Rose Oud Yves Rocher for women

Dark sultry rose, this smells exactly like these deep red almost black big roses that grows in my mums garden, intoxicating smell. Very natural smell with little sweetness and a hint with the smokiness of oud. But longevity is lacking sadly, I’m using it as a comfort smell when a go to bed.

Pretty weak, intimate. It’s just rose and oud, nothing sweet. In the style of Crystal Noir and some Arabic scents. It’s no longer available at Yves Rocher stores or online.

Yves Rocher please bring it back! I miss that dry and deep rose that smells like a mystery, velvety mystery.

Dry rose and oud
Nothing more, to me it needed a sweet note, like sugar or caramel to make it a little bit gourmande
Very linear
Very light for a oud fragrance, it has poor sillage/longevity, i used up a full bottle in 2 or 3 weeks because i had to reply it so many times during the day
Suitable for cold weather
Maybe i'm just used to stronger and sweeter ouds, like Raghba Oud mood, etc.

A deep and dark rose fragrance. I'm not a fan of rose-based fragrances but I have to give this one credit for its intensity and that it is not the typical sweet, synthetic, rose soap kind of scent. This is a realistic, intoxicating, dark red, almost black, velvety rose. Not my cup of tea but definitely very well done.

Musky Bitter Rose.

Like so many rose-oud fragrances out there, Yves Rocher's Rose Oud take fulfills the rose promise, but falls short when it comes oud.

YR' Rose Oud is a a bitter, musky, powdery smell of rose. There is a slight resinous aspect from the labdanum, and mild warm spiciness from the cumin, who also enhances that musky bitterness of the rose. As it dries down, it gets a slight ambery sweetness, that makes the smell incensy.

Soft, powdery, rosey, musky, cool, bitter, ambery, slightly-sweet, incensy.

Rose Oud is basically rose with certain aspects of it modified with labdanum and cumin. No oud.

And again, Fragrantica's voting for oud is wrong. You have to take into account that people from Arabia & Southeast Asia, who are the most familiar with oud, are a minority on Fragrantica. People who are voting for oud have probably never smelled pure oud oil or burnt oud chips. Not trying to offend anyone but this is the logical explaination of the skewed voting of oud on so many fragrances on this website, an issue many user have noticed.

Back to Rose Oud, it is a tender powdery feminine rose scent, with a musky/ambery bitter edge that differentiate it from the fresh &/or sweet rose scents in the market. It is actually quite intimate, thanks to the warm cumin/labdanum combo.

Cool weather, feminine.

Big "Like", despite the oud-less disappointment.

I got it from a swap-partner a full bottle, for free.. At first I thought it was a stinker - therefore the freebie status - but gosh, not at all.. Beautiful rose scent, with a hint of oud, just enough to make it richer - it smells a small bit like rose pot-pourri maybe? I tried a few smokey, woody roses recently, but this one is the winner by far,or for now, anyway. Perfect winter rose scent, but you must have a liking for rose and at least a bit of interest for oud - could be an oud perfume for beginners maybe? My vote is 'yes'..

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Really nice rose scent. Simple, linear but nice. Cozy and dry, not sweet at all. I'm always willing to try anything by Annick Menardo as she's responsible for quite a few scents that I like and love.

Blind bought this right as it was discontinued and haven't worn it much, if at all. I was testing it against another rose-oud and saw the comparisons to Feminité du Bois above and thought, have these people lost their minds? Pulled the tester strip close to my nose and the resemblance is clear. What is it causing the similarity? I think the cumin note, and I smell cedar here too. A bit of fruit in this one as well. I would imagine that Rose Oud has fewer naturals in it than FdB, so it's probably different components contributing to a similar effect.

A dry combination of oud and rose. I can't find anything sweet in this perfume. I personally like it when a perfume has that "dry" characteristic. The oud is not dirty. I'm not exactly a passionate fan of roses in general, but this fragrance is to my taste.

Very good creation and oud note interpretation.
Well blended and If tested blindly, I would not have guessed that it wasn’t some niche fragrance.
It smells like a mix of synthetic oud and bulgarian rose with a bit of pepper.
Dark, sad, bitter-sweet.
Not my kind of a scent at all, but deserves positive rating for its artistry blending and decent performance.
Especially given the low price.

