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zloii – :
I just have to say that this is an extremely strong jammy rose. The lasting power is amazing! I sprayed this before work at 7 am, and 12 hours later I could still smell it has if I just had sprayed it. Potent stuff! The Rose is there throughout, and the Resins just accentuate the Rose by making it feel syrupy. It’s a fantastic scent!
ggoo – :
رائحة الورد الطبيعيه تتجلى كثيرا في هذا العطر
لم يشد انتباهي لدرجة الاعجاب الكبير برغم جماله
الورد هو الاكثر بروزا طول مراحل العطر.. عطر خطي تقريبا
مناسب لاوقات المساء المعتدله والبارده
7/10
zolvic – :
This one swings for the fences. Wow what projection. Theres something off putting in close at the start up, but who cares, its gorgeous. Its a juicy citrus deeply resinous sweet rose. Niche and beyond performance. Beautiful.
WeamoN – :
Very nice scent.
Very, very sweet rose.
Was very familiar smelling and then it hit me… It is a sweeter more rose-centric version of Flowerbomb, but more unisex.
Highly recommended.
genia 1403 – :
It’s a strong extract of rose. It’s thick and syrupy. A honeyed, resinous orangy red rose… but there’e something ugly that smells like coca cola or lemon juice with a lot of sugar I’m not sure… It’s also very masculine and woodsy. Reminds me of eating rose kompot with sour lemon juice near a campfire.
fuy390speagoessenda – :
Rose is an extract de parfum…super potent, ludicrous longevity and heavy silage. I’m a heavy sprayer, but with this one I’m carefull and use only 2 sparys…
This is a bombshell va va va voom kind of fragrance… It’s for the playful & cheeky seductress…fully aware of her charms…very flirty…could be a Scarlet Johansson in the movie He’s just not that into you…
One spray for a casual day out, two for the evening…not an office fragrance. Great value for money. Overall I love it… I love Andy amd whatever he comes up with… This along with Patch are my fav Taurville.
bbaasterrasay – :
Hi can anyone tell me are the edp and the extrait the same scent or do they differ a bit? If so, how?
*Does this only come in an extrait? I could’ve sworn I saw it listed as an edp somewhere..
atlant777 – :
So I purchased this is as a blind buy after searching YouTube for Rose scents. Once I got it I loved it immediately. I sprayed a bit on me to test it and went to the gym (I don’t make a habit of wear fragrances to the gym) and I was surprised after a sweaty, intense workout the scent persisted!
It’s addictive to say the least. I wore this to work today and in a meeting literally everyone that walked in commented on how great it smelled. I had to admit it was a bit overwhelming receiving so many wonderful compliments all at once, so if you’re the shy type, stay away! Lol. I plan to try the Fruitchouli scent next!
The longevity on this scent is amazing!
Meemx411JeomiWogkig – :
I just donned Rose Flash in front of my husband (one spray) and he immediately remarked “does something smell like sweet stale beer in here?” I held my wrist to his nose. It was Rose Flash. This one may be going up for swap soon. I guess it doesn’t agree with my skin. Also wanted to add that he’s a huge fan of Lonestar Memories and enjoys several of Tauer’s other roses, both on me and on himself. So strange…
sa_sh_ka – :
What a fantastic rose scent. I agree that this is under-presented. There is nothing “flash” or brief about this. It is green, sweet, jammy and big. It is a lot of rose – and strong and diffusive, too. If you have been looking for the perfect rose soliflore, this must go on your list.
I love a rose scent, especially if it has incense and/or woods, amber, patchouli, leather… basically, something to make it dark and shivery. For that reason, Rose Flash was beautiful but not quite what I was looking for. However, when I wore Rose Flash with Incense Flash I was totally in my element – fantastic.
V1perus – :
Sweet, earthy, with a little green sort of rose. Excellent balance. Profoundly heartful. If you want to know what a healthy relationship is, love that lasts a lifetime, let this fragrance dry down a while, then inhale deeply. Rest your nose on your skin. Let this fragrance instruct you in the nuances of love and life. Worldclass fragrance. Comfortable like an old shoe — my highest compliment!
buttler – :
jammy sweet rose with green edges
edvard7074 – :
Rose Flash presents a fragrance conundrum for me to ponder. On one hand, I am a big fan of the Tauerville lineup and have seven of them (if you include the Stories Collection) proudly displayed in my Scent Armory. On the other hand, I have a very difficult time with the note of rose due to olfactory nightmares of my grandmother and her bridge buddies, all doused with rose perfume, while getting liquored up on a Sunday afternoon. But I purchased a bottle regardless due to how much I loved the others.
