think this is gorgeous.
GapsFanyreere – :
an amazing bewitched rose, seductive, attractive and mysterious .. i gave you uo there similars to it and frim the same family as well as pherose by realm but pherose is the most similar to it .. end of story
Rio2011 – :
I’m another fan of HR. A very nice bright rose with a touch of bergamot opening that makes me think there is a touch of palmarose present.
The roses eases off a little and then you are very aware of the patch. I do get some incense but it is very low key on my skin.
I now get a little vetiver, green notes and oak moss behind the rose. For the rest of its time line this is pretty much what you get. Roses with some greenery and a touch of patch. Its interesting how the incense remains so low key on me.
If you love roses like me then this is definitely one to try.
Very very nice. A nice fragrance for a sunny spring day but don’t apply too much as this hippie is no shy flower.
Moderate silage and good longevity.
frarmatooke – :
I love Hippie Rose, it’s really good. I liked it a lot when I first tried it, but didn’t love it, but, I kept wanting to wear it, more and more, until, after about a week, I have fallen totally in love with it! It’s a gorgeous, cold crisp rose, beautiful herby/earthy patchouli and oakmoss, soft smooth melting amber, gorgeous dry, musty, smoky vetiver, and a lovely green affair running right through it all. I adore it. It’s quite unique for me, and one of my favourites now. I think the rose and patchouli are the best parts, and they’re wonderful!! Really enjoyable, and beautiful.
And it lasts, for oh, about 16 hours, and has a fabulous sillage of a few feet, which I love, especially that everyone else I come in contact with seems to feel the same, from the number of compliments I get!! I’m so happy!!!
jurikas – :
Chypres are something I occasionally struggle with and I’m not very keen on rose as a dominant note. Bearing that in mind, I was a bit skeptical about Hippie Rose, but it’s actually quite nice. It starts out sharp, but gets more mellow soon. What I get the most is rose, vetiver, patchouli, musk and a whisper of incense. My skin tends to amplify vetiver and sometimes it becomes bitter and “petrochemical”, but in Hippie Rose it works and adds some edge. I’d say this one is nostalgic with a modern twist. Not outrageously avantgarde, but not run-of-the-mill either.
Longevity is pretty decent (approx. 6 hours). It’s definitely not a projection monster, though; it stays quietly close to skin after the first hour or so. I used up my sample really fast because I had to spray in excess to make it a tad more loud. I think it’s suitable for all seasons and occasions, but primarily it gives out a casual spring/summer vibe. All in all, it’s good, but not exactly my style. If you’re a rose fan and looking for a fragrance with a slightly different feel, Hippie Rose is worth considering.
SllisoCaton – :
Hippie Rose is rather well-named. The immediate olfactory association I get is to be taken back to a long forgotten shop called The Bead Machine, which used to sell incense and candles. The smell of Hippie Rose reminds me of that rose incense smell before you burn it.
Hippie Rose is rather powerful and has quite heavy sillage and lasts a very long time so be careful when you apply it! It can give you a headache if you overspray.
As the name suggests, the dominant note throughout is the rose. The patchouli is there but it is blended well with the incense and the oakmoss and a touch of vetiver so it remains prominent rather than dominant. The bergamot makes it a little sharp at the start but it gets better as some vague green notes take its place after an hour or so. But it is always the rose that is the star player.
Nice, but I’m not sure about paying 125 Euros for 100 ml. I’d be happy with it as a gift but I’m not sure that I would spend that amount of my own money on it.
goptar – :
Fragrance Review For Hippie Rose James Heeley
Top Notes Oak Moss Bergamot Green Notes
Middle Notes Patchouli Rose
Base Notes Vetiver Musk Amber Incense
Good morning star shine,
the earth says hello
You twinkle above us, we twinkle below
Good morning star shine, you lead us along
My love and me as we sing our
Early morning singin’ song
Gliddy glub gloopy nibby nabby noopy
La la la, lo lo
Sabba sibbi sabba nooby aba naba
Lee lee, lo lo
Tooby ooby wala
Nooby aba naba
Early morning singin’ song
– Hair, The Broadway Musical
Marijuana is legal in some states but if you absolutely must smoke it for pleasure, please remember to shower to remove the stench of weed off you, then wear this fragrance! This is indeed a hippie wearing an Oriental incense. This is a gorgeous patchouli rose perfume. It matches up with songs that get you in the mood to smoke and get high and or follow in the footsteps of the Age of Aquarius Haight Ashbury hippies or Woodstock party goers. This scent matches up with Jefferson Airplane’s White Rabbit when you’ve just had some kind of mushroom and logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead and the White Knight is talking backwards. It also matches up with any great 60’s psychedelic rock Sunshine of Your Love by Cream or Iron Butterfly’s In A Gadda Da Vida. This is clouds of hypnotic smoke, pillars of incense and steam. This fragrance begins smelling green, it’s very green. It’s got green moss that goes well with patchouli leaves. The aromatic scent it leaves is also freshened up with bergamot. The patchouli is at the heart of this fragrance, and rose as a sidekick gives it a unisex quality but it’s mostly a strong masculine scent similar to the Orientals of modern perfumery like Fancy Nights Jessica Simpson or Voleur de Roses (although this is much better and more hardcore patchouli). This is for any true patchouli lover. It’s not patchouli oil but it does have a resinous viscous quality courtesy of hot amber. This is just such a well composed fragrance. Every note fits, everything smells good and takes your breath away. It’s the inside of a hippie bus as it goes off on it’s road trip across America. Incense and patchouli for days, weeks, months, as the bus takes the San Francisco hippie group avoiding the draft into the Vietnam War and headed to it’s destination: Woodstock. Love this fragrance. Highly recommended for fans of Orientals, incense and rose-patchouli.