~ I have had this lovely Rose Oud since the beginning of summer which was a great deal . I was able to purchase from a much trusted eBay seller for 1/2 the price for the 1.6 ounce bottle . She gave me a discount if I would allow her to take about 10 mil out for her to keep , as she was in need of some extra money and did not want to sell { she had just bought it 6 weeks prior } and I was fine with that . I have not wore yet , per se , just spritzed once and she is so different than my usual Rose Oud combos I have , some with saffron which I love , raspberry is another note which I appreciate . This one here is the first as a main note of Cumin , I get this note because she is the root of Turmeric and I use a lot of Turmeric , cooking and taking in capsule form . The Labdanum is also a known scent to me which is a woodsy like resin like amber , she is also used in some vermouths . Yes , I love that , I can have a Martini {extra olives } and smell like Vermouth at same time ~ Cheers ~ Drink Me ~ or wear me , that is the question ~ I'm wearing this beauty the first hint of cold weather ~ lol ~ ///=^} ~

This is such a beautiful scent. It does not last long, which is a pity. However, if you are looking for a lovely nighttime (meaning, put it on for bed) fragrance, this is for you. In that sense, I believe the color of the bottle is apropos. If, however, you are looking for something that will last and project a few hours, you will be sadly disappointed (as was I, at first). I've finally come to terms with what this is. A softly deep female scent ("female" in that this would most likely be too delicate for a male) that is just for you and whomever you may be snuggling up with under the covers.
If you want to break into the world of rose and oud combinations, this is a good bet. It is a much softer, delicate version of Aramis Rose Calligraphy or Clinique Beyond Rose (both of which I love, but sometimes are just too much for me to deal with).

Absolutely love this scent.
When I first got it, I didn't enjoy the too strong scent of rose. But I got to love it over time and is not my current signature scent.
It opens up with a warm rose scent, which sets in deeply and it stays that way for a very long time; I can smell it on my clothes after 6h of wearing time. The oud is also present. Although this is my first perfume with oud in it and I cannot further say anything about this particular aroma, it is felt in this perfume and completes the depth of the rose.
I use it year round.
Its sillage and longevity are both perfect. I think it is a more mature perfume, it completes a very strong look very well.
The glass bottle is beautiful, too. Reminds me of a deep dark rose.
Although it is a simple perfume to describe, the aroma is rich enough to make me repurchase it when available.

I just came across this fragrance on this site about 2 weeks ago. Those big cabbage roses looking like lush David Austin roses juxtaposed with that black Egyptian urn type bottle really pulled me in. But I was hesitant, afraid it would be really sweet or gooey, like so many rose oud fragrances can be. So I went for a small decant.

And it was a big surprise. Not gooey at all, not sweet either, but way more powdery that I was expecting. And I've never been a big fan of powdery scents. I guess it's too femmie for me, not dark enough. It's ok, but it's not spectacular, and I won't be springing for a real bottle.

I like it. Unfortunately, it's being discontinued, like all Secrets d'Essence.

I love this stuff, and I'm so sad it's discontinued. It's dark, juicy and spicy, and the lasting power is amazing. It's not an over complex scent, but it's interesting enough.

just got this today as a blind by buy and was very intrigued by the smell. At first spray it immediately reminded me of when I used to smoke and the lingering smell of tobacco on your clothes. It is not an off putting smell but one of nostalgia however I think this could end up being quite offensive to some people. It also opens up with a slightly balsamic smell and dries down to a very sweet but not of rose at all and yet the smell of tobacco lingers still very prominently.
I hope that they did not use tobacco essence as a cheaper option for the agarhout or Oud which is a very expensive material but smells amazing. I was hoping something more along the lines of
Maison Francis Kurkdjian's Oud but sadly not at all like that one which smells absolutely gorgeous and not so Arab-ish.

An outstanding quality perfume that houses like Guerlain would put out as their exclusive line and charge 10 times more for (yes, I am talking about you, Ne m’Oubliez Pas, who made me feel like I was eating a sour plum tart after having run 3 miles). Now I have to eat my words and admit that for the first time ever I like, no, love cumin note in a perfume. It is subtle but recognizable and it is what I believe gives intrigue and mystery to this rose, while oud makes it plush and opulent. I will keep this for very special occasions. No, actually, I think this fragrance can turn even a sofa+pajama+telly night into a wondrous one. Bravo, Annick Menardo and deepest respect to Yves Rocher (even if you seem to have discontinued it, at least where I live).

I recently tested Gucci Guilty pour femme (purple bottle) and eventually figured out that it has reminded me of this Rose Oud. I own a small bottle so I'm wearing it today. I smell fully bloomed blood red rose with woods and some spice. There's also sweet ripe blackberry note which is not listed but my mind goes there. Guilty pour femme is more makeupey while this one is more traditional classic rose, but there are similarities. It's rich, balmy and smells expensive. Very good quality.

