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PogisseBemi – :
Tangerine rose? Slightly sweet. I’m not sure why, but this simply doesn’t leave a strong impression on me.
GeateIdewaype – :
Pretty, youthful juicy rose scent, i can’t find a mistake in it.
If somebody’s got a usen’t flacon, please let me know, i really want to buy it.
домовенок – :
Roses are not necessary my thing unless they are in combination with Oud. I have tried gazillions of rose fragrances and never found one that I loved, until now. Rose de Siwa surprises with its freshness and woodiness, slightly green and also powdery. The rose sparks with youthful sweetness, only to dry down to a more sensual scent where the violet and cedar become more prominent. There is some soapiness after all the juicy nuances are gone, but that always happens to me when musk is present. I like that this creation is more unisex, possibly with the help of vetiver, because it never becomes that classic rose scent that I get from most of the ones I tested before.
ppmakar92 – :
Pretty but not that special for the price. Less expensive roses do the job. If this was a normal price, I would own it since I collect rose frags. It is all rose in the top, green and jammy from the fruit quality, then gets a bit more soapy as the peony and violet enter to soften it. Dries down sharp and green rose.
Jackie89 – :
Gorgeous, juicy fresh opening with luminous litchi and sparkling fresh rose. The rose has a sharp green quality. It is very tart, floral, and a bit sweet. During the initial moments, the freshness is almost minty. The peony arrives in a rather obvious manner just 5 minutes after the party has started. Once things settle in, this becomes sort of a strange dichotomy that I can’t figure out. One moment it is a pretty, youthful scent with freshness, fruits, and flowers. Rose and peony compete for the spotlight. The next moment it’s soapy rose-scented potpourri that I smelled in my aunts house in the early 90s. The latter seems very matronly. There is this battle going on between maiden and matron. Back and forth, back and forth. Who will win? Someone else. It turns a little soapy and harsh and stings my sinuses. I found this interesting, but it ultimately gave me a headache. I like it, but its not for me.
Witaliy56 – :
Beautiful, sweet rose-based perfume. This is a lovely fragrance of which the rose is the star but she’s not sexed-up, spiced up, candied nor fruited. She’s a powdery rose with a distinct sweetness of litchi which opens the scent. The peony and hawthorn are detectable but it is the violet that once it joins the rose which congeal into a powder. I was surprised at first. I thought Rose de Siwa would be an Oriental rose but it’s more of a French boudoir. I feared the fragrance would turn too powdery but its saving grace is the woodsy notes. The cedar is solid and it provides a good support for the flowers. The vetiver as in any vetiver is always a marvelous base note. It provides the scent with a touch of spice and strength. Finally the whole thing dries down to a warm musk. This perfume is elegant, feminine, romantic and sweet. It’s also quite soft. MDCI perfumes are normally quite strong and aromatic but this one is by far their softest fragrance. It’s even appropriate to wear to bed to help you sleep. It’s quite delicate and even though the price is rather too high for such a pillowy soft scent, it’s worth it. I spray this stuff all over my bedroom and the scent gently falls over my pillow and I dream of roses.
cаша1996 – :
Rosy Litchi cologne water. Floral fruits combination.
I don’t know about this house, it seems they are releasing fragrances just like that! an amazing bottle design without anything special inside! and unfortunately i want so bad to love one of their fragrances other than liking just to have a reason to own one bottle but i can’t. i’ll just try few more times & will see, i might love one one day and eventually get one bottle!