This is a jammy rose with very solid performance in that it lasts a solid 12-hours on my skin and projects very well for 4-5 hours. While I am not a fan of Rose Flash on my heavily testosterone laden skin, I didn’t mind wearing it…even though I didn’t realize three sprays were so potent. Moreover, I really love smelling this on the ladies and encourage my girlfriend to wear this as often as she wishes.
Final verdict is that I love smelling this fragrance on the ladies, but I’m not likely to wear Rose Flash on my skin. Cheers!
grovymike – :
this is by far my favorite rose – a jammy luscious rose you can sink your teeth in. the silage is enormous, so spritz with care. i also have the rose delight body oil from tauer – i haven’t layered this combo yet, but i read it works.
SoyhomeHomhen – :
omg… unbelievable scent.
amirite?
pasha1992 – :
I don’t care if someone says it’s feminine. I’m a straight, single guy and I’m gonna wear the hell out of it this winter. I want to be a walking Turkish delight.
alixxx – :
It’s boozy, deep, jammy delicious rose. It has serious staying power. Serious sillage….It is so rich. Stunning. I can’t wear anything else right now – I am obsessed.
stefanovich – :
Agony by Egon Schiele 1912
sarahwestmorelander – :
mouth-watering…
such a bliss!
Geier – :
this is a rose scent or rosewater scent ? who knows abaut it? please help me.
Gilopon – :
Wow, this is loud ROSE!
Rose Flash really matches its name. It’s rose, rose and rose, a thick scent, as if it would drip from the skin, with both the jammy and the soapy aspects of rose, but a tendency to the jammy side. It’s warm and sweet and strong and heavy and smells like quality.
If this was a color, it would be hot/deep pink (though not neon pink, it’s not cold and shrill). I think a hot pink outfit (nothing too casual!) and Rose Flash would make a good match, or maybe a black dress and bright pink lips.
Although it mellows down after a time and the woody and resinous notes are clearly there, while I tested I noticed that this is too much rose for me. I might like rose more blended with other notes and I find this just doesn’t match with my looks and personality at the moment.
If you love roses, you MUST try this nevertheless. You can order a set of 3 samples from the Tauerville site and the service is great. I even got a fourth sample and a hand written card with them. So nice.
Typepreept – :
The creation of Rose Flash has to be one of the more subversive acts in perfume history. Tauer himself has described his desire to make a perfume which upends commercialist patterns of wealth-based status acquisition and I think this was the very perfume he alluded to.
How so? It is an incredible fragrance in terms of sillage and longevity, complex, rich, beyond satisfying even to the most rose-starved of noses. It is not just Turkish delight, it is what Turkish delight smells like in the hand of a witch to a freezing, hungry child. The ingredients are impeccable, framing real rose absolue.
But: because of its low price, budget-friendly brand, simple packaging, and lack of an elaborate, market-researched backstory, it will likely never attract the frantic fan base that much lesser rose fragrances have acquired. This despite the coy urgings of Tauer to “Trust your nose.”
If Tauer had tripled the price and called it something like Rose D’une Courtisane Triste or Cadeau de la Sorcière du Nord, the reviews would be raving and everyone would feel they have to have it.
But I and my humble little wallet am grateful that he created this treasure precisely as he did.
wilman – :
This is a jammy, sweet, resinous rose. So thick and dense, it feels like you could chew on it. The jammy rose is matched—and nearly overwhelmed—by the resins, spice, and incense-like notes. In the dry down, it started to smell a little dirty, at least on my skin, sort of reminiscent of unwashed hair. Didn’t work out for me.
Aliplok – :
This was a blind buy for me, even though I live close to Scent Bar. The jammy rose description was spot on, but this also has a similarity to Coco in the drydown that I wasn’t expecting–not that it’s a bad thing (I love Coco). For me, the juicy/jammy feel is only around for the beginning and then it takes on that resinous, spicy rose approach. Even though some have described it as linear, there is definitely a progression on me–I notice it more with each passing day (it has been just a week and I’m so smitten that it’s been the only scent I’ve chosen to wear EVERY day, for both afternoon and night).