I love this fragrance. To me it smells like mead, the honey wine, and I love the smell. A mixture of honey accords (is THAT the oud?), rose and subtle spice from the cumin, I do like this combo. It warm, mellow, sweet spicy, balsamic rose, and I use it a lot for any occasion. One of my favourites.

I ordered on ebay a 15 pursespray of it. Hmmm it s too masculine and „dry“ for me to like it. It s nice but really basicly unisex with a quite masculine edge. It s like encre noir from lalique with a ambery rose on top. Sadly not for me. Gave it to my hubby he has to try it soon and let s see if he likes it. He s signature is encre noir btw.

A weird one. Not at all what I expected. Sometimes with rose/oud fragrances that's all you could ask for- unexpected. With this one, it's weird. Medicinal, but also creamy. Dark, almost black. You have all of these almost mismatched themes and they ... kind of work together? You can tell this is an Annick Mernado. Even when it's not gourmand... a gourmand effect is achieved. The oud is kind of like Raghba. That is to say: good... for the price you pay.

6/10 - it's still a pretty strong like, I guess. Points taken away for longevity issues. Or maybe I should add some for that. Sorry.

However. I will say this: it does smell like the type of fragrance that would come out of the Middle East (somewhat cheaply). I gotta give it props for that.

I love this, but I love anything Annick Menardo creates. I will say the cumin is barely noticeable, but is actually pleasant. I just reviewed Rasasi Daarej somewhat negatively because the cumin accord there is distinctly unpleasant with the vanilla/tonka base of that fragrance. In this, the cumin gives the fragrance a slightly dirty but sexy smell.

A really gorgeous fragrance but like most YR scents the longevity is very poor.
Rose & oud by Lanvin in their Les Notes range is much longer lasting.

You're standing in an almost empty outdoor market as the sun sets in a distant land. Vendors offer spices for sale and as you choose some, your man approaches you with a large armful of dark, red roses with a heady scent. The spices are stronger than the rose, but they blend. Fragrant wood from the containers holding spices waft to your nose. The spices are the predominant note, but you can detect rose and oud in waves. This is definitely an evening perfume for me and I am not wearing it in the proper season. While my massive English Rose garden is in bloom in early June, I only wear rose fragrances so that I don't clash with the entire exterior of my home and gardens, or disrupt the glorious, fragrant air that comes in through open windows. *Inhaling deeply as I type.*Aaaah. <3 This is no English garden rose, agreed!

I have been absolutely loving Dolce and Gabana's Rosa Excelsa during the daytime. I thought I could want for nothing, interchanging that with Idylle by Guerlain, which is also Rose dominant floral bouquet perfection, with a Guerlainade base. Still, silly me, I wanted to try an evening, sultry and spicy rose with hopefully a more incense-type of base note. I have to say that this is not what I had anticipated,but it is pleasant. The first burst seems to bring rose to the forefront, but I feel it is a spiced rose blend within minutes and remains pretty linear. After half an hour, I detect a sweet and resinous spice that appears and then disappears. Within about 2 minutes, this soft, balsamic spice blend would be unisex easily. I actually do not prefer oriental or spiced fragrances, with very rare exceptions. I think I'll try it one more evening and then hold on to it for colder, winter months. It is not something I enjoy, but rather look forward to it wearing off so that I can go back to one of my Rose perfumes above. I feel like the spice has as sour quality which I was not anticipating. Yves Rocher has lovely rose fragrances which I do prefer by far over this Rose Oud, though it is lovely. Buy at once if you like spice and rose! Yes, you can order through the site for asking, and I used a spring promo flyer from the mail to acquire mine.

Just wanted to say that while this IS no longer available through the US catalog or website, it is still in stock and you can still order it by actually calling their customer service, I just ordered one and was given a discount on the price as well :) I will return to review it when I receive it, I am very excited! UPDATE: Very beautiful, not too heavy and I find it very similar to EL Amber Mystique but softer and more feminine. This is a pretty oud, no harshness and not at all plastiky. The silage is pretty skin close but I find it refreshing as so many oud scents are so harsh and strong. Great starter oud for first timers :)

Oriental, balsamic, cozy scent. I can smell mainly spices and maybe a bit of rose.

This is a beautiful perfume. Classy and long lasting.
Yves Rocher is also a cruelty FREE company. That is
important as well. I think PETA would approve.
Their products are lovely as well.

Annie R.

A jammy oriental rose that remains on the very safe side with almost no oud. I enjoy it although I would not wear it several days in a row. Persistence is low unfortunately but while it lasts, it is a nice rose in the oriental style which tries to bridge occidental rose and oriental rose. But nice enough that it stays far from the english rose genre (which I never liked). Well done, and for the price at which it sells it’s a very good deal for a non complicated quality fragrance.

Very happy with blind purchase. Having and admiring Rose Absolue by Yves Rocher I've got to have new oud edition one! I thought the rose will smell synthetic (it is 2016 and it is not mega-expensive fragrance) and I was wrong. While in Rose Absolue the rose is natural, but sweet-jammy one, in Rose&Oud same natural rose have EVEN more prominent aromatherapy tonality, very SPA-alike. Almost oily-buttery rich fat rose, it is a rose paradise. Very soft oud, nothing dirty or dark-sided, not spicy, but velvety and approachable, getting a bit more mysterious and smokier to the end. That's why probably ppl catch some whiffs of Feminite du Bois sweet-woody-smokiness from this baby.
Thumbs up, Yves Rocher!

First, speaking as someone with a bottle of Shiseido Feminite du Bois, I do not see the resemblance. That is not to say they have nothing in common, but very little. SFdB is all about the plum, cinnamon, honey, cedar, ginger, peach... none of which this has.

Nonetheless, it is a very nice smokey rosy woody musk, not too sweet, a little powdery. The rose is both the most prominent and the most realistic note of the lot. The "oud" to me opens clearly synthetic, but after about four hours it has receded to the point where it is more agreeable, and while it is never a realistic oud,the synthetic note does not last, and the wood accord is earthy, musky and dark.

Not a real review, i only smelled a sample on paper tissue.
Yes there is rose there and oud. I dont like oud. But generally this is nice, misterious.

Dark, mystical, intriguing fragrance...

Reminds Rose Absolue, only with the oud note instead of cinnamon.

I like it a lot in the beginning. Only in the end I don't like something like dry floral petals.

Exciting!

It really reminds Feminite du Bois in the beginning of the opening, but I like it more because of the dark roses.

I wasn't thrilled about it in the beginning. But then, after 3 hours, I was wondering what on my body smells like the wonderful Feminite du Bois. Rose Oud becomes very similar to it, but like a sweeter version which is less refined. It's a feminite feminite du bois. A decenet dupe that will not leave you excited or in love but smelling good.

JosephineMarina made an excellent comparison between L'Agent and YR Rose Oud, I have to second that. Additionally, I feel like Rose Oud would be more appropriately called Labdanum Oud, as the rose is so muted that this scent doesn't really come off as "Rose" at all. I do however enjoy the scent, it feels very intimate in that you'll have to inhale long and deep to "have" it. It's not weak as in watered down, but it's tempered as the notes are very rounded.

This fragrance opens very chic and mysterious. I can't really discover the rose or cumin. I would't say it smells oriental (like my favorite YR vanille noire). I think it is strong in an Arabic, overwelming way. Unfortunately to me it turns out way too strong. And I am not an old, rich widow yet LOL.

this is something WOW. Awesome from the first opening. I could wear it 24 hours and enjoy. Starts quite heavy sweet rose and goes to the nice kind of sweet powdery and stays all day. But not too intense what other people would have headache. Just to right on the skin to warm up for the day. I have many different perfumes, niche and commercial, but this is somehow special. i had similar feelings many year ago for the Venice, another masterpiece from this company. that was the reason why last year i came to the shop to see if they have something nice. as previous light creations (flowers, fruits, etc) were not mine.

I do wanted to love this scent but it disappeared so fast I didn’t have the time to!

Roses ??? Oud ??? Really ???
I found this to be very slight rose/oud combo compared to all the powerhouse rose/oud fragrances currently out there. However,this is fine by me !! I was soooo tired of rose/oud scents...so many lines from cheapies,designers and niche making this. But, I thought I would try this one. It does start out with what I call that "bandaid" type smell...the I get the slight/light/soft rose...kinda powdery..IMO. The earthy "bandaid" effect comes from the cumin/labdanum/oud-ish combo. It is a dry fragrance...I do not find it sweet either. I do not consider this a "strong" scent, and sillage and longevity could be waaaaaay better,but somehow, I like this scent. Unisex IMO as well.

Rose Oud opens with a dry, dark Rose and a bit soursweet Oud. Oud is a difficult note on my skin - It doesn't get good at all. After 1 hour I can smell mostle dry, dark Rose and Labdanum with some airy spicy note hanging around as well.

Rose Oud öppnar med en torr, mörk Ros och en sötsur Oud. Oud är en svår not som aldrig blir bra på min hud. Efter 1 timme får jag en mix av mörk Ros och Labdanum med en luftig kryddig not som hänger runt mig.

This fragrance is rose with a woody background. The rose note is dry, almost dusty as if I was smelling dried petals. Very tame oud; nothing medicinal or barnyard about it. Labdanum gives it some body and maybe a light touch of sweetness. As others have said it has a little bit of a wine smell during the opening.

Projection and sillage are both light. RO lasts for about six hours. I still detect it very softly at twelve hours. As a male I am tickled to wear this pretty "feminine" fragrance. Cool bottle design reminds me of a slightly translucent urn. Sprayer is okay. More suited for cooler weather. A more formal scent but flexible since it is light. No compliments yet but I think it's sexy. Great price; great scent. If I was a vampire I would use this to seduce my lover/victim.

FYI: This perfume has now become available on the Canadian site.

Fragrance is art and people's tastes in music, architecture and fashion (as examples) are subjective, for which reason I try not to write negative reviews.

I am not a fragrance snob by any means - check my wardrobe! I own and enjoy celebrity perfumes, niche perfumes, Arabic oils, designer perfumes, "drugstore" perfumes... And I blind-buy most of them, based on the listed notes on Fragrantica, the reviews and the "people who like this also like" recommendations. I own and enjoy several Yves Rocher perfumes, many of which smell far more expensive than they are.

I think the name Rose Oud has been misapplied here and cannot understand why Fragrantica has put the perfume in the "oriental floral" category, other than because of it.

Although rose and oud are a common combination in Arabic fragrances neither (bizarrely, given its name!) are prominent in this. The oud has been subdued, I think, to make the perfume appeal to western customers; however,"oud" in its name may prevent regular Yves Rocher customers purchasing it. I have smelled many perfumes with oud in them and don't enjoy those where it is rough, medicinal or "barnyardy". Oud can be utterly beautiful though and make a "good" perfume sublime. So - conversely - those of us who enjoy oud and buy the perfume because of this (as did I) are going to be disappointed, because the oud here has been suppressed to such an extent that it is pretty much undetectable. Similarly, the rose is very delicate. I cannot smell cumin at all.

In common with many earlier reviewers, I CAN smell red wine.

In summary, I don't think this will appeal to regular buyers of Yves Rocher perfumes, and anyone assuming that this is a good introduction to oud will be very surprised when they next smell something with oud in it, if they use this as a reference point.

Sillage is soft and longevity weak on my skin. This is not a BAD perfume, by any means. It's actually quite "nice"; unfortunately, I seem to be damning it with faint praise!

Hurray! Now it is available on the Dutch YR site too! Already bought it somewhere, but now I can order my backup bottle simple and quick. Has it appeared in other previously excluded countries too?

The first blast is indeed very reminiscent of Shiseido's Feminite du Bois. Rose and wood, no cumin sweatyness, just a hint of spice, more like cinnamon or nutmeg. It also has something of YSL Nu and Secret Obsession, a coca-cola kind of smell. It began very strong but seems to have faded quite fast, from a punch to a whisper in half an hour. The bottle is nice and simple (although the lid is quite stiff!) and makes it look more expensive. I have a 15ml which is just a cylinder. Very nice for the price.

This is a beautiful combination of oud and labdanum! I love those two notes, and they are gorgeous in this perfume!! And the rose is deep and rich and along with the cumin, smells delightful on me. It's a great perfume. I love it.

You have said it for me karmalv! Truly! This is THE most gorgeous rich perfume! It's wonderful! I love roses, and oud and cumin - oh it's divine. The dirtiness is ......delectable! The labdanum adds just that lovely leathery/ambery smooth velvety feeling, and the whole thing is addictive. Exquisite wonderful perfume. And I find it lasts very well with very gentle comfortable sillage. I can smell it, just, the next day, and I put it on very early in the morning. It's a contender for my signature scent too. Beautiful lovely thing.

Depends on the wine, sour wine smell on the clothes is terrible, but one of my favorite perfumes, the Brazilian Egeo Seduza has the smell of a sweet drink, like port or cognac and it is divine.But in rose Oud it is the oud with some other note that gives that impression.

This is one of the most surprising and intriguing perfumes I've ever smelled! REALLY!!!

The first hour is just awful - as if I spilled some warm, spiced-up wine all over myself. Mind you - wine smells good when you're just about to drink it, not spill it all over yourself, doesn't it?;)

After 2 hours it begins to smell like guaiac wood, but the red wine note is still there and makes me sick...

However, after 4 hours the scent becomes gorgeous, as wine disappears, only wood and some soft, