Year: 2011
Notes: citrus, saffron, rose, patchouli, amber, frankincense, oud, sandalwood
Comment: Rosam is part of the Édition Rare: White Gold Trilogy
With the first Édition Rare trilogy, perfumer Gérald Ghislain focuses on three "materials long used in traditional perfumery" – rose, amber and petrol.
Placing an emphasis on the rose, Rosam unfortunately ventures down the now clichéd rose-saffron-oud path. If that wasn't bad enough, the composition itself is far from interesting – initially smelling like a Montale rose-oud, with a watery rose dominating the woods (e.g. Aoud Queen Roses and Aoud Damascus). Curiously restrained, with petroleum-like nuances, the proceedings shift from fresh to sombre, as a woody drydown emerges.
Classified as a vegetative oud, there's hardly anything noteworthy about it. Also, for an Absolu Eau de Parfum, its performance on the skin is mediocre.
Placing an emphasis on the rose, Rosam unfortunately ventures down the now clichéd rose-saffron-oud path. If that wasn't bad enough, the composition itself is far from interesting – initially smelling like a Montale rose-oud, with a watery rose dominating the woods (e.g. Aoud Queen Roses and Aoud Damascus). Curiously restrained, with petroleum-like nuances, the proceedings shift from fresh to sombre, as a woody drydown emerges.
Classified as a vegetative oud, there's hardly anything noteworthy about it. Also, for an Absolu Eau de Parfum, its performance on the skin is mediocre.
