Description
Hermes launched Amazone fragrance back in 1974 (and re-launched it in 1989). The fragrance was of a free and modern femininity; made as an intense combination of green, floral and woody aromas. At the end of 2014, there comes a new, modern version of this legendary fragrance, named Rose Amazone, launched under the Collection Les Classiques.
„A new Amazone who is so much more contemporary, brave and powerful but also extremely feminine. Rose Amazone, a sparkling, tangy and tender perfume, brightened by citrus fruits, currants and raspberries. A perfume full of colours for cheerful fragrancing.“
The in-house perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena is credited for this remake. The main ingredients include citruses (bergamot, lemon, orange, mandarin and grapefruit), red currant, leaves and buds of black currant, raspberry and blackberry. There are also floral notes of rose, laid on a background of sweet amber, vanilla and woods.
Available as 100 ml Eau de Toilette.
131611 – :
A nobile house, a name sounds like real statement.
And it is strong perfume, rose with i swear i detect geranium. Its not listed but really dominant geranium note there is which makes it all bad for me.
If it wouldnt be there i could love this frag. But as it is now after 3 minutes i cant stand it.
orkofi – :
Retested today, OMG it’s so good. I think I’ll buy FB, though I never was going to buy any “rose” scent, because – well – it’s just a rose and too boring; this one is definitely rose, but somehow is definitely not boring! Due to original Amazon (which I don’t like btw) lining I guess…
serjikof – :
In my quest for roses I tested two samples of Rose Amazone and take her with me the whole day. The impression was not like being in a luminous garden, it was more like having a big bunch of deep red flowers in my arms and my nose (but also my eyes) buried in them: I sensed deep dark flowery waves followed by a severe green feeling. Never overwhelming but really intense. At first I thought it was too strict or conservative to become one of my perfumes but at the end of the day I find an elegant beauty in this restraint, and the thing is interesting.
So, nothing cheerful, nothing playful, and infact she’s an amazone, not a girly girl.
A rose for grown-ups.
Good longevity, totally unisex, def. wishlist
LarVdo – :
Rose, perfectly mixed with some fruits, especially delicious berries.Altogether with cassis and citruses they made Rose Amazone refreshing, summery scent. Due to good proportions Ellena`s concept is a fresh and smart perfume, opening to very warm,long days.Woods, fruits and a queen -rose made it perfectly balanced, not sour and not overwhelming.I `ll put it between Ombre Dans (Diptyque) and Graine de Joie(Eau d` Italie).First one is a shadow, bit dark opposite to the shining sun, the second one is sweet and playful.Rose Amazone is somewhere between them.Sparkling, sunny,juicy appropriate for a lazy weekend as well as a busy day – to remember: holidays are coming soon !
KRASOTKA0331 – :
Rose Amazone is a beautiful dark and mature scent. I think unisex infact. Dark Rose with a dark Rasberry, woodsy notes and amber. Elegant, a bit strikt and sensual at the same time. A gem!
Rose Amazone är en underbar mörk och vuxen doft. Jag anser att den är unisex faktiskt. Mörka rosor och mörka hallon, tränoter och amber. Elegant, lite strikt men ändå sensuell på samma gång. En liten juvel till samlingen.
Burewajik – :
A divinely gorgeous fresh fruity beautiful perfume, full of rich ripe and juicy fruit, a delicate and sweet touch of lovely flowers – glorious rich rose, and I’m sure I smell lily-of-the-valley, and a sparkling green, and sweet, smooth woody base, with a lovely creamy amber too. The fruit is so juicy and sweet, with a lovely bitter edge which is a great contrast and stops it being tooo sweet, and the vanilla gives it a gorgeous full luxurious creamy custard element. It’s so lovely and feminine, soft, delicate and sophisticated, as well as rich and potent. I adore it. It’s perfect.
sergius – :
Rose Amazone shows how well Jean-Claude Ellena’s trademarked transparency/minimalism fits into mainstream taste. Not a dig, just an observation. It makes sense, too. Many ongoing trends in perfumery stem his more mainstream perfumes: Bvlgari Eau Parfumée au Thé Vert, Cartier Déclaration, Hermès Terre d’Hermès and Kelly Calèche. He’s one of the most influential perfumers of his time
Ellena’s approach to flanking the original Amazone is to place it somewhere between his connoisseur-admired Hermessence line and his more mainstream work. Smart move. A flanker is first and foremost a sales tactic, and Hermès’ strategy is to revive a few classics by sprucing them up and borrowing on their name recognition (Vetiver Bel Ami, Geranium Equipage). Ellena must maintain the sanctity of Hermès taste while shooting for a big sell. It’s a balance he’s had to maintain in all the Hermès perfumes he’s composed and he’s proven how well he can do it.
Amazone was an early fruity-floral that matched a dowdy woody-floral with unsweetened fruit/berry note. It’s a cautious an inch away from “old-lady” perfume, not a fruity-floral slushie of the’90s-‘00s. It is a dry, woody, green perfume with a potent black-currant note that ties the flowers to the fruit, namely, raspberry.
Rose Amazone takes the tartness and the fruit up a notch with a sweet rose and a grapfruit twist. It’s a beautiful compositional effect. The sweetness is in the flower, not the fruit, and the perfume avoids any syrupy cocktail-y comparisons This is a fruity-floral for those who who managed to steer clear of the fruity-florals of the gourmand/dessert era. It’s also an alternative for those who liked tart-fruity chypres such as Cristalle, Diorlella and Y but are on the bemused side of the chypre-reformulation debate and want to steer clear of the whole mess of it.
Rose Amazone keeps a skosh of the original’s green-floral reediness and it matches the tartness of the grapefruit note beautifully. It doesn’t have any of the mossiness of Amazone’s drydown. In fact, the drydown has a sweet, lucid, nearly metallic muskiness that leaves the base the most contemporary part of the perfume. The opening of the perfume is tribute to the original, but over time, Rose Amazone walks further away from its predecessor. The drydown is deliberately the least distinctive part of the ride. It takes you further into the house of Hermès and closes the door behind you. It is a rosy-sweet, muskier version of the airy-woody drydown of the Hermessence line. It is balanced and straightforward, like the graceful entry that ends a complicated dive.
Lestat13 – :
Compared to the more stern Amazone, Rose Amazone has been gifted a bright, joyful spirit which makes her companionship fully enjoyable. Whereas the grand classic Amazone is mossy, wild and dark green, Rose Amazone appears cheerful, bright green and more feminine.
I’d say that Amazone and Rose Amazone are of the same age but from the different eras.
An effortlessly classy green- fruity perfume.
Assuttinomi – :
I tried Rose Amazone and it smelled nearly nothing like old Amazone and I’m talking about the vintage Amazone.
I expected a rose scent, but I found a geranium one.
At least, it smells like geranium to me, but it should be the effect of every berry thrown in it.
It’s pleasant, bright and elegant in a modern way.
I quite like it.
natalimni – :
I like this a lot, I used to wear Amazone a long time ago, it was a staple of my youth, it was vibrant, complex, adventurous and a bit androgynous.. Rose is also that, it starts off a bit sour with the cassis, then it evolves toward the raspberry, but it never looses its chypre character, Ellena managed to stay faithful to the original, while bringing a new dimension of modernity and mass attraction to the scent…in a way this is a cold scent, it isn’t a warm fuzzy fruity creation..it is a statement of a great scent evolving in a new era..
It is feminine, more than the first one, less mossy of course, but still hard to pinpoint really..the drydown has the vibrant vibe of the original, more green and earthy..
Very interesting scent!! Happy to wear it.
artcrime – :
I had smelled this on paper at an Hermes Boutique in Hong Kong back in early November but no one here seemed to know much about it then. To me, it smelled very different from the vintage and previous formulations of Amazone but like a sharp, tart and fruity Kelly Caleche with very prominent notes of Cassia and Black Current. It was a very beautiful scent but IMHO not as unisex as Kelly Caleche. I might need to try it on skin next time to see whether it will work on me.