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Peterw12 – :
‘But he that dares not grasp the thorn. Should never crave the rose’
I’m in LOVE 😀 !! This is rose nirvana and EXACTLY the demure scent I sought to wear as a man. Exactly the smell of natural roses.
Amongst all the high priced ghastly rose fragrances I tried, Rose Pompon is beautiful and immortal, uncomplicated and kind, unpretentious and sweet. Pure and natural. Youthful and promising. Like a promise of new things to come.
I remember smelling tonnes of roses and rose petals thrown on the floor and on statues in churches as a child so possibly why this is such a beautiful experience.
I find the EDP to be rich with vanilla, powdery and opulent.
But after sniffing the wrist where I’d sprayed the EDT, I was in love. It didn’t make me dizzy. The rose is still prominent in the EDT but it’s perfectly accompanied with black currant in second and other notes in the background leaving it well blended and easier on the olfactory receptors.
Annick Goutal, you’ve made me very happy tonight. My compliments to you!
artyr_str – :
A sweet yet green rose that isn’t quite lifelike but comes close. Despite the green, it smells quite young and feminine to me.
Xeroxsoudv – :
Millennial Rose. I would argue that’s what this should be called, but the name Rose Pompon does a pretty good job of conveying that on its own.
To be 100% honest, I will wear this, but I find it rather irrelevant.
For those expecting a sweet, jammy rose, this is not what you’re looking for. Skip it. It’s more tart than sweet. This has the youthful cedar and patch notes that shepherd it away from classic Goutal and into clean, but slightly generic territory. If you have tried Vent de Folie (and you probably haven’t, let’s be honest), this is very very similar at the end. It’s almost idiotic how similar they are, but Camille’s mission for the brand lacks the poetry and inspiration that her mother founded it on. Do I blame her? Absolutely not. Do I think Goutal should be respected as a heritage brand? Absolutely. Do I think she is making perfumes that old school Goutal fans can’t truly respect? A sad truth.
When the sun heats up my skin a bit with this on perhaps I’ll have a different story to tell. But even the mild air conditioning here is robbing this juice of any intrigue.
Lovers of the Hermes Jardins, Jo Malone Blackberry and Bay, etc might enjoy this one quite a bit.
Not a complete tosser, but not the best from this house. (I say this crossing my fingers that in a month I’ll be wearing this regularly)
andalev – :
CLEAR and VERY SWEET ROSE
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I’m still looking for a good rose fragrance and I was surprised by Rose Pompon by Annick Goutal.
I have to admit the design of the bottle threw me off at first and considered it to something like Poison Girl. But I was very wrong and i’m glad I was.
From the beginning the rose is very clear and very present. But very soon the black currant takes over and dominates the entire dry down. But thankfully the rose doesn’t back down and keep it’s position firm.
Longevity: – 8/10
Sillage: – 8/10
All in all: 9 out of 10 subjective points -> because it’s very pleasant
Deroxangmu – :
Mmmm..this is nice. A delicate rose, more of a skin scent to me, and while I usually want/prefer a better projection/sillage, I actually like this one being more of a skin scent. I am not picking up any of the berry notes. Perhaps a touch of woodiness and a touch of pink pepper, and even less musk and patchouli. But on me, to my nose, this is mainly a soft delicate rose with maybe a little woodiness with the pink pepper note peaking through now and then (and a wee touch of musk and patch, only if straining my nose to sniff for them). Lovely. But then I tend to strongly like or even love almost all Annick Goutal scents. Moderate longevity, about 5 or 6 hours. Stays a soft delicate rose, no changing of notes, and is a real deal rose scent. Nothing cloying nor synthetic at all.
“I feel like a woman” type of scent comes to mind with this. Just lovely. If you are looking for a soft delicate rose scent, this might be worth checking out. I guess I also pick up the very slightest of sweetness in the very background, but by no means a sugar bomb, not even close. On a scale of 1-10, I would say the sweetness here is about a 2. All in all very soft and delicate. Very nicely done.
