Rouge Privé Novellista for women and men

I would describe this scent as intense cafe without montale’s signature musc, but instead with woody notes. This one has a richer sounding. If only Rouge Prive ( and intense cafe) was a bit less sweet , it would be 10/10 for me. But it’s still too sweet , even though less sweet than Intense Cafe or Roses Vanille.

I do love this fragrance. The drydown is sweet and creamy which is fine but I wish that it was more similar to the opening which is super seductive, rich and warm.
Is it similar to Intense cafe and Roses vanille ? Yes. But it is still different: it is slightly more subtle than Intense cafe which is muchhhh more nauseating (I still like the scent but it is a lot). I think that it is also similar to Rose rouge by Van cleef, not sure if people will agree but I have both and although they are absolutely NOT dupes, they share the same DNA.
I will have to agree that the longevity is poor -I pair it with a rose perfume oil to make it last a bit longer- but the sillage at the beginning of the day is insane. To this day, it is the only perfume I got complimented on by strangers.

I love this. This is almost identical to Roses Vanille by Mancera and Intense Cafe by Montale.
The patchouli and benzoin however add a certain depth that makes this so seductive and much much sexier.
Like if my date wore this I’d instantly feel smitten.
When you get a whiff of this it feels like a sensual caress on your cheek before you’re kissed and you can’t even say no to this person cause they have you wrapped around their finger.
Femme fatale material for sure.

Roses Vanilla, Intense Cafe, Delox, etc. done very wrong!
Plus it’s more expensive than some of the above.
Cacophony in a bottle. Skin scent in less than two hours. If one is lucky enough to survive up to that holly time.

I bought a set of Novellista samples. Rouge Privé is the first one I tried.

To me it smells like a cup of Rooibos tea with honey and and some green spices served in a freshly carved wooden cup. No roses for me.

At a later point, the vetiver becomes a little bit more prominent. Not too much. Just a hint. After a while, it fades away again. Unfortunately, the wood fades as well. Like a man passing by taking away the wooden cup.

What is left is just the sweet Rooibos and honey smell.

Personally I find this too sweet and sticky on my skin. I miss roses, darkness and freshness.

A slightly more delicate and more alluring version of Mancera Roses Vanille. And yes, Montale also.
If anybody likes Mancera and Montale, then they can blindly buy this perfume, they cannot go wrong. (I do not like this kind of composition, that's why I do not like all 3 perfumes. They are so similar).

Gorgeous sweet smell. I love it. Both on male and female. Its unisex. Very rich.

Opens with a powerful rose and resinous amber. In the dry down the rose blends well with the patchouli and balsamic benzoin to create a resinous floral and honeyed vanilla accord. Definitely leans feminine and is completely reminiscent of Montale Intense Cafe, but without the coffee.

My review based of a sample:

Initial spray - familiar scent, to my nose is giving me GFG by MFK
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Yes I figured Mancera and Montale fragances would be mentioned in here.

I wanna say it's also giving me Maïssa - Vanilla but more GFG for sure, because Vanilla is sweeter

Unisex

This is a bouquet of red roses, unique and realistic smell. The rose is exactly what I have been hoping for. For me it's sensual with a touch of seductive provocation, goes perfectly with sultry stockings and suspenders :) Ideal for fall and winter.

I've received samples of various novellista, I'm in love with this one and I bought it! 😍 it's a super ultra sensual juicy rose with a creamy warm base! Fantastic! And very high quality ingredients.. I think it's really sexy and erotic

The NOVELLISTA perfumes are inspired by different works of literature. Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress by Daniel Defoe laid the basis for this floral oriental composition created by Emilie Bouge.

This composition starts as a sensual, velvety duet of Damask rose and peony, enframed by citrus notes and touched by patchouli. Later, it changes over to a creamy, balsamic basis.

The fragrance has a syrupy, delicious quality of candied flowers. It is long-lasting and well-suited as an accompaniment for special events.
IG: perfumepassione

Oooh, this smells so good. The scent is strongly reminiscent of Intense Cafe from Montale which is also one of my favorite fragrances. This is a warm sexy fragrance perfect for a hot date and doesn't smell like lice repellant at all!!!!

Very modern scent and probably suitable for all ages. Definitely leans feminine.

To me, the damask rose already has something slightly syrupy but in combination with benzoin, the whole thing gets headachy. I think this could have done with a green accord. However here the patchouli only adds to the turgid nature.

I've had teas that would smell like that if combined: lemon verbena, licorice, some more herbs. A sweet, citrusy and herby perfume, getting more flat and grassy as time passes. No roses here for me.

Montale Intense Café for the faint-hearted.
A softer version of Montale's Intense Café, without the coffee/latté note.
7/10

Benzoin and rose bomb. Too sweet and definitely feminine leaning. Not much to analyse and explain here. That overload of benzoin in combination with rose makes for a mature vanilic accord that i am not fond of at all.

A citrussy rose to begin with but becomes sweeter as it dries down and a woody note comes through more. This reminds me of Taifi by Rose Arabia but with more citrus and maybe sweeter.
By the dry down I would say this is a mix between Taifi and Intense Cafe.
I like it a lot but it is not unique in my collection.

It's intense coffee Montal, K'bridge xerjoff 👍 i would say for sure a better price than xerjoff smells exactly like k'bridge and same performance

Ok I am not that experienced in fragrances, so take this with a grain of salt... But the first thing that comes to mind smelling this perfume is always honey. Rosey honey, very lovely, very intoxicating. Smells like drinking mead at a Christmas market, but not in a cheap way - it feels pretty luxurious. Very good longevity and moderate sillage. Love it!

This one is definitely an Intense Cafe clone, very strong resemblance; minus the coffee/latte note at the beginning. And in the first half an hour it's much louder and bolder than IC. After 2-3 hours it quickly fades away into a very soft powdery-sweet rosy scent on my skin. Actually I quite like it, but I won't buy it instead of IC. The price tag is not that reasonable...

I got a sample of this on the day I purchased my Bouquet Encore :-) Just thinking what to do next, I haven't tried it yet on my skin, just on a paper strip and I have to say it smells gorgeous, rose smell for sure with a hint of some freshness. It lasted on the paper strip for 2 days and still projected decently. I'll definitely give it a try later.

Edit: just bough a limited version of Novellista Rose Chant, smelled it in a shop and fell in love at first sniff 😊 I haven't found it here on Fragrantica but the description says Centifolia and Turkish damask rose with sweet iris on top, with Arabian jasmine, Bulgarian rose and a touch of cinnamon in the middle and sandalwood, cedarwood and musky notes at the base. Will update once I test it properly.

Oh no, this really is similar to Intense Cafe. I am traumatised - in my previous work, the CEO's wife wore that one, and we made jokes about her making a huge carbon footprint. She left a trail of smell behind her on the corridors, the smell was everywhere!

This one is not as strong, but when I sprayed it yesterday, I felt like she was haunting me! Overall it is not bad, it is an alright powdery rose.

Oud Boucquet/Shaghaf Oud style. Nice, but there any many scents like that.

Somehow you can't smell the sickly rose in this perfume, the composition is very beautiful and the drydown is GORGEOUS! I received a sample and bought the perfume after a week of wearing it every day and testing it, it's really long lasting on my skin