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xkb730Unlogrere – :
I have been on a quest for some years for “My Perfect” Rose & Clove/Nutmeg Parfüme.
From what I’ve read and researched in addition to many purchases of trial, error & quite a bit of money. The problem I seem to have is that the ROSE note is not the dominant note.
Other perfumes of this type, the rose isn’t dominant and the spice/cloves get blended in to the point where I cannot really detect the true clove/nutmeg scent. It always ends up being a weak-background type rose. With a generic spice that’s poorly detectable.
What I’m looking for is a good Rose dominant note (Rose Front & Center) supported by a strong (but, not as strong as the rose) clove or nutmeg scent.
Honestly, I wouldn’t mind one or two additional notes from blending, enhancement and support.
This however, looks like it just may be EXACTLY what I’m looking for. I was wondering if the Rose note is the Dominant note and long lasting. If the nutmeg has a fairly prodominate stance as well. I just wanted some feedback before I purchase the juice. It’s not exactly inexpensive. I don’t mind spending the money. But, I’d like to get a little feedback first.
xyq251Bessinepome – :
The rose perfume for the gardener, who grows heritage roses, and knows what they really smell like. It opens with the hot summery smell of blooming antique roses. You can feel the warmth as the aroma wafts up from the petals. In the drydown, musk is more noticeable, giving the accord a powdery animalic shadow. The rose still shines, but with shimmery diffusion and a hint of geranium and lemon. One of the best rose perfumes out there.
fedya250475 – :
The rose note in this perfume is gorgeous, but the supporting notes don’t work for me at all. I get a strong, pencil shaving kind of cedar and a loud musk. The opening is strong and harsh with roses and the kind of geranium that smells like a citronella candle. After the initial blast, the sillage is minimal and the longevity is moderate. This perfume smells different every time I wear it, and it not a particularly well blended composition. The notes stand out prominently from each other as the perfume progresses. The rose note is really the only element that could be interpreted as feminine– I consider this one unisex.
fergana – :
Poor Man’s Kazimi:
Hear me out before you throw tomatoes.
Perris has created a very nice hothouse rose floral perfume here and it is deserving of your attention. If you like Agonists Dark Saffir or Tiziana Terenzi’s Gold Rose and Oud: this is a familliar scentscape.
Immediately after spraying, I thought this was going to be a projection MONSTER because of how hard it hit my nose at literal arms length-bery few fragrances do that for me. But that was not to last.
About 15 minutes post-application it fell asleep and while I could catch tiny whifs of it, it remained close to the skin from there on out for the rest of it’s lifespan of a few hours. At point blank, nose-to-skin I can no longer smell it a mere 3.5 hours later.
Now, I say this is a “poor mans Kazimi” because the masterpiece from House of Matriarch is a photorealistic hothouse rose explosion. I feel like it radiates heat waves and the fog of an overstocked greenhouse. Rose de Taif reminds me a whole helluva lot of that vibe, and that kind of heat and humidity.
Nowhere near as memorable and nowhere near the staying power but there is a place for a shortlived, non-standard rose based scent in some situations and I do find it entirely unisex so maybe as a “close encounter” scent: this could be a good choice.
Scent: 7/10 it’s good but not pure magic.
Longevity: 3/10 wham bam thank you mam…man? Whatever you are into.
Projection: 9/10 at first spray but swiftly mellows to a 3/10. You can go heavy if you can survive the initial overload.
Sillage: I couldn’t detect any so to be fair 1/10.
Would I buy a full bottle? No. I already have Kazimi and honestly in this genre, I think Agonists Dark Saffir is a better choice-if a tad more feminine, and Tiziana Terenzi’s Gold Rose oud is closer to Portrait of a lady then it i to Kazimi.
