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nikita1986 – :
Love this romantic rose! It has a vintage feeling – not like vintage as in perfume, but vintage as in old photographs, and times gone by. An underlying accord that smells a bit like natural pressed flowers that you’ve kept in memory of someone. The patchouli is detectable, but wasn’t as strong on my skin as some of the other reviewers experienced. For me, the notes blended together to create an atmosphere of charm and nostalgia!
bradis2010 – :
This is a stunning perfume and one of perfumer Charna Ethier’s greatest creations. It is a slightly boozy rose with hints of greenery and tea and just barely perceptible oud which merge to envelope the wearer in a cloud of dark petals. The patchouli is sweet, ambery and long lasting. It all levels of to a sweet, soft powder by the end of the day. It gets tons of compliments, and I’d definitely a rose wearable for guys. If you like boozy roses, slightly smoky amber and just a hint of peppery smoke, this is your new best friend.
alex5626 – :
Yesterday, I walked into Providence Perfume Company and told Charna that in general, I do not prefer lily of the valley, jasmine, or rose fragrances. She showed me everything. What did I walk out with? Rose Boheme!
This is heady, hypnotic, sweet, balanced, rich. The woody undertone remains warm and earthy without becoming astringent. The patchouli is done with a light touch, just the right note to compliment the heavenly rose.
If I recall correctly, the designer, Charna, told me she had slightly reformulated this fragrance from its initial design (looks like it was launched in 2011). The biggest change was in reducing the amount of patchouli she uses. (Again, my recollection–if I get a correction from Charna I will add).
I loved this studio and am budgeting NOW to go back.
boxiwideokyrs – :
The opening of this perfume smelled an awful lot like poo to me. Sorry, but it’s true. Fortunately, things improved as the oud faded a bit. Gosh it was a stinky experience, but of course true oud really is a big-time, bona fide stinker, so for those who complain about the pseudo-oud perfumes out there, you’ll have met your match with this composition!
As the patchouli gets louder, I start to understand why people are comparing this creation to L’Artisan Parfumeur Voleur de Roses–but I do not personally find them to be all that similar. Maybe they are more similar to one another than either is to Chanel no 5, but of course they are also closer to water than to Chanel no 5. Okay, I’m getting a bit carried away here. Yes, I do in fact own that the dirt and the patchouli are a common link between the two.
One obvious difference between Voleur de Roses and Rose Bohème, aside from the lack of oud in the former, is that this Providence Perfume appears to be in extrait concentration! Those tiny .5 ounce bottles are perhaps not so tiny after all!!! Another difference is that there is a much stronger raw redwood scent here. I also feel that the earth note is brighter and redder in Rose Bohème, somewhat blood-tinged, it seems, rather like a battlefield after a long war. What I do not find so much of here is the rose of which the name boasts. So there’s another similarity, I suppose…
Bohemian, yes, all the way!!!!!!
ANNAAttetryStem – :
187) She was a hippie
The opening is a powerful wave dominated by oud and patchouli, with fecal aspects of the first and earthiness of the second .
Next in the heart rose up to the surface but still dominated by a very dark patchouli. The mixture gives the impression of a bouquet of sun-dried flowers sweetened by saffron or macerated in red wine a bit rough on the palate .
On cloth or paper the evolution can be completely different because the rose is then more natural but balsamic, supported by fir balsam and tea. The impresion is more like a bush of wild rose and patchouli in a coniferous forest. Fecal note of oud sometimes arising to remind you that you did not wash for a week.
So in the end it’s really not my style but it is a well made perfume.
Unisex, good longevity, very grandmother (I can not describe it otherwise).
L’ouverture est une puissante vague dominée par le oud et le patchouli, avec les aspects fécal du premier et terreux du second.
Puis en coeur la rose remonte à la surface mais toujours dominée par le patchouli très noir. Le mélange donne l’impression d’un bouquet de fleurs sèchées et sucrées par le safran ou alors macéré dans du vin rouge un peu rapeux en bouche.
Sur tissu ou papier l’évolution peut être complétement différente puisque la rose est alors plus naturelle mais balsamique, soutenue par le fir balsam et le thé. L’impresion est plus proche d’un buisson de rose sauvage croisé au patchouli dans une forêt de conifères. La note fécale du oud ressurgissant parfois pour vous rappelez que vous ne vous êtes pas lavé depuis une semaine.
Donc au final ce n’est vraiment pas mon genre mais c’est un parfum bien composé.
