Description
“Saphir Rosé is an amber floriental scent. Certainly the most seductive perfume among all of the catalog, with its slightly sweet and soft exit due to coffee and Geranium being a prelude to the theme of the work, the rose of Egypt, giving an aphrodisiac touch. For the linear sustenance of this fragrance, Tuberose, Patchouly and the Saffron Absolute complete their base.” – a note from the brand.
Saphir Rosé by Sapientiae Niche is a Oriental Floral fragrance for women and men. This is a new fragrance. Saphir Rosé was launched in 2016. The nose behind this fragrance is Sanderson Santana. Top notes are geranium, black pepper and coffee; middle notes are rose and jasmine; base notes are incense, tuberose, saffron, patchouli, sandalwood and cacao pod.
Aleks55511 – :
Saphir Rosé was launched in 2016 and has also been reformulated. Only the 2017 releases (Ofanins, Ícarus and the brand new Heroin) did not have to be reformulated, since they were conceived within the new style of creation of the perfumer Sanderson Santana.
It features notes of geranium, black pepper and roasted coffee, making way for a heart of Moroccan rose and jasmine from Egypt, on a base with tuberose, incense, saffron absolute, patchouli, sandalwood and cacao.
Once again, I am obliged to praise both compositions. I do not know what has changed, but while the original version seems more diurnal and versatile, the current version gives me a more nocturnal appeal or restricted for colder days. In the original version, I feel the same nuance of tutti-frutti that I felt in the original Vanille Noir formulation. The difference is that in Saphir Rosé it does not bother me because it softens and mixes well with the other notes. I also feel the rose more present in the first formulation than in the version that is for sale.
Regarding the current fragrance of Saphir Rosé, the perfumer defines it as an ambery floriental. However, on my skin it behaved like a beautiful floriental gourmand. The output is strong and has more coffee presence, note that I did not feel in Time Traveller. Then, the perfume evolves into a body that does not bring the flowers separated, but in the form of a combo, very common in creations that explore the rose and the saffron. The rose is there, but it is not the solitary star as in the original version, where everything seems to revolves around it. In this current formulation, the rose is part of a context. And this context provides a delightful base, in which the absolute of saffron, patchouli and cacao are of the highest quality. If you like perfumes with these notes, you need to know Saphir Rosé.
One observation: tuberose is a flower that usually generates reactions of the type love it or hate it. If you usually run away from tuberose, you do not have to worry. Particularly, I love the note of tuberose in perfumes, but in Saphir Rosé it is not remarkable.
In terms of projection and longevity, Saphir Rosé is beyond reproach. But it has its limitations and, as I said before, I do not indicate for very hot days. In addition, although unisex, I see greater appeal to the female audience than the male. Women who enjoy bombastic florals or those fragrances with a rich patchouli, such as La Vie Est Belle, Flowerbomb and some Angel flankers, will fall in love with Saphir Rosé. Worth knowing!
Сова – :
This is an exquisite masculine perfume , long lasting (over 12 hours) and with heavy sillage. On me it is all about woods, patchouli and incense with not a hint of sweetness. Cocoa comes in the mid/drydown and rounds the scent making it almost velvety, almost gourmand.
Now for the problems: this is a Brazilian perfume and Brazilian climate (except for the southernmost regions) is very hot and humid (slowly turning exceedling hot and dry by global warming) and this kind od heavy hitting perfume in the mold of Tom Ford (although not similar to any of TF’s perfumes) is not at all adequate to the country’s heavy temperatures (over 100 F is common here). It is essentially masculine without sweetness to my nose. Others can smell the rose and a bit more sweetness as well as the delicious cacao (one of the best I have smelled) and love the perfume without caveats.
It is also quite cheap for the quality, a 8ml sample of extrait de parfum goes for less than US$9.
A pity Sanderson didn’t make a lighter summer and heat appropriate perfume, as well as a more unisex one.
But an extremely interesting perfume nonetheless.