Andrei1488 – :
صانع هذا العطر استطاع بمهارة يحسد عليها ان يضع لنا رائحة الوردة الطائفية بكل ما فيها من عذوبة ونداوة في زجاجة
Jazzmaster – :
If you like this kind of rose scent, try Montale’s Highness Rose–less screechy. (This one is just too sharp and unbalanced)
АлинаРыжило – :
Wow realistic Rose de Taif, a Persian Oriental rose. I smell the spicy notes of nutmeg as it opens along with citrus and the geranium. For the most part it’s a rose scent but this is not a girly rose, not a candied rose not a fruited rose or shampoo rose or soapy rose. It’s a strong masculine rose with musk. There is enough musk to give it a depth and complexity. It smells the way I imagine a young prince from ancient Baghdad would have smelled like after scenting his hair and clothes with this fragrance. An evening cologne for sure, very sexy and formal, aromatic and elegant. It has a very long life as most musky scents have and wears better in the winter time. I bought one for myself and one for a male friend of mine who loves musky scents. This kind of perfume makes me sigh in relief that perfumers out there still know how to produce a good fragrance. Luxurious and smells expensive.This is a fragrance for both women and men although I find it more masculine than feminine. Even so amazing and beautiful fragrance.
murzik01 – :
Rose de Taif is a pure rose fragrance. At first spray you get a full blast of pure rose. Then as it dries down you get the geranium and some spiciness. The rose shines throughout the day in this fragrance. I was walking up a flight of stairs this morning and the lady behind me said “I wish the stairs were longer, so I could smell you more.” She loved it and when I told her it was “unisex” she asked for the name. Rose de Taif is beautifully put together and lasts and lasts.
499597088 – :
Well it definitely would smell purely ِِArabian, that’s why it’s called Rose de Taif “ورد طائفي” Taif rose grows in Saudi Arabia besides Taif is an area about 80 KM away from Macca in Saudi Arabia.
mar – :
Sorry to write a bad review but I expected fresh pink roses but this is more of an arabian rose mixed with what smells like pepper. I don’t like it.
grisem – :
Starts up so sharp, give it 15 mins & you’ll smell nothing but pure sweet rose. Perfectly blends with pure oud oil (dahn oud) ,stays whole day on my cloths .. Suitable for those who want pure rose scent.
LGadPazzL – :
As Perris Monte Carlo, is a brand I would normally associate with bling (given the all-gold packaging), this isn’t normally the sort of brand I would have even sampled. But having recently read about the Taif rose, I was intrigued and gave it a go.
Rose de Taif in all its simplicity is a rose scent like so many others. Except that this one is so much more. Admitedly the opening seems quite harsh – the lemon/bergamot appear quite medicinal and out of place – yet given time, the rose begins to exude its gloriously sweet (but not gourmand by any means), incensy, dry and resinous composition, caused by the luscious musks in the base and spiced very delicately with the nutmeg. Geranium is listed in the notes pyramid, but its role is very much subdued here – like the disruptive child in the classroom that always sits at the back of the class. The base is wonderfully put together, keeping the rose sweet, woody, resinous and yet still manages to stay strong throughout.
The rose itself isn’t very green at all (contract this with Diptyque’s L’Ombre Dans L’Eau). I’d say this fragrance compares with a geranium-starved Czech & Speake No. 88. Although, legendary as that fragrance is, there are no associations here with Turkish delight or any other similar rose-scented Middle Eastern drinks or confectionary. The rose is really quite bold, dry, slightly darkened, very delicately sweetened and incredibly bright and strong throughout the scent’s progression to the point that one could mistake this fragrance for an Amouage creation.
The scent leaves a very hard and unmistakable trail in the extreme dry down – I can smell it quite vividly on clothes days after application. Rose de Taif (perhaps accenuated by the musks) is a chypre-like quality, meaning this is essentially a floral-chypre.