This is a sexy (but not trashy) little black dress of a perfume that will make you feel beautiful and mysterious even if you’re in jeans and sneakers. I am not a huge rose fan but this is now a vital part of my scent wardrobe. Really recommended!
sherem90 – :
This is stunning. Voluptuous super sweet and resinous so still slightly bitter rose. I love that Andy Tauer gets that this kind of extreme, buttery sweetness needs some citric bitterness to counteract – citrus peel and earthy rather than “bergamotty”. Don´t worry, though, sweet lovers- this is VERY sweet, BUT it´s also interesting, slightly smoky in its resin/incense notes and deeply berry-ish – strawberries rather than raspberries come to mind. But the berry notes feel like they just come from the rose being intensified, so there is no fake berry present to my nose. It also has a clean, toned down woodiness to it. I hate to say it; but I could REALLY bathe in this. Edit: This. Lasts. Forever. I sprayed it yesterday at 6pm and today before I showered at 6pm again it was still going almost full force! 12 hours. It would have lasted a lot longer.
jliya230896 – :
I had this for a long time, but I do not remember formally wearing it, so I am giving it a try for the first time, and this is the kind of “perfume” (as it labeled) that you don’t need much on and does a good job. It has a loud opening but it mellows down nicely, I got it after I got excited about rose base fragrances but I don’t think it will be on my top shelf, but is not bad, most likely I will keep it.
lilifk14 – :
I love the Tauer line, but I hesitated trying the “flash” series thinking they were “lesser” in some way. They are fabulous so far. Thinking the rose would leave me lukewarm, I was really pleasantly surprised by the depth, heft, and richness of this deep, jammy, sour-sweet, dark beefy rose (not a dewy spring rose). There is a slight lift at the beginning, and then it becomes fairly linear for a while–lush rich, resinous rose, the way a rose, gothic, heavy, “should” smell like in our imagination. It does veer sweet, so those who like “lemony” notes, dewey fresh softness, or more peppery may not find this to be “their rose”–though it does go through those notes initially, and, if you bury nose to wrist, you can find them.
While this isn’t a real rose–it’s a real rose on steroids under the heat. It’s a hyper-realistic rose, where every lemony aspect, dark syrupy sweetness, and peppery wood note converges in a swirl of deep reds and purples and trails off eventually into incense.
So, while they’re not the “same”–Malle’s Portrait of a Lady, and Serge Lutens’ Rose de Nuit are similar enough that if you like either one of those, you may like this. Conversely, if those price points leave you reeling, then this rose may delight. I have a lot of the Nuit, but my POAL is running out. When it goes, I’m probably going to stick with Tauer. The differences are there, but the genre is so similar, and I enjoy them both, that Tauer takes my purse. Also, I like Andy Tauer and his work.
Silage and longevity are fantastic–really great quality, and another reason to love the more affordable Rose Flash.
Goremyka – :
Holy jammy rose! I’m in love
filev – :
It’s been a long time since I’ve written a review, but I will do my best to describe what I have experienced with this one:
First off, I am not a fan of rollerballs. I like the option of spraying on my clothes since my skin does sometimes strange, sometimes wonderful or not so and probably unique things to fragrances. It works with this one. I can’t say your results will be the same.
This opened very bitter on me. Crushed red rose petals with leaves and stems and a good handful of sour sorrel or lemon balmy herb. I do not get the impression of actual fruit in this citrus. This stage was something for me to suffer through for about 20 minutes before the bitterness subsided and the amber started peeking through. After a couple hours, a delicate almost salty wood grounds a sweet, amber dusted rose. This part was worth the wait. I’m still curious to see how this would behave sprayed on fabric.
mantana999 – :
I’m not always a fan of roses. I have to be in the mood for them. But when the mood strikes – this is exactly what I want. It’s a deep, super sweet, concentrated jammy rose. I’m not sure how Andy Tauerville managed to concentrate this true rose smell, but it’s amazing. If only actual roses were this fragrant and deep.
This was a blind buy for me, an incredible value, and of the highest quality.
mu4a – :
If we were cooking, Tauerville Rose Flash would be a demi-glace. The Resin and oud don’t seem like additions to the rose, rather they seem to be reinforcements magnifying the roses true essence. The jellied sweetness also seems to come from the rose being condensed rather than from sugar. It doesn’t project so much as radiate from the body, and lasts for days. For me this is holy grail stuff. Truly unisex; I think it smells amazing on a man.
севирус – :
Holy mother of turkish delight! This smells just like my beloved Rose Jam, but with more of a food-y vibe to it. I have smelled a LOT of rose fragrances in my time on fragrantica, and this is one of my favorites. It’s definitely not a photorealistic rose or a mainstream candy rose–it’s lovely sweet, rich, jammy turkish delight with a dusting of powdered sugar on top. I didn’t find the sillage to be overwhelming at all, but then again I’m testing in cold weather! Definitely a quality scent, as I’ve come to expect from Andy Tauer.
Sound_1 – :
Great take on rose but way too sweet for me. Will pass on a bottle but I can appreciate what Mr. Tauer did here.
portak – :
For me this comes across as quite feminine, but personally I find it too sweet, far too sweet… it opens like jelly ( Jello ) for the Americans, turnings into a sugary sweet jammy rose, hyper sweet.. It gives me a headache, mild longevity…
I really don’t appreciate this one
Italmas – :
The first time I sprayed this I felt I was in a Turkish land, even though I have never been there but in my imagination, this is what the smell would be like…. The rose in it is heavenly, sweet and almost delicious in a way that would be edible if it were a food.
There is a delicacy in the Far East known as ‘Murabba’ which is not exactly jam but kind of pickled fruit without the smell of pickle. I think they marinade apple in rose water syrup and leave it for ages. At the time when it’s ready to eat, it becomes so soft and would make the ideal comfort food. The smell on the whole reminded me of that.
This is perfume concentration which really lives up to it’s claim and name. With projection being average, once worn this will never come off, unless you take a nice hot shower when you get tired of it.
More than worthy of the small price it commands. After this I think of Andy as a very honest man. A great comfort scent and very highly recommended!!
westernicka – :
I’m not a huge fan of rose-based scents. However, this one is fantastic. I’ve had many compliments on it, as well.
I think the rollerball is the perfect applicator. A spray would be overwhelming! This one is incredibly potent- quite the sillage, and long lasting to boot. The 30 mL roll on is going to last an age.
Interestingly several people who asked me about it were quite surprised it is a rose scent. I certainly get “rose” first and foremost but spicy/ resin was what others guessed.
It definitely has the spicy resinous, oriental-y depth that many Tauer scents have. It isn’t a fresh, realistic gardeny rose; more of a deep, velvety sexy one. (Basically it’s the only sort of rose scent I am likely to actually wear.)
Voron777 – :
Considering the price and the quality given this fragrance is worth the blind buy. 8,5/10 Well done Mister Tauer!
Slaerr – :
To my nose there is so much more going on in Rose Flash than the three notes listed. This is a full bodied operatic rose, with an 8 octave range. The rose is quite jammy to start and is right on the edge of being cloying, but the spices come in an cut into the sweetness. The wood and resins really ground the scent though making it almost earthy. Wear this when you want to impress, it is a fragrance with clout and I can imagine layering it with something with a bit of lemon to lighten it up a bit. An amazing composition by Andy Tauer, sample before you commit to a full bottle.
dima.gh – :
A Drunk Rose
A perfume for a person, who was waiting for his lover on a Wooden date table with Red Roses and Dark Wine.
The lover never showed up.
Waiting, He becomes Drunk and from his Shaky Hands, the wine spills over the wooden table where the Roses were kept. Later, he left, keeping behind the Roses soaked in Dark Spirits.
Now, if one tries to transform this story into a Perfume, it will be Rose Flash.
Rose Flash, straight away starts with lush red velvety Roses. The Rose here is Jammy, Syrupy and Sweet. The entire Rose structure remains bind with Resins and Woody Notes. The later 2 never declare their own presence but give the Rose a Solid Form. At dry down, Rose Flash gives away the syrupy sweetness and starts getting tangy. I, somehow enjoy the dry down, more than the initial part.
The Best part is, you are getting Andy Tauer Creation at this nominal price and belief me, you can love this one or hate it, based on you love toward Roses. But, simply, you just can not ignore it.