Unisexe, bonne tenue, très grand-mère ( je n’arrive pas à le qualifier autrement).
stranger87 – :
Death by patchouli! It smells like dirty roses or like a hippy with a rose in his/her hair. I do like oud/ chype notes, but a balanced one that doesn’t rely almost solely on patch. I don’t get the feminine scent that everyone keeps referencing. It actually smells more masculine. It is a rich, thick scent that is sexy, but not feminine. While I don’t like it for myself, I would not be surprised if one day I meet a sexy, self confident, creative man wearing this and find myself screaming from the mountain tops that this is incredible.
malai1 – :
I was looking forward to receiving my samples from Providence Perfumes, this was one of them.
On first application, I thought that this one is pretty strong for an organic perfume and second that I already smelled something similar to this. It was Rose en Noir from Miller Harris that popped to my mind as they both share the slightly dated approach on roses.
This one is a dusty rose without sweetness, it smells like those roses that were pressed to dry in between some old book’s pages.
The take on the roses and patchouli also brough into mind a quite close and better known relative, that is Etat Libre’s Rossy di Palma, with its medicinal and herby qualities.
Honestly, I was expecting the aoud to come out but on me it is hardly noticeable or just not the way it happens with some Arabic perfumes.
All in all it is a well done fragrance and recommended for those that like their roses assertive.
7maymay7 – :
This is one of those ‘in the middle’ frags. I neither love it nor hate it. Putting oud and patchouli together isn’t a fave of mine, as they are both astringent notes, and this is what keeps it from getting the love. One of the other would have been enough.
I actually like the fir note here, which to me is the most interesting, and this is why I can’t pan it. I don’t detect much rose, or any other floral. It’s just earth. Wet, dirty, vibrant earth.
This is something I would wear while outdoors.
Scorpionman – :
Wow. This stuff knocked me over. It’s the first Providence scent I’ve smelled – and I’m quite impressed! The three prior reviewers expressed this scent beteer than I could, so I will leave you with their reviews to get a feel for what this juice is about. What I will add to the discussion is that I’m not at all convinced this cuts it as a unisex scent, as it strikes me as quite feminine. I have a ton of respect for it, so I will try it for a day soon – and update this review. I think I wish the patchouli was a bit pushier, but we’ll see what a day in its skin does for me…
=== UPDATE ===> As threatened, I decided to wear this for a day. I’m hard-pressed to consider it a unisex or non-feminine scent still. It does calm down after the initial rose burst (which is lovely – no doubt about it!), but it’s still quite a sweet configuration befitting a female scent IMO. I really wish the patchouli was more pushy to balance out the rose. Sillage is strong at the outset but quiets down quite a bite after about 45 minutes or so (on my skin – YMMV). Three hours after applying, the juice is extremely subtle on my wrists. As an all-natural affair, this I guess shouldn’t be too surprising.
Net-net, I think this is a lovely scent, but I’ll leave it to my daughter and wife to enjoy, not me 🙂 .
aless543 – :
i keep finding myself gingerly and greedily pushing the atomizer of the sample… there is this vivid and vintage opening to Rose Boheme that i cannot imbibe enough of!
and then i sit among the saffron carpets and sip tea listening to scarlet colored tales of agarwood and patchouli.
i wish i could drink the tinctured rose!
groverman – :
“Rose Boheme” is a deep, wet, tearose, balanced by a dry, sueded patchouli. The patchouli is intense but has a sweet, fresh quality to it that prevents it from ever entering “urine” territory. However, this is not a sanitized, buzzing patch; “Rose Boheme” is rich, truly boheme and has a dense, jammy quality to its rose-patch combo that’s almost liquored.
It could’ve easily been too much — both rose and patchouli could’ve been too dry and powdery – but as it is, the balance is perfect and neither of the main notes loses its distinct, nectar qualities and potency against the other. What we get is a cozy rose on a damp day, with travelling artists coming in from the cold to dry their coats by the fire. I really love this.
vitegor – :
This is gorgeous rose! It starts with strong aoud note and patchouli, but gradually mellows down to a beautiful feminine rose. Although, compared to the opening, the dry down is softer and closer to the skin, it is my favorite part – the rose is surprisingly warm and cozy, and I’m under the impression that there’s incense in it as well (but it also could be pine). The ‘texture’ of the dry-down slightly reminds me of the Andy Tauer’s Chypre Rose. Overall, I’m very pleased with Rose Boheme!