Superbly put together and worth a full bottle if you are a rose lover.
bbfemale78 – :
this toilet rose drawn in a bucketfull of chemical musks, actually burnt my nose. to quote Colin, at some point it becomes a mosquito repellent. This is as awful as Montale’s Attar. stick to YSL Paris.
artemaparin – :
This is such a rose! I am a rose lover, & this one takes it to the next level. It is like entering the heart of the rose coloured by the Nightingales’ blood.
graf_BAS – :
wow amazing juice in the openning i get a lot of citrus ,special lemon with rose the dry down is powdery floral with little nugmet and musk !!this fragrance is very sophisticated and unique as the same time ..definitely unisex.
smell 10/10
longevity excellent
versatile 8.5/10
sillage 8.5/10
overall 9/10
сониерексон112233 – :
On me it is a soliflore. Fresh, crispy, juicy rose. At the beginning it is a little bit sour. Later develops absolutely wonderful, round and classy. As if you entered a beautiful rose garden. Lasts for ages
artbrag – :
I love pure rose smell. I used to wear Tea Rose for that romantic freshness so Liberty and “Elfy”.
Here there is a pure red rose, dark bitter smell, I had 1 ml (paid a fortune) of the absolute of rosa damascena. And Rose de Taif is so close to that.
I have a small vial of RdT but I took some months to fully understand this fragrance. To accept that I mean. Pure rose smell always make me think to a Demake-up. And this fragrance in winter is not totally appreciable. cause it is a cold scent. In summer and spring, or sunny days in autumn is perfect. Not at night time I presume.
I think this can be the real “rose for man” fragrance without be too feminine. Because of the strong geranium I think. This geranium and lemon side make this fragrance a bit of bug spray (I always wonder if people around me is thinking there is a mosquito’s candle lighted somewhere in a corner), but this side in some way is needed to keep the fragrance dark bitter and serious aspect and avoid the suffocating or sweet and annoying side of the traditional rose perfumes.
I don’t think despite the price you can find pure oil rose inside this because the durability of this creation is so long lasting (the day after) that the final price would be scandalous (now is around 140/160 euros x 100ml).
But I really like this scent.
Intriguing.
asterix696 – :
Bitter rose in middle eastern style, extrimly long lasting, can smell it on me a next day. Single note perfume, not complex, but opulent and sexy.
vgdbgmwfwm – :
This is a real, fresh, citrusy rose. So citrusy, in fact, that it reminds me of citronella wax candles they use in gardens to fend off mosquitoes.
If it wasn’t for that association, which makes it a bit uncomfortable for me, I’d say it’s a great precious rose: even better than Ormonde Jayne’s Ta’If, where the gorgeous rose is somewhat drowned in excess pepper to ruin the authenticity.
yevgen50 – :
*Sniffing my arm repeatedly*…”Oh i get it, this is a habit.” Just thought I’d join the parade and echo the sentiments of my Fragrantica contemporaries. Rose de Taif is the real deal. This has what I call sneaky sillage. I couldn’t detect the fragrance after 4 hours but a co worker of mine followed me around the facility to give praise to the scent. Being stalked is the best co-sign one could ever receive(fragrantically speaking). Accords appearing in this order: Rosy, Sour, Green, Powdery then Herbal.
TitHoonna – :
This Rose de Taif is the best perfume rose in the world relative to the nature of the components
Longevity on the skin and clothing very cool, and around me who feel the scent
I loved it
BreetEthece – :
This is a great rose of Middle East type with many other things going on. The quality here is far superior to most things smelled around. I wore Ambre Gris for a while because I had a sample and was amazed at the quality of these perfumes. Rose de Taif as a concept is another “classic” of eastern perfumery, but it’s not that simple.
I tried a few times from tester and I enjoyed every second of this perfume on my skin.
sergeytelkov – :
Altolhough I can strongly notice the deep and bitter fragrance of the absolut of damask rose, like la fille de (lutens) Berlin, this fragrance has a tendency to veer too much to a geranium/citronella oil (cymbopogon nardus) that make me think so much to those natural repellent products vs mosquitos.
But anyway I find it nice. Invigorating. Expecially in the summer, and if you don’t like unexpected bites:that’s perfect!
Longevity and sillage are enormous expecially on clothes.
P.S.: Eureka. It smell like the leafs of the pelargonium capitanum. And Palmarosa also (cymbopogon martini).