As my personal taste goes with, I am a Rose Fanatic, but still this Rose is a bit too much and somewhat gives me a headache. N yes, you just cannot wear it and forget. It is like those demanding lovers, who will always want your attention.
Not a Safe Buy. Try before you buy.
Sillage: Heavy
Longevity on My Skin: Approx 9 Hours
Longevity on Fabric: Approx 10-12 Hours
Occasion: A Romantic Date with Formal Wear on a Fall Night. Or, on an Indian Marriage Dinner Party. Yes, I go with shravanevana. It somehow reminds me also of the Rose Water Soaked Indian Meetha Paans. Definitely wear it in open places.
Rating: 8.5+.5=9/10 (.5 extra after the full wear in open places)
Update (after a week): Last day, I wore it, on a Garden party and Wow, it works amazing in open places. The sweetness reduces to mach extent. Instead a tart spiciness (pepper?) starts showing up. I cant stop myself sniffing. Awesome experience. Moving it to my Love category, with .5 more grace marks.
8108761 – :
Rose Damascena pure essential oil from Bulgaria. It takes 2 tons of these rose flowers to extract 1 lb. of essential oil and for that 1 lb. you’re looking to pay upwards of $2000.00. Well, my frag addict ass ordered a little bit of this precious and sought after oil out of pure curiosity, I dabbed some on one hand then put Rose Flash on the other,,,, How the heck did Andy manage to damn near copy the pure scent of Rose Damascena essential oil of Bulgaria!? The spice, the tart lemon zest aroma and the sweetness…….. People, Andy Tauer is a genius, a mad man after the heart of perfumery and a master of his craft. My hat’s off to this creation. And btw, I’d rather pay $63 for 1 oz. of Rose flash than $175 for 1 oz. of Rose Damascena essential oil.
петр 82 – :
This is a yummy rose marmalade. Delicious! Sophisticated!
Robo – :
When I first sprayed on Rose Flash, I was taken aback by the boozy quality of it, boozy as in I was out all night and spilled Rose Petal wine on my dress and slept in my clothes kind of boozy.
Then…. the scent unfolded into memories of a great night out at a table with friends, set with a big bouquet of roses and really good wine flowing from glass to glass.
This fragrance unfolds really, really nicely, and lasts like the beautiful memories it invokes.
This is not a Victorian Rose, but rather a Club Rose.
SasukeUchiha – :
Well i had to delete my first impression review bc i feel different about this fragrance now. It did change and for the better. Longevity and projection is BEASTMODE! I am still not too sure how i feel about the opening, its very strong and sticky. For some reason it makes me feel like im smelling fresh sticky beer dried on a bar. But then then as it dries down i will have to say its the only rose fragrance I like. Every since incense oud by kilian i have been chasing a good rose based fragrance and i cant stand any of them. I found that i dont like rose based fragrances as much as rose just being a note, big difference. Incense oud is still my favorite to this day but this is still nice. A lot different than I expected going off what everyone else on here was saying. I agree that this fragrance is for sure unisex, he did a great job taking rose and blending it so boozy and keeping in mind us men can wear a rose fragrance still. Now, some ofthese rose oud combo fragrances are not for me. They have a old grandma vibe to almost all of them and i will not board that hype train. Same with a lot of amber scents, not for me . I went ahead and ordered a full bottle of this and i see it as a fragrance that will only get better with time. Vanilla flash is a masterpiece too. Amazing how these little 30ml bottles will probably outlast many avg edts due to their amazing quality and strength
Diavoliada – :
Liquid Turkish Delight in a bottle, amazing!!
denisleha – :
Attar Bazaar’s Sudanese Black Rose. Slightly sweeter.
Юджин – :
The opening is the kind of thing my nose lives for. I’d swear there’s lemon or some other kind of citrus in there. This is a rose you can almost chew on.
There’s a bit of a mentholic middle. The first couple of wears it took some getting used to. Now it doesn’t feel jarring the way it did initially. It’s scrumptious. The rose becomes less pronounced in the drydown, though.
All I know is that it gives great performance for a great price. This might be off my virtual shelf and on my physical one sooner rather than later.
polus – :
This scent only last 2 hours on my skin and I’m not a big fan of the overly sweet jamminess in this scent…
Cartier d’un soir is still my favourite masculine rose based fragrance
Rose flash is not for me sorry.
