So when I saw these new TF Rose perfumes, I like to try to keep an open mind but I can't help thinking this is going to be a trio of rosey tropes, an oudy one, a patchouli one, a jammy one, perhaps a modern chypre-ish pink pepper topped one? By the name, I'd already assumed a leather one? (Russie) Just an assortment of good perfume but not very exciting or engaging perfume. I guess I'm miserable and jaded what can I say? Well thankfully that's not (quite) the story here. Each one of these roses have a very subtle and nuanced rose note, not overly sweet or too dry and full of geraniol. This is a very balanced smell, sort of like something delicately infused with rose. It's airy, it's a bit like rosewater and I wasn't expecting that. The opening is really pleasant, it has a certain heliotrope quality but again it's a infusion of almond, with a good balance of sweetness, I mean after all, Tom does love his almonds and cherries. I didn't find it too sweet though, that is until the drydown when you might as well throw most of what I've said out of the window, because the base seems to settle to a very sweet vanilla and the rose grows into much more familiar territory, think that Armani rose one (Rose d'Arabie is it? something like that?) and maybe stuff like More than words by Xerjoff? Now both of those fragrances I'd say were good (maybe even great?) atomic, sweet, vanillic modern rose perfumes, however you're under no illusion what they are from the start, and almost become acclimatized to them. I was slightly disappointed that the curtains didn't match the drapes (is that the saying?) and I found myself wearing something I probably wouldn't choose to after a couple of hours. But hey, it's not a bad perfume at all and this game of two halves might really float your boat, who am I to tell you otherwise?
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3 years ago
Rose D'Amalfi, from Tom Ford was released in 2022. The perfumer behind this creation is unknown. It has the top notes of Bergamot, Mandarin Orange, and Pink Pepper, middle notes of Rose, and base notes of Almond and Heliotrope.
So when I saw these new TF Rose perfumes, I like to try to keep an open mind but I can't help thinking this is going to be a trio of rosey tropes, an oudy one, a patchouli one, a jammy one, perhaps a modern chypre-ish pink pepper topped one? By the name, I'd already assumed a leather one? (Russie) Just an assortment of good perfume but not very exciting or engaging perfume. I guess I'm miserable and jaded what can I say? Well thankfully that's not (quite) the story here. Each one of these roses have a very subtle and nuanced rose note, not overly sweet or too dry and full of geraniol. This is a very balanced smell, sort of like something delicately infused with rose. It's airy, it's a bit like rosewater and I wasn't expecting that. The opening is really pleasant, it has a certain heliotrope quality but again it's a infusion of almond, with a good balance of sweetness, I mean after all, Tom does love his almonds and cherries. I didn't find it too sweet though, that is until the drydown when you might as well throw most of what I've said out of the window, because the base seems to settle to a very sweet vanilla and the rose grows into much more familiar territory, think that Armani rose one (Rose d'Arabie is it? something like that?) and maybe stuff like More than words by Xerjoff? Now both of those fragrances I'd say were good (maybe even great?) atomic, sweet, vanillic modern rose perfumes, however you're under no illusion what they are from the start, and almost become acclimatized to them. I was slightly disappointed that the curtains didn't match the drapes (is that the saying?) and I found myself wearing something I probably wouldn't choose to after a couple of hours. But hey, it's not a bad perfume at all and this game of two halves might really float your boat, who am I to tell you otherwise?