Alva – :
I got a sample of Rose Pompon quite by chance, and I think it’s very nice; in fact, the first time I tested it, I liked it so much I came close to impulse-buying a full bottle. Like all of the very best fruity florals, it offers that perfect balance between high quality sweet floral notes and deliciously tart fruity ones. And that might not be my favourite thing in all of perfumery anymore, now that I’m in my thirties and my tastes have been expanded by years of sampling, but I still find it pretty damn irresistible when it’s done as well as in this one.
But now that my sample is used up and the honeymoon is over, I don’t think I’ll get that full bottle after all. I think user cutetrang below got it right: nice as this is (and like I said, it’s very nice!), it’s not very special, especially after the vibrant first opening has worn off after a couple of minutes, and in general longevity isn’t great. Also, on reflection, I really don’t think I need two fruity floral roses in my collection, and I realized that I prefer the one I already have from that category, Miss Charming, anyway. Fittingly enough, I think that one just has a little bit more (lasting) charm to it.
elmir – :
My favorite Annick Goutal is Eau d’Hadrien, which smells like a lemony cloud and is considered unisex. I was looking forward to Rose Pompon as a more feminine alternative, but it is not for me. I have “tart” skin, so scents usually need to be sweet to compensate. On me, Rose Pompon smells heavily of pink pepper and cedar. The cedar, in particular, is distracting. It almost smells like spearmint. I get very little of the floral. It is a bright, light fragrance, long-lasting with moderate sillage. It is a complex fragrance which does not change with time. It smells very “French,” somehow. I wish it worked for me, and I will certainly try Annick Goutal again.
Bobych1 – :
I really do like this fragrance and it is such a spot on ringer for YSL’s original Babydoll. The combination of the pink pepper, berry and rose works really well with my skin. I was really craving a light and lovely rose scent that would be perfectly blended with my most favorite scented lotion- Lait corporel extra pur rose!! For a summer scent it is lovely! It was the first time I ordered from the Annick Goutal U.S.website, after picking up a sample from Saks Fifth Avenue.
I prefer it to the older rose scents that were popular in the late seventies up through the nineties. Tea Rose was quite the standard at the time, although for my tastes, it was a bit too sharp. Tresor by Lancome had too much going on while at the same time, it was a bit twee. I know that Paris by YSL was extremely popular, but to my sensitive nose, it was overwhelmed by a piercing violet.
seyit – :
New releases from Annick Goutal still have the ability to capture my attention. Her range is often garden-inspired, delightfully old-fashioned and packaged beautifully.
I have been craving rose scents as of late, especially seeing that I wore many rose fragrances last season and used up many of my favourite rose perfumes. I have been on the lookout for more to add to my collection and Rose Pompon was on the top of my list.
Rose Pompon opens very fresh and crisp, like a real dew-kissed garden rose. It has the tendency to smell quite green on the skin as well. For at least the first hour of wear, Rose Pompon is a Spring-appropriate pink rose scent.
As this fragrance settles, fruity aromas such as black currant and raspberry come to the fore, followed by musky patchouli and cedarwood. The drydown smells more cold weather appropriate than the refreshing, Spring-like opening. Rose Pompon could possibly be worn all year round.
The sillage is rather strong with a good scent throw, and the longevity is quite impressive too. Not at all bad for an EDT, especially seeing that EDTs from Annick Goutal are well-known for their appalling longevity.
Rose Pompon just goes to show that Annick Goutal is still capable of producing beautiful, timeless scents. I’m excited that this fragrance may also appeal to younger consumers, encouraging more people to explore this brand.
обама – :
+fresh rosy opening
+jammy sweet rose but not headach-y sweet
+ very refreshing scent, perfect for warm or even hot days
+affordable prices online available, so it is good. Would not pay full price though
-lasting power is around 3-4h. It is not that great but still ok, since it is so refreshing to spray it on again
– nothing new and revolutionary but an easy to like scent
– blind buy safe, if you love sweet, fresh roses that are not too green but still decently clean
– youthful scent, so ofc a mature person coooould wear it, but I find it more suitable for younger women / men
BUT wear what you want and feel comfortable with 🙂
Bavar – :
I wanted to like it. I didn’t. It lacks of natural smell, remindes me a very expensive soap. The bright side is that I only bought a sample, so the blind buy didn’t make real damage on my bank acount.
Plotreottex – :
Goutal does new-school fleurmand!
With her red berry top notes and light patchouli-musk base, Rose Pompon is a cousin to the modern “pink juice” family – like Flowerbomb, Si, and La Vie est Belle. I can’t deal with any of these because of their complete lack of chill on the caramel/candy floss front. I’m into Goutal, Diptyque, everything Olivia Giacobetti; that is to say, I prefer light, natural scents. Rose Pompon is a happy marriage between these disparate styles as it replaces the sugary heart with sparkling, luscious rose. I completely get the bit in the ad copy about being inspired by young Parisian women – if LVEB got a makeover by a French style blogger, you’d get Rose Pompon.
This scent is very versatile and could, I think, be worn in any season, day or night (though it is not formal). It skews young for sure – I’m 24 and am not sure if this is something I’d still want to wear in five years (but I wouldn’t have worn it as a young teenager, either).
Decent longevity, low-to-moderate sillage.
arishka.ru – :
This is a really Prtty composed but not to original fragrance
from Goutal’s daughter. This is perfect for someone who likes
uncomplicated scents that are easy to wear and on the soft/fruity side.
Perfect for young ladies who loves their scents soft and cuddly.
This is almost a dead ringer especially the top and middle notes
for YSL Babydoll. If you love this scent but are on a bit of a budget
go find Babydoll on one of the larger discount fragrance sites for a bargain
and enjoy! 🙂
жук – :
Seeing the mixed reviews, but having a soft spot for Annick Goutal, I decided to smell this in the Madison Avenue boutique. Loved it so much that I purchased a small bottle.
The opening is quite berry jam, and the dry down is a musky-rose with some tenderness. (Sometimes, musk can be too strong, but here, it adds just the right amount of depth.)
I don’t really smell any peony. The overall mood of Rose Pompon is sweet, yet sultry. I think the spirit of the modern French girl is accurately captured here. A good friend of mine is Parisian, and I could see her wearing this. She is low-key, yet you will always notice her; she is always put-together, yet doesn’t spend hours getting ready; she is a gamine, yet possesses a certain sophistication.
The sillage of this is arm’s length, and the lasting power was all day, despite being an EDT.
A true love, and one I will reach for much this fall & winter.
eugeny.rumyantzeff – :
Seeing the pink bottle and cute name, I was expecting a transparent, white musk infused pink rose. You can guess my surprise when I was hit by a rosy spicy opening of pink pepper upon spraying Rose Pompon. It’s soon joined by the green, earthy, sharp cassis leaves and its slightly warm animalic, tart fruits. The overall effect is reminiscent of tomato leaves and dried ripe cherry tomato, delicious and unexpected!
Later on, as the raspberry joins the party, the fruitiness becomes more decadent, more jammy, while being kept in check by a piercing yet transparent pink peony note. Interestingly, the rose is not too explicit compared to various berries and peony, but at the same time, the whole effect is of a jammy rose, but still on the branch because of herbal earthy cassis and patchouli.
The dry down is more common as a jammy, cheerful rose patchouli, and grows quite sweet with time. The sillage is moderate to soft, and the longevity is around 8 hours.
Rose Pompon is indeed a pink, joyful fruity rose, perfect for an adolescent girl or anyone who would like a blast in a warm spring day. Although I find the dry down too sweet for my taste, the tomato leaf/dried tomato combination is quite original to my nose. Rose Pompon, while keeping the balance and remaining exuberant, also has some twists up her sleeves. I would definitely recommend it as a youthful, wild, fruity floral rose fragrance, but because of the sharp greenness of cassis, I would strongly suggest trying it first.
