Description
Rose en Noir is made by Lyn Harris exclusively for Liberty. Lyn Harris, founder of Miller Harris fragrances, is one of classically trained noses. Using her 14 years of extensive fragrance experience, Lyn Harris has been creating the exclusive Miller Harris perfumes since 2000. Having first developed a passion for rare and unique ingredients during her time in Grasse France, it is this respect and constant search for the most unique and highest quality essences which defines Miller Harris scents.
Preserving the core of each note whilst blending innovative and distinctive perfumes, there is a scent in this exceptional collection for every, occasion, season and mood.
available as 100 ml EDP. Rose En Noir was launched in 2006.
Nikolas3030 – :
What I like of the Miller Harris’s scent I own (L’air de rien, La Pluie) is their dusty side. I hate clean perfumes. I’m not a rose perfume fan because too often those ones are fresh and clean. Lyn Harris really did an interesting interpreration of the so classic rose. For sure Lyn Harris is my favorite british nose. I would like to smell her new line Perfume H.
pepsi328 – :
Every stage of this beauty is heavenly to me. I wear it any time of year but particularly love it in very cold, damp weather (which we get plenty of here in the UK), it brings out the natural, moist character of the rose.
The rose is the star here and is evident throughout the life of the perfume. I just love the luscious, juicy open heart of a rose at the start with a little lift from the violet leaf and I usually overspray to get a load of that. But hey, that’s ok, because it’s an amazing composition and has no harsh or painful edges whatsoever.
Pepper, coriander and a perfectly soft, high quality, rounded dark tobacco note join with the rose so beautifully, seamlessly luring her into more daring, darker, denser aspects of her character. (I love tobacco and this is one of the best I have smelled).
The patchouli is a very mellow dark green dry earth, subtle, a supporting role. I also detect a black assam tea note. The cumin I don’t really smell, but I think it helps everything to merge with our lovely, natural human skin smells. And the ambrette musk is the soft peach skin bed it all rests on.
The base of this perfume is really very good, traces left on skin, clothes and hair make me want to burrow my nose deep into the smell. There is a richness to this and a sumptuous creaminess beneath the later stages which I adore, where does that come from? I don’t know but this stuff just loves my skin chemistry and I love it back.
Rose en noir – she’s a strong character who dances to her own tune, for sure, it took me a while to become accustomed to her, but now I know her, she is also warm, intimate and thoroughly engaging.
Sillage very good for a couple of hours then gets closer.
Longevity is awesome on my skin and my clothes.
VREJ.V – :
Sadly didn’t last on my perfume eating skin. It’s a lovely scent, but not riveting, I don’t stop in my tracks for it. L’Air de Rien lasts all day and half the night on me but not this Mama. At the price I’d stay with Tocade, (Budget) Nahema, or Annick Goutal’s roses. I have recently purchased the Rosines des Paris sample pack and found some rather lovely roses in there that last at least six hours on me. Try It!
kov-skaper – :
The Black Rose…
I always love trying creations from Miller Harris. I feel that Lyn Harris is a master perfumer who has a talent for making beautifully crafted and exceptionally natural smelling perfumes.Rose en Noir is a deep, dark spicy rose perfume which reminds me of other creations such as Rose 31 by Le Labo. I also feel that this is one best suited for night and formal wear. The combination and blend of strong, prominent rose with aromatic dry tobacco is really unique, which is combined with the spicy cumin, black pepper and coriander, dark patchouli (always a common combination with rose) and crisp violet leaf.
This is like a rose in darkness, shrouded in night and dark shadow. A very dusky rose perfume which is sultry and different. I recommend this one and actually find it very unisex (with just the right amount of spices). Nothing is cloying or overwhelming or out of place. It shows once again that Lyn Harris is a master perfumer and at the top of her game. Great stuff and worth trying out.
olegdoc1981 – :
WOW! this is gorgeous. It was a blind buy but as usual there were some good reviews here to assist me making my informed decision. Its definitely a smoky tobacco rose. It says for women but I think a fella could pull this off. Although it is a touch more towards the feminine. Ive smelt a good few rose fragrances and this one is joining my top 5. Yep, along with Portrait of a Lady and 4160 Tuesdays Raw Silk and Red Roses. Its all about a delectable red rose but there is plenty of spice and tobacco. I love how the violet leaf adds an edge. Its like an accent to these lovely notes. Id love this for evening wear. Moderate sillage and longevity which is pretty amazing for an MH fragrance. Treat yourself.
leha.klocha – :
Unusual, very spicy rose with a typical MH herbal/natural perfumery touch.