Aleks1 – :
The first time I tried this, I wasn’t in love. I was expecting a Grateful Dead, tie-dye, flowers tied into my hair experience and I got some rose and dirt and patchouli. THEN, I returned a second time with a different set of expectations. I came in with a more modern, urban, Seattle/Portland mind set and it matched perfectly. This is a beautifully crafted cyphre starting out very mossy and green, then it turns into very unique mix of rose, patchouli and a tiny, eensy bit of sweetness.
This is no Hippie, well maybe a little. This is a modern lady with a suede fringe handbag.
stepashka77 – :
I wasn’t sure I liked this on first test BUT it has grown on me very much, so much so that I want a full bottle! This is a subtle, chilled out rose, incense, patchouli scent not overpowering at all but long lasting all the same.The rose doesn’t smack you in the face and there is a woodiness to it to my nose very nice indeed 🙂
Nyzanyatiy Nik – :
I have tested this scent twice and it has grown on me. I am not a huge Rose fan, but the rose and patchouli combination makes this fragrance amazing. Its soft, but last a really long time. I find myself smelling my wrist all the time.
I just learned about Heeley last week and I can’t believe how wonderful his line is. I recommend everyone try his scents.
sts87 – :
A soft rose and subtle patchouli beautifully blended. Very wearable. I didn’t like Hippie Rose when I first smelled it — maybe it needed more time to cure and mellow.
nur796Bessinepome – :
I like my rose to be strikingly feminine and real, straightforward. Hippie rose is not that scent. In fact, after smelling HIPPIE ROSE, I took note of the “notes,” and told myself “Okay, at least now I know. No patchouli.” So, there it is.
Ordnung – :
Strong plasticine opening. After initially settling, bubble gum and root beer float to the top. A sour tea rose (hybrid) is always present, looking down her nose at you like a disapproving and resentful matriarch (new money) who may kill you in your sleep if you don’t break things off with the family scion.
Interesting that Portrait of a Lady is mentioned because the two share a rooibos / Red Zinger note, although it is far more prominent in Portrait than in Hippie. The incense cranks up after awhile, but I’m not getting particularly green effects. At least not natural smelling ones. The plasticine is starting to smell like sunscreen now – Coppertone and sweat on a hot summer day. My guess is that her ladyship is watching the happy couple frolic in the sun through the windows of a family beach house and is plotting Hippie’s demise. A fragmented frag that serves none of the characters.
Maybe the full name of this was Hippie Rose, a Girl You Can’t Take Home to Mother, but it was cut short by the marketing department. What is not cut short is the longevity. In fact, it improved to a soft incense rose after I took a shower.
ochert – :
First of all I would like to mention that I personally don’t see any similarities between HIPPIE ROSE and PORTRAIT OF A LADY at all. Well, we are all very different, and so are our noses and perception. For me these two perfumes are two opposite instances on the spectrum of rose perfumes.
HIPPIE ROSE is an airy, transparent, casual, masculine mossy green rose, whereas PORTRAIT is a heavy, syrupy, dense evening one.
I totally see HIPPIE ROSE on a man, or on a right woman. I would say it is unisex, but a bit closer to the masculine side.
I don’t picture a hippie smelling like this, to my nose it is rather a contemporary urban person who is longing for everything natural (whole foods, fresh flowers and plants, romantic relationships, freedom).
Actually all Heeley’s perfumes I have tried so far give me that vibe, and I found it very appealing, as it reflects the reality I am living in.
Regarding the notes, I get a lot of white moss and vetiver, as well as patchouli and rose. No incense at all!
I enjoy wearing it in summer, as it is neither heavy nor sweet. The longevity is not bad, though: it lasts for 5-6 hours or a bit more, becoming muskier towards the end.
Yarrchik – :
I agree with sherapop.
Lady Vengeance extreme has much in common.
My nose does not allow me to define this starting from the patchouli scent.
I would say that the rose is the protagonist, then well mixed with the earth, which has its roots.
I do not like roses and do violence to myself to smell scents that contain this note….but… this little hing is on my wrist for several hours and I can not to do without sniff my arm.
khavanov – :
This is what reminds me of what I dislike about patchouli. Maybe my nose is really unsophisticated; I can’t get past it.
andrei154 – :
Incense, dirty rose and patchouli. Almost like a church rose.
It has that ‘brand new smell’. It develops into an elegant grownup scent, or dress to impress when picking this fragrance.
Great choice for earthy scent lovers.
BATMAN 57 – :
This is the only Patchouly fragrance that I own, with Coco Mademoiselle, which used to be my HG before I got too sick of it. It’s a tamed and creamy patchouly with a fresh hint of red roses. I feel so Ibiza-like when I wear it.
alisya – :
I love the rose scent you can smell at first. very elegant. I wish that lasted longer, because after a moment I can only smell patchuli, and way too much for me. still,I like it, but I`m keeping it for some time when I`m really in the mood for it.
wed3d4 – :
The name of Heeley HIPPIE ROSE led me naturally to expect that this would be a patchouli bomb. (I’m probably still reeling from my experience of Lush KARMA.) In fact, this is an exceptionally well-blended and well-behaved patchouli rose. In contrast to Malle PORTRAIT OF A LADY and Juliette has a gun VENGEANCE EXTREME, this creation, HIPPIE ROSE, despite its name, is a patchouli rose perfume which I would be able to wear comfortably in public settings without worrying about drawing unwanted attention to myself.
The difference lies in part, I think, in the sweetness level. I do not detect vanilla here, and it is not listed among the notes. I also find that the rose is more important than the patchouli, so although there is a touch of hippie here, it’s more like a trust-fund hippie who studied classical piano and was trained by a benevolent nanny or governess to abide by the mannered conventions of good society. This hippie is not wearing dirty jeans. Maybe they are jeans which have been dyed to look dirty, but really they are clean.
A very nice perfume, probably misnamed.
Dejumsnum – :
Avoid Hippie Rose if you dislike patchouli. On the other hand, if you are like me and patchouli is your human catnip, go for it. I can smell the Bulgarian rose and other notes intermittently, but the patchouli is there from beginning to end. Although patchouli can sometimes render a fragrance dark, heavy and somewhat witchy, Hippie Rose is so deftly blended that it’s actually sunny and upbeat, perhaps by virtue of the bergamot.
As much as I love this fragrance, at about $200 a bottle, you have to be a trust fund type hippie to be able afford it. So much for free love. But that aside, James Heeley seems to have a great deal of talent, and I look forward to exploring the whole line.
vasilich4848 – :
I gotta say that I LOVE patchouli in this fragrance. Hippie Rose is a nicely blend of both fresh rose and green patchouli. It’s also got something tarty sweet and sour tang as well. It’s nicely fresh and surprisingly modern. it is quite uplifting at the beginning til it dries down into something more masculine and very subtle incense. All I have is just a sample vial, but I am sure I will be looking forward to acquire a full bottle in the future. Time to save up $$$
libra1987 – :
I have a sample of this and I like it a lot, but if you don’t like woody scents, this is not your perfume.
I notice cedarwood (not listed between the notes), lots of pencil shaves. I like it, but I know there are many people who dislike the scent of cedar. And here it’s very noticeable, while rose is the main star.
So it’s mainly rose and wood. I miss more frankincense and vetiver. I can feel some minty freshness which makes it very comfortable for summer days.
Longevity is good and sillage is great 🙂
AlexSerKon – :
As a premise I will tell that I am not a big fan of rose based perfumes. This one, however, has something that I truly like. It’s not very rosy, not soapy at all, not bad rose cheap smelling. As it warms and melts with skin it gains a depth; the rose feeling grows from a little girl into a chic lady. I’ll love it, definitely love it.
motor_peu – :
Heeley has been sitting on my ‘favorite modern perfume house’ list for some time now, and this scent does nothing but move it up a notch.
Wow. OK, but let me get a bit specific: I can’t see how this fragrance could be made more perfect. Tart Tea Rose? Check. Crisp, refreshing green notes? Check.
I ordered this because I saw patch/incense/amber and oakmoss. Really now, someone asked me for my input??? But all of this plays in the back ground. the patchouli is not loud like it is in Citizen Queen, and the incense not as strong as it is in Caron’s Pour Une Femme.
Here the show is a very mature, very classy tea rose, or something to that effect. The result is an uplifting, carefree experience. Ooh, I think I must buy…
anh320speagoessenda – :
I have tried this and I must say it is nothing special I use Heeley Sel Marin which is awesome to me but this one is too weak and the rose patchouly combo just does not cut it.
Pity really cause I have been waiting for ages for this one to come out