Klionmeor – :
A big puff of Turkish Delight and Ribena then…nothing. Gone without trace after 20 minutes.
sergio# – :
Everyone is so crazy about this scent but to me there’s definitely a distinctive and enduring “body odor” facet straight out of the bottle that is less than appealing. Something about that musk/cedar/patchouli combo just does not work for my nose. Maybe I got a bad bottle? Or am just highly sensitive to that particular “musk” note? Smells like an athlete who forgot deodorant and tried to mask it with a very girly perfume. Not good.
nikolaykl – :
I would have been so thrilled to wear this one when I was about 12 🙂
It smells like a nostalgic rose bud scent that you recognize from somewhere before ..dipped in a jar with raspberry candy.
You’ll smell young, innocent and fashionable.
I find the longevity and projection very poor though.
6 / 10
GaAn – :
This is what I imagine Violet Beauregarde smelled like as she was transformed from a gum chewing pre-teen into a giant blueberry. It lasted about 15 minutes on my skin.
penzin – :
This reminds me of late summer hazy days fruit picking in raspberry fields. Sweet with a delicious sour edge, so fresh you can taste it. The rose element is a soft tea rose, lighter than air, so girlish that it skips any romantic connotations. While lovely, it is very delicate and fades all too quickly.
HuKTO – :
Just tested this afternoon.
My first suspicions are confirmed: this is a very light, airy tea rose fragance, fresh and fruity, with hints of black tea, mandarin, litchee and peach, and a slighlty sweet, almost gourmand drydown. Similar to Moment de Bonheur by Yves Rocher and Chloé, and even more similar to the Rose Eau de Parfum by L’Occitane, long time ago discontinued. It’s indeed very nice, but clearly overpriced: there are better rose fragances avaliable, and more affordable.
Sillage and lasting power are impressive, though.
annoumsAdagma – :
I’m a big fan of AG’s all rose, but this time is no… never.
Just another banal fruity floral which is berries are dominant – Not a distinctive rose before.
kinokesc – :
What a sensation this fragrance is! I have to say I’ve very impressed and wasn’t expecting to be so taken with a fragrance I immediately deemed to be ‘Too feminine’ just from looking at the name and the little card my sample came on.
The truth is Rose Pompon is a fresh, breeze of loveliness and in actual fact not too rosy. The rose note is pride of place of course but sits on a thirst quenching and metallic background and foreground of palette cleansing, cool notes allowing the warmer rose to be suspended in and amoungst them. The opening is instantly berry like and that blackcurrant note doesn’t give way to jammy raspberry but becomes greener and more metallic seeming extremely natural in the process. This works fantastically well with a light musky, uplifting feel all around and reminds me at times of Amouage Lyric man, with very clean and consise vibes.
Rose Pompon doesn’t quite reach the heights of lyric for me and if I’m honest dries to a slightly more powdery version of that opening but still very, very nice indeed and something I’d have no trouble wearing.
I didn’t apply a great deal and performance has been okay so far but difficult to judge, I’d say it’s on the lighter end of the spectrum.
Reminds me of an old school teacher I had when I was a kid too, strange how that association just popped into my head, she obviously wore something similar.
I’d have to say this is not your typical rose scent, we’ll certainly not the deep oud/rose bombs I’ve become accustomed to sampling and it’s great to appreciate rose in a different context.
Rose pompon delivered for me I actually love this scent and I’d love it on a woman even more…hats off to Annick Goutal.
mbw 150 – :
Just received it today, it smells lovely!! Lots of raspberry, with floral notes underneath, the overall tone is so pretty, I like it, but it isn’t anything new…it has been done before, this would be a tame version of Lancome midnight rose, and a bit of Lalique Amethyste eclat too…so it isnt like a splash of fruits…it is a refined fruity floral…the blackcurrant is definitely there too…I do not get though the warmer base as much…it is overall light, and seems to disappear rather fast…had I tried it before, I probably wouldn’t have bought a bottle, although it smells quite nice. Goutal had fun with that one, it offers no complexity, it is like a wink to the upcoming Spring. Would see a 12 year old girl with bows in her hair wearing it!!