Mebsa995elipseskism – :
A sweet, pink, fruity, rosy rose with a green and slightly herbal backdrop. It’s quite luminous and airy and does a nice job of splitting the difference between sweet and spacious so it never really overwhelms. It goes a bit soapy right away, but the soap’s kept in check — as are the bitter facets of the rose which are trimmed so all that remains is the olfactory impression of the petals themselves. Vivid, sweet, and like many of MDCI’s offerings, extremely dated-smelling. It’s nicely put together and very coherent, yet doesn’t have anything new to say. Classy and classical, it smells like it could exist both in the 1890s as well as the 1980s. A good one for bingo night.
djstarshoy – :
Pink roses with litchi and peony on a bed of soft woody musk. Slightly sweet yet fresh and pretty thanks to a hint of cedar and vetiver in the base. It does not smell sour on my skin; There is a violet note which can sometimes come across that way. Like all MDCI fragrances that I have tried thus far, RdS is an elegant scent which has a formal feel to it. It last about four hours on my skin but I can smell it all day on my clothes. A great scent for spring but can be worn year round. It is very feminine and ladylike. If the color pink were a smell, it would smell like Rose di Siwa.
u_m_b_r_o_086 – :
Very high class, very intelligent and aged freshness. Definitely ms rose, some lichee, peony and … Musk! As I feel it, it is for 25-35 y.o. ladies, mature enough to appreciate it, but not moved yet into dark and heavy stuff … In one word – class, upper that is!!! 7.5/ 10
alina_pascari – :
This reminds me VERY much of Le Labo’s Rose 31 when it finally settles on the skin. I get the same magenta rose dipped in chrystalized cinnamon candy. There is no mention of spice above, maybe that is an error? This is very spicy when first applied to my skin. Peppery at first, and then becomes more like the cinnamon candy I mentioned. As the perfume dries down, I smell the occasional whiff of woody cedar, anchored by an earthiness that seems indicative of vetyver.
All in all, this is a GORGEOUS rose perfume. It smells much more complex than I expected of it. There is a layered effect to the scent, where I perceive individual notes in short bursts at different times, yet that lovely pink-magenta rose is alway prominent. Sillage is comfortable, not a skin scent, but still very appropriate in the office. A hard-to-resist-rose!
Edit 10/26/14: Today I was walking in the park, and my boyfriend stopped me because he knows I love to smell roses. He led me over to a small bush with several small, magenta roses. When I sniffed, I was amazed, as they smelled IDENTICAL to this perfume–even the spice of the perfume, which I had never noticed in a real rose before.
ench – :
I think the name of this perfume belies its true notes. I get much more peony and violet from this fragrance than rose. The rose becomes much more of a background note, and I think the words fresh, delicate, clean are the best descriptors of Rose de Siwa. This is a good everyday scent for daytime use. Good for office wear. I can’t imagine anyone not liking its sweet, light odor.
The cedar becomes much more apparent after wearing it for awhile, and it also becomes just the slightest bit soapy.
I don’t get anything animalic or dirty or bitter from this! The sweetness of cedar is the most nonfloral note that emerges. This is so light, in fact, you will definitely have to touch up during the day. Very low sillage. So if you’re looking for a strong, earthy rose, this is the antithesis! I do love it, though, and did make a purchase. Just don’t go off of the name for an idea of what it’s like.
yelena.gubarenkova – :
The opening of Rose de Siwa is watery and clean but the aquatic notes dissapears after some time. In the heart it’s a green natural rose and in the end the cedar is more pronounced. It’s somehow very uncluttered, almost a minimalistic rose. The projection is week to moderate and the longevity is good.
It stays true to it’s initial promises and it’s quite beautiful if you like this kind of green and a little tart roses. I prefer them more sweet, rich and voluptous like Une Rose by Malle or Guerlain Nahema.
hks01 – :
This selection from the MDCI collection features rose in a composition reminiscent of Chloé Chloé, on the one side, and Keiko Mecheri Mogador, on the other. In fact, to my nose Rose de Siwa lies precisely at the intersection of those two perfumes.
The open, watery quality of the rose can seem closer to Chloé or to Mogador, depending on the weather and various other uncontrollable factors. Today, with the rain pouring down after an intense period of humidity, I find it closer to Chloé, which is not my favorite rose perfume. On a dry night, I have in the past found this composition to be much closer to Mogador, which I love.
Other reviewers have noted an intense animality in this perfume which entirely escapes me. To me, this is clean, clean, clean, with an abstract edge as is found in nearly every new floral perfume on the Sephora wall. At the same time, there appears to be some real rose juice here somewhere as well, otherwise it would not smack so much of Mogador and the exemplary perfume values of Keiko Mecheri and the superlative skill of Calice Becker.
I am confident that anyone who likes Chloé would appreciate this scent, under any and all conditions. I still prefer Mogador, but Rose de Siwa is enjoyable to wear, and I’ll certainly drain my 10 ml decant, though I do not see a full bottle in my future.
alekseimahno – :
I get the rose and peony, a very floral scent for me. Just the faintest touch sweet, must be the lychees, but I don’t really get any lychee smell nor enough sweetness to point to fruity, just the faintest sense that there’s something non-floral in there. I also get a lot of the powdery scent to it. It’s a nice scent, just not something I could imagine turning a lot of heads.
Reminds me faintly of JHAG’s Lady Vengeance.
VodolaZzz – :
A brutally animalic rose. I’ll give it this – it’s unlike any other rose I’ve ever smelled. If you took my complaints about the usual rose fragrances and said, well maybe he doesn’t like rose oil because there isn’t enough, that’s this fragrance. An absolute _bomb_ of rose. I’d never touch it. And certainly not at the price. If you’re looking for a rose to drop a couple hundred bucks on, go for Rose Barbare or Rose Ikebana. They won’t clear the room like this.
Scent: 1/10
Overall: 1/10
UtindySliny – :
Between this, chloe and indult, this is the clear winner. I got a VERY large sample pack from this line, and I kept this one in a spray decant. It is very potent and sweet (much more than the others with similar notes), smelling like a beautiful perfume based off of guerlain body products. The litchi and rose- with a hint of violet is gorgeous with great projection. It is very long lasting and likable, albeit expensive. I dont think it will be a FB for me, but I still have a large, full sample. If the price is too high, I would suggest a sample of Chloe EDP, which also has the lichi/rose. This is my favorite rose by a long shot, next being lady v- which is completely different. I dont love this combination of notes enough to own all 3, and the large sample will last me forever. I find it sweet and wearable.
unfixAnnext – :
mr turin should give at least 8 stars for that – mr kurkgjian: bravo! that is it
each woman should spray it at least one time –
a rose is a ros – i find it animalic almost civet animalic warm amine notes – am i right here! this somehow makes it outstynding
comments pls ladies
hyperintense and lasting babies…
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dimonqwertyuiop – :
Slightly plasticy at first application. Quickly faded down into a softer powdery type rose fragrance with just a tinge of green. Drydown brought a bit of spice with musk with the rose balanced out by the other floral notes which seemed to move a bit more forward. I don’t find the rose heavy handed – it’s there but not obnoxious. Might be a good choice for someone who doesn’t want a rose intensive fragrance. Not overly long lasting.
Ramses – :
Thanks to the web sources dedicated to scents, that I read daily with keen interest, and to the opening of a high end perfume shop in my city, I learned about MDCI (read “Medici”) Parfums, sampled some of their products and entered into the rare perfumes world.
For a different world it is. Rose de Siwa is made of a dosen types of roses, as the boutique staff told me, and it is not built in the pyramidal scent structure, but in one which revolves around itself to return to the opening.
For me the difference between MDCI and popular perfumes is like that between honey and sugar, white sugar. Honey is natural, yet extremely sweet, with a multitude of blends and subtle aromas, while sugar bursts with un unhealthy strong sweetness which is monotone and disappointing in the aftermath.
Rose de Siwa lasted all day long on my wrist, it didn’t fade, but in the same time it was strong without being agressive, as it mixed in a secret way with my epiderm. The scent itself is rose, dark red rose, growing in a baroque residence among heavy curtains and precious furnitures. A bitter and old fashioned rose.