MasterDDD – :
Rose Flash is the first Andy Tauer fragrance I’ve tried, and with much hype (and being a fan of rose), it exceeded my expectations. I’ve not tried his Tauer Perfumes line so the more affordable Tauerville line is my first try of his work. The blend is superb, balancing a mix of rose with a certain sweetness (vanilla?) and woodiness. I liked the “jammy” descriptor used by an earlier review, but Rose Flash is essentially just that sweet.
Even bearing in mind that this is a pure perfume (higher concentration than its EDP brethren Vanilla Flash and Incense Flash), Rose Flash is still superb in terms of both projection and longevity, especially given that it’s the same price ($63 for 30ml) as the other Flashes.
For me, even though I own a handful of oud- and coffee-rooted rose fragrances (Cafe Rose, Noir de Noir, Rose d’Arabie), Rose Flash feels like a must-buy as it really occupies a different rose niche—not strictly fresh or sweet or woodsy but occupying some space between. A delightful blend that I’d recommend any rose fan to try.
9 out of 10
hetag – :
How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?
This IQ funny question tests whether you’re doing a simple things in a complicated way.
The real question here is
How do you put fields of roses in a 30 ml perfume bottle?
Only the magician Andy Tauer can answer this question when he talks about (Rose flash ).
Without any complications it’s ROSES. Warm,spicy,sweet and richly roses.
In a cold morning it would rise a lovely sun to your day
The sillage is awesome and the longevity too.
The perfume is absolutely unisex I can wear it any time.
But how it all comes from roses and woody notes.
Only him knows .
كيف تضع زرافة في الثلاجة ؟
سؤال فكاهى يطلقه خبراء قياس الذكاء بحثاً عن الحالة المزاجية لكيفية إيجاد حلول معقدة لمشاكل بسيط.
السؤال الحقيقي هنا . كيف يمكنك أن تضع حقولا ً من الورود في زجاجة عطر بحجم 30 مل . وحده الساحر أندى تاور يمكنه الإجابة على هذا السؤال حينما يتحدث عن عطره الرائع (فلاش روز)
و بدون أدنى تعقيدات العطر عبارة عن ورود مجردة . دافئة و بهاراتية و مسكرة و غنية للغاية . عطر قادر على أن يشرق بشمس دافئة و لطيفة في يوم بارد.
فوحان العطر خرافى و ثباته أكثر من رائع. و حقيقة ً العطر للجنسين بمنتهى الاحترافية و يمكنك ارتداؤه في أي وقت .
و لكن كيف لكل هذا أن يأتي من الورود و النوتات الخشبية . وحده أندى تاور يعرف ذلك .
كل الشكر لأخى الحبيب و أستاذى المبدع د. أحمد جبره على توجيهاته للترجمة
xLeks – :
An intense blast of incense and then a balsamic note/s appear with a jammy rose and woody notes.If it stayed this way I would love it,but it doesn’t,it morphs into the most realistic rose smell I’ve ever smelt and I still LOVE it!This perfume is so beautiful <3 I have Tauer’s Incense rose which I love but that scent stays very incensy throughout, this one really surprised me I totally expected it to stay at that balsamic, strong initial blast stage throughout but was amazed at the depth of true rose you get with this layered on a resiny base.My only criticism is the longevity but the 30ml cute little bottle is easily carried around for a top up.
Jek03 – :
I have to admit I was expecting more from this. I have Miriam, which is a beautifully complex, rich, erotic fragrance, and I was hoping Rose Flash would be equally beguiling. However, on me, its was overwhelmingly sweet, sickly-sweet, Turkish Delight sweet rose. A nice rose, once the sweetness calmed down, but really quite a simple, linear rose that didn’t last more than a couple of hours. Towards the end there was a touch of lavender but I didn’t get any spice, any depth or heat, any complexity at all.
nester05 – :
Similar to Attar Al Kaaba, a prickly, deep and balsamic sweet rose. Very authentic.
The ingredients are high quality, as in all of Tauer’s perfumes. It’s an aesthetic I find slightly heavy and literal, but it all depends what you look for in a perfume. I’d like something a little more abstract and imaginative, but to be fair I read that Tauer was celebrating his love of high quality rose, which is exactly what this is, glowing with an old-gold crown of ambery resins.
