Description
“Today, Lancôme has appointed some of the greatest contemporary perfumers to pay homage to Lancôme’s founder, Armand Petitjean. The result is Maison Lancôme’s new collection of fragrances that so exquisitely touch upon and carry on Petitjean’s dream, and the essence of the House itself.
This new High Perfumery experience takes a creative stance: the very French art of blending. Each fragrance is crafted in the same manner that one composes a wine of the most superior grade (Grand cru), with a combination of varieties, origins, and extractions that are all specially selected according to precise criteria.” – a note from the brand.
Parfait de Rôses was launched in 2017. The nose behind this fragrance is Nathalie Lorson.
steatscythisa – :
Sweet creamy Turkish delight rose. This is not a cut rose scent, it’s a rose flavor scent. Rose frosting, rose liqueur, a vanilla rose cookie… my mouth is watering, excuse me. So bright, sweet and delicious! Blind buy win!
Xeroxzxkxu – :
This is one of those I tested a long time ago and never could fully get out of my head…
Fast forward nearly a year and I still remember the rose and chocolate martini perfection that is Parfait de Roses. I took a small risk by purchasing a travel spray, unsure of my memory, but I’m now certain a full-size bottle will be in my future.
The opening is a burst of roses which, if they had a color, would be deep, cool crimson. At the risk of mixing my metaphors between martinis and parfaits, I will say the development is like a true parfait…there is a layer of rose jam as well as fluffy vanilla cakes drenched in liqueur (here it is chocolate), blanketed with something thick and creamy that will destroy a diet, and lastly dusted with powdered sugar or cocoa, the effect aided here by orris and benzoin.
Parfait de Roses is grown-up girly, sexy, mysterious, and playful. It’s one of Lancome’s best, with their characteristic well-rounded rose and decadent sweets enhanced by magnificent sillage and longevity. One spray lasts 24 hours plus. While the boozy rose theme is ubiquitous at the moment, this one’s a clear winner and well worth the price tag. 10/10
lenalik – :
pleasant rose as others mentioned it’s gourmet. Not particularly unique to me so I can’t possibly justify the price tag. Wears relatively close to skin and performance only a couple of hours. Nice bottle tho so that’s probably the thing one pays for.
коци – :
Beautifully sweet, vanillic and velvety rose from start to finish, with a sophisticated boozy liquor from the opening. Very chic, “edible”/gourmandy and high end smell of rose, SMOOTH and well projected fragrance with perfectly soft powdery, “custard” rosy dry down and heavy sillage. Longevity is long lasting. One of my favorite from Maison Lancôme.
ALEXSANDR12345 – :
This is a very rich, thick BOOZY gourmand rose. It’s opulent and glamorous and truly smells beautiful. It’s not called “parfait” for no reason – it’s about the most gourmand, edible smelling fragrance I’ve experienced. Somehow I didn’t expect a rose to be quite so gourmand. When I smelled it, I thought “well of course this is how it smells, I should have known!” just based on the notes – rose, liqueur, vanilla. Ultimately, it was not quite right for me because of how rich and gourmand it is, but I would really love to smell it on someone else it better suits!
Dartknigt – :
Parfait de Roses is the perfect name for this inimitable, unique sweet rose-jam/ rose-liqueur confection. Love at first sniff from a sample, I had to have a full bottle the moment it became possible. I find myself reaching for this, in Summer!, almost every morning to wake up to with my coffee and look forward to cooler temps for full days and nights of wearing this addictive, rosy sweet juice.
The quality is completely there, with old-school type projection, sillage, and longevity, as though IFRA hadn’t gotten their hands on this wonderful formulation yet.
Even as pricey as this one is, the money is well spent for what I’ve received in this incredible beauty.
Scent = 10/10. She is a Floral Gourmand and the perfect one at that.
Sillage and Projection: 8/10 easily
Value = worth every penny.
The bottle itself is a work of art as well.
ETA: The longevity is insanely good, easily discernible the next day after an evening application and, sometimes, I’ve had to remove the scent with rubbing alcohol after a shower in order to change to another scent for the day. This fragrance will last on textiles until laundered and I’m talking several days here.
Seriously, folks, this is as high-quality as the price tag would indicate and, for that reason, I encourage you to sample Her Majesty of Jammy Roses.
вася19841984 – :
Oh dear ! This is EXACTLY what I hoped that nightmare Roses Vanille from Mancera smelled like! This is sweet candied vanilla roses, not that thing! How gorgeous it is! I love Lancome.
alsatian – :
This so interesting! It starts off sweet and soft and develops into a yummy sweet creamy rose mixed with a powdery lipstick rose. So it’s somewhere between edible and not. Really, really beautiful and my favorite of this line.
Philipeskt85 – :
It’s powdery. I didn’t expect it to be so powdery.
azl036speagoessenda – :
Parfait won me over at first spray. Its modern interpretation of rose jam liquour with a sweet vanillic tonka base balances out the roses.
The opening is stunning then it levels out for a fairly long while of rose liquor..then the dry down begins and the tolu and other base notes make it interesting again. Its fairly big on sillage like the grand scents of old and lasts a very long time. You do get your moneys worth. Feminine, and dreamy
maloy_ – :
A gorgeous fragrance which reminds me of Montales Sweet Oriental Dream / Keicho Mecheri Laukhoum with roses thrown in. The most closest to rose flavoured turkish delight that ive smelt.
Then the dry down is very sweet and dusty like the powder at the bottom of a turkish delight box.
Great longevity and sillage.
ulrira – :
Beautiful. Garners more compliments than anything else I own. Strong, rich, syrupy.
The review by k199 , below describes it as I smell it.
Rose is far from my favourite note, but this is intoxicating.
osana74 – :
This smells exactly like rose Turkish delight! I’m usually not a fan of sweet powdery fragrances, but I loved this one. The longevity is great: I sprayed my wrists in the shop this morning, and I could still smell it when I moved my arms about 10 hours later. The scent doesn’t develop much, but it remains the same delicious Turkish delight throughout. It’s a pity it is only sold in a 100ml bottle, and it is pretty expensive. I do not see it as an everyday perfume for myself, as I would probably get bored of this sweet perfume, but I’d have loved to have a small bottle of it to wear on cold gloomy days.
Update: The longevity is crazy. I sprayed it on my wrist and a bit on the sleeve in a shop and the smell stayed for over a week until I sprayed something stronger on top. I’d even say, it’s so long-lasting that you’d get sick of it sooner than it disappears.
Yureц – :
I at first smelt Parfait de Roses and Roses Berberanza together at a Lancôme counter, before testing them more thouroughly one after another. According to Lancôme, these two rose fragrances showcase two different types of roses in perfumery: Rose Centifolia and Rose Damascena, respectively. Smelling them side by side, the two roses contrast each other like light and shadow, and I think Lancôme did succeed in hightlighting certain special characteristics of these two different types of roses.
Parfait de Roses is full of radiance thanks to the central Rose Centifolia accord. Its plush, honeyed sweetness reminds me of a delectable rose centifolia jam that I had tasted before, and yet it’s adorned with a mild tartness and a bit of the green leafy aspect, as if it won’t simply give up its vegetal life even after being turned into an exquisite jam.
The rose liqueur accord is soon poured within. Its intense, rich sweetness turns the composition even more decadent. The balance between luscious sweetness and saccharine toothache is a fine line to walk, and the subtle vegetal greenery and the round tartness of the liqueur accord did manage to help Parfait de Roses to hold its ground. But unfortunately, after about 3 hours, a generic gourmand creamy base starts to materialize and evetually sweep all over the composition. The intense sweetness of rose liqueur then turns on the rose centifolia accord and chokes her into oblivion. The aftermath is a saccharine, monotonous creamy rose base until the end.
I experienced a heavy to moderate sillage and a 9-hour longevity.
I was delightfully charmed by the lively opening of Parfait de Roses, a near perfect balance between natural floralcy and gourmand decadence. However, the monolithic, commercial creamy gourmand dry down left me utterly disappointed. It’s as if Lancôme suddenly gets cold feet after the interesting opening, and proceeds to cling back onto the conventional gourmand base, which is a pattern that I experienced with other fragrances from this Grand Cru collection as well.
If you happen to be looking for a rose jam fragrance, I’d definitely suggest Parfait de Roses, as its opening is among the most dynamic ones that I had previously tried. But I’d recommend waiting for the dry down as well, in order to have a more thourough idea about it.
openbr18 – :
A very nice rose opening that reminded me of a sweeter rose 31. The drydown is pure cocoa powder.
Stigneeemorgo – :
What this scent lacks in complexity it makes up for in form. The soapiness of straight rose is offset by the sweet, slightly tart deliciousness of liqueur that sits this fragrance comfortably in the gourmand category. It calls to mind images of macarons and the previously mentioned cakes and Turkish delights. It’s as if someone took a lush, voluptuous pink rose, sifted powdered sugar over it, and dipped it in a bottle of its own nectar.
As the fragrance dies down, it loses a bit of that tart edge and settles into a fine pink dusting powder. This part reminded me of Flower by Kenzo, save that it’s considerably lighter than Flower in character. Not everyone will like that Parfait de Roses is simple and sweet, but I don’t think it will induce headaches or nausea either. I don’t know if Parfait de Roses is special enough to warrant its hefty price tag, but if you love roses and dessert, you’ll probably want this.
EDIT: After reading what Lancome sought to accomplish with this line of perfumes, I appreciate Parfait all the more because I feel it met the stylistic goal of being a ‘wine’ showcasing different facets of one ingredient, this one being rose. I also agree with the review immediately above this one–the dry down smells like cocoa powder.
EDIT EDIT: What’s up with the notes? As far as I’ve read, Parfait de Roses doesn’t contain aldehydes/a couple of the other notes listed.
From Lancome’s website:
Nathalie Lorson has masterminded a stunning assemblage of two extractions of Rose Centifolia. The Rose Centifolia distillate gives the fragrance a natural, fruity floral freshness which evokes the scent of rose fields that wafts in the air around Grasse. As for the Rose in infusion, it reveals sweet, hazy, well-rounded notes, playing with the inflections of the distillate. This pairing is accentuated by wisps of heady incense and brightened up deliciously by essence of pink pepper. Invigorating, voluptuous, sensual. The Liqueur of Rose signature completes this delicate accord with a dusky veil woven with ciste labdanum, vanilla absolute and Tolu Balsam. Heady and sensual, this fruity floriental wraps us in a gourmand veil of irresistible sweetness.
дедВовка – :
If you buy a fragrance mainly consisting of one note, and this note isn’t even a note you like, the fragrance is good! To my nose this fragrance reminds me a lot of Turkish delight! I would consider this a gourmand rose fragrance as it is so sweet that you can taste it. The opening is pretty loud, but the dry down is beautiful! The scent is mainly linear, and doesn’t change much at all expect that it becomes a lot more gentle and sweet as it settles. It’s clearly a rose fragrance and the rose is very prominent yet it’s unlike any other rose fragrance I’ve smelled. I haven’t decided yet if I like it or if I love it, but I couldn’t stop myself from buying it, so…
This fragrance doesn’t last very long on my skin, but if I spray it on fabric it has great longevity and projection (be aware that this is highly concentrated and could stain clothing). I oversprayed unintentionally the other day and I’m pretty sure I filled the entire room. As it is a pretty sickly sweet fragrance I don’t recommend this!
All in all, this is a gorgeous fragrance that undoubtedly deserves its place in the Maison Lancôme line.
Oh! And the bottle… Dear lord that bottle is beautiful!!
sergei_86rus72 – :
This is more dusty than pure roses. I do smell the rest of the nuts pieces that are kept in the bottom of a nuts bag, and i believe it give the dusty noteز
I can classify this fragrance as powdery but it’s quite a powerful in away that it could be classified as creamy as well. After all it’s a powerful rosy vintage powder.
prubreFediara – :
Finally no new La vie est belle flanker!
This one sounds divine!
Aregremagok – :
Well, Attention: Parfait in french means perfec/absolute (so we are into the extrait concept) but it is also the name of some sort of chic cake, actually a chilled dessert (usually containing cream) which can be flavoured with many ingredients, fruits, almonds, vanilla.
This is exactly what this scent smells for me.: A fresh soft cake of roses.
Yes a marmelade of Rose plus caramel, redberries and milk with ambroxan.
In fact remember me a bit Isparta by Guillaume a bit.
Very special fragrance