This rose is velvety and full of life, but it isn’t your typical rose soliflore, the flower is somehow overpowered by spices, at least in hotter weather.
Interesting thing – it smells hippy-like and mature at the same time. Not a blind buy material, it does not smell like anything you have tried before.
Heavy on coriander, pepper and tobacco. I think of a flamenco dancer as I smell Rose en Noir, she is a smoking lady, with dark hair, in her bordeaux velvet dress, right after the performance (therefore forget about right out of the shower type of smell; the smell is still rather clean though).
Very good quality, and an acquired taste. I quite like it, but won’t wear it until the temperatures get cooler: it’s too dense.
Both longevity and sillage are quite good.
zxcasd – :
i am a Miller Harris fan, i admit.
i find the fragrances always provide something unexpected and have a beautiful, almost haunting aromatic quality to them. They are modern perfumes, yet there is a hint of vintage. the ingredients smell more natural, more real. they almost glow with a happy healthy aura.
rose en noir is no exception.
this is a rose i can wear.
it is the only rose (so far) i can wear!
the notes are difficult for me to describe, as the rose is the star here, all the way through. she starts off wet, deep, yes jammy rose…green, there is rosewood too and the leaves…the whole rose! she then becomes a sexy (en noir?) rose, with slightly musky/powdery (amberette), slightly sweet, damp earthiness beneath. the violet leaf leaves sparkling silver dew drops of the rose petals. is there a slight smokey incense to my nose?…magic….
it’s as if the components of the red rose were taken apart and the accompanying notes were added to enhance each facet…these are the aromas that can not only hold a rose in a fragrance, but can compliment and uphold this particular deep, dark blooming MH red rose from her glorious blossoming to her beautiful dry down.
sillage is average and lasts several hours, longevity is 6-8 hours and counting. review for 50ml limited edition EDP.
ezikvinni – :
I love this, it evokes so many memories..it smells dark, gothic, reminding me of scents I would get walking down Camden market or Kensington market in the 80s…I can also smell incense reminding me of my grandmother burning incense sticks at her little Buddhist shrine for daily morning prayer…it also smells quite femme fatale
..and then on dry down I smell rose potpourri, very comforting..love it !
spedsipse – :
A nice rose but reminds me of the smell of dying wilting flowers?! Like the smell on dried roses!! It’s also very powdery like a very old vintage scent were they have gone crazy on the iris!!!! A little spray goes a long way thou!! Use with caution!!!!!
ponomarev2003 – :
I was frustrated by the lack of real information in the description, so I went online to find out what, exactly, was in this one. I love Miller Harris, but I’m not all that fond of rose perfumes. This is the description from the Miller Harris web site:
Ruby red raspberry fruits, violet leaf and hints of petit grain provide a tantalising introduction, while rich notes of Turkish rose Damascena and black pepper dominate the heart. Rose en Noir seductively draws down into a deeply rich velvet base of ambrette seed, tabac noir, vetiver and patchouli.
master13 – :
I adopted this one early, it was love at first spray. I’m not a fan of rose scents at all (although I like fresh, real roses) – and I made a grudging exception for La Fille de Berlin. But I LOVE this. It seems to get mixed reviews, though. It’s a big jammy rose underpinned with a lot of tobacco, musk and pepper; this is not the version of roses in “China Rose” by Floris, or Eau Rose by Diptyque; this is a whole different thing. And completely different to YSL Paris, too. Even if you like rose scents, it’s not a safe buy. It’s better if you come at it from liking tobacco scents, musk, and spicy florals. I’ve given it extra longevity by layering it with the body lotion and putting a spray on clothes, too. There may be no rhyme or reason to it, but this is a favourite and I’m hoarding the stuff. For me personally, 10/10 🙂
ingeloflierce – :
Really dark and smoky and warm/spicy but not at all fresh.. it reminds me a lot of black orchid and I don’t like it.. there’s way too much musk mallow and the rose is just inky
dwf781 – :
This rose comes out best in a moist atmosphere, when there’s a lot of humidity in the air. It’s also a full bodied rose scent, nothing sharp or jarring or green about it in my opinion. It is one of the better roses I have come across so far. I’m a fan :0)
gigdlcom – :
Picked this up in Gatwick Duty Free on the way to Cuba as I believed that it would project better and last longer in hotter climes – I was right – it was the perfect holiday fragrance.
Deep , jammy rose, slightly sweetened with violet underpinned with tobacco and patchouli – if Joy had a slutty little sister, this would be her .
Dry down is close to the skin – I found, as usual, that spraying on clothes of a scarf makes this scent last longer and project a bit more .
The cumin is there but its not so obvious as to make the overall effect “sweaty” which is what happens in a lot of scents , like (Amouage Epic) .
I would like to know exactly which rose molecules or absolute form the middle notes because its very , very nice indeed – its not overly rosy nor is it devoid of warmth .
For me, to work in a colder climate like England , I would like to see the Ambrette amped up a bit because it needs more longevity in the dry down .
Overall , a nice offering from Lyn Harris – just wish MH scents lasted longer or maybe I just become a bit anosmic when I have worn them for a couple of hours .
soutsroraps – :
Gorgeous dark rose. It really is. But it seemed to disappear after 2 hours on my skin. Am I the only one who had this problem ?
artcrime – :
Opens with a deep jammy rose, not too dissimilar to Fille de Berlin. I get no pepper or cumin, but I do get a distinctive dose of coriander, which remains right through into the drydown. The coriander gives the rose a slight metallic edge. Dries down to a musky rose with metallic coriander. Interesting but not for me. IMO there are better ‘noir’ roses out there.
Meanp599intitytek – :
This is a surprising oriental floral, based on rose, with a classical feel. When I arrived here in the database, the only note voted for on the diagram was rose. I voted for the other notes (besides cumin, I din’t notice it) because this isn’t a soliflore, there are other strong players. For example, Rose En Noir is full of tobacco off the top, and dries down to a clean, dry, leafy scent with a hint of spice.
I think it’s unique because at first it’s a spicy, smoky rose, but for an EDP the sillage is light and texture airy. I’m reminded of a black voile curtain in the bedroom of a country estate, fluttering by the breeze of an open window at evening. It has an element of greenness, but herbal green, an added layer not part of the rose itself… different from Malle’s Une Rose, which smells as much of actual rose stems as it does the petals!
I will purchase a larger decant of this scent to be able to wear it a few more times. I really enjoy the smoky opening and way it makes *me* feel naturally pretty. The sillage becomes almost too polite for me after 30 minutes of wear. With a larger decant, I can hopefully manage to increase the dose and enjoy this perfume for longer.
ira44 – :
When I first tested it, I thought: Soap en Noir. Nothing exciting, and not very pretty. And luckily, I got to test this one again, because today I did not get the soapy note at all…
There is a gap between the name and the scent though- ‘en noir’ suggests something dark and heavy, while Miller Harris’s rose is actually light, fresh and slightly sweet with a touch of green. Delicate, a bit powdery, makes me think a bit of JHaG’s Lady Vengeance, but is even more innocent.
It is a kind of a fragrance that I find easy to get infatuated with, but I do not think it is going to create desire or long lasting love. Nevertheless, a good one for people looking for fresh, green rose.
gubik – :
This has become one of my top fav dark rose and i had to have a full bottle.
The opening is a little too much of everything but it is evolving into a deep jammy rose that is a little smokey, little musky – thus i would not say it was a a definite soliflore. Smells quite unique to me having compared it to the roses i tried so far (smells better to me than legendary SL Rose Nuit or FM Une Rose – maybe it is only chemistry). Also it smells a little dated – but in a good way. A must try for rose lovers imho.
Longevity cca 6-7 hours, sillage noticeable in the first few hours, goes closer to skin after that.