It is quite jam-like too, slightly like brambles cooked to almost burning point (almost treacley but not as much as Al Kaaba). Lovely quality but not quite my style
gracheff.ew – :
For those who really wanted to try Rose Jam by Lush but didn’t manage it, this is a good pinch hitter. The opening is more like Une Rose Vermeille with that sort of chewy rosy jam, but later, the character of Rose Jam comes along. It’s lighter and has less lemon though.
andrei5300 – :
You know what this reminds me of?
INDIAN MEETHA PAN! (Google it…)
Good stuff!
сергей ша – :
This perfume is exceedingly sweet on my skin, with only a little rose and quite a lot of woody resin. The balsamic quality is very much to the fore.
It smells very sweet, very gourmand and rather contemporary. It’s nowhere near as complex or subtle as I would have hoped from such a well known name as Tauer.
In addition, while very strong when applied, it did not last particularly well.
So while it is a nice and very modern perfume, I am not sure it lives up to the hype (which has been considerable…)
крек – :
This was soooo LOVE at first sniff….Rich,Daring,not too in your face but oh so warm.
ccc1985 – :
The lushest, wettest most hedonistic rose that has ever existed. It’s not a sharp rose, this is a rich red, almost creamy rose, it’s sexy and utterly the essence of rose, a real rose, a garden rose, not a rose oil preserved rose, not a florists rose, a real garden rose, well not a single garden rose, more like a field of beautiful garden roses going full blast in some magical candyland dream, for me it lasts forever and has incredible sillage.
ManucozRU – :
a beautiful, fruity, rich and spicy rose for anyone – completely gender non-specific. this is just exactly what i wanted (and would not expect) from andy tauer. i’ve been too caught up in his incense-laden scents, but had to try this one out.
it starts up quite refreshing, jammy and tart – with a bit of citron on the attack, but quickly segue-ways into a resiny, raisiny rose petal jam with a touch of vanilla and ambergris (a tauer signature, to be sure). the projection and sillage is perfect, as seems to be the longevity as well.
i’m very happy with my blind buy of the 10ml rollerball – being in extrait concentration is lovely too – going to have to buy the larger size now!
iraklistaf – :
Opening is all rose…deep rich rose. It quickly changes (on me) to a predominately resiny notes which is a delight. I truly love this!
ar.serj2012 – :
Andy Tauer makes perfume magical. He makes it a wonderful exercise.
On smelling and wearing Rose Flash, I am instantly transported to an image of Mr. Tauer in a purple frock and an eccentric bowtie. Andy Tauer, of course, is an indie perfumer, but he stands alone as an individual adding spark into his creations. He is the candyman, no, the perfume man. Do you remember the candy store scene in Willy Wonka? In this scene there is an air of anticipation from the masses for Wonka’s new chocolate – a scrumdiddlyumptious bar. Perhaps Tauer doesn’t merely add rose or resins to his creations, but a touch of sunrise, happiness, and a sprinkling of dew in the form of passion, love, and humility.
Of course, this is just romantic language, but Andy Tauer’s Rose Flash is presented in a manner that promotes this magical ideal very simply. Firstly no notes supplied, just rose. This allows the imagination to wander and the creative juices of the wearer to flow. The edge? This is something Andy Tauer would wear – and this ensures both passion and quality of scent. The result? A unique rose, incredibly and largely multifaceted in a way seldom seen.
So, what is then presented when wearing Rose Flash? One immediately notices its thick viscosity and the daring and deep orange colour as it is applied on the skin. I own the 10ml rollerball format, and there is something marvellously ceremonial and intimate perfume wise when applying a thick (20%) parfum concentrated scent onto regions of the skin. The rose is brazenly solid and secure yet somehow still humble. Its projection is a given, its complexity unmistakable. It is a beautiful red rose so immaculately edible it has been most likely dipped in golden honey. Thus, its juicy and nectarous qualities is one facet on display during initial application. To then bump the flounce of the rose up, a wealth of citruses lift the fragrance like lemon to strawberries.
To avoid a stump when analysing Rose Flash, I resorted to drawing upon broader things. Juicy Fruit Rose was the first thought in my head as a delicious jammy accord reveals itself to me. Raspberry, honey, lavender, and patchouli create this compote impression, smoked with benzoin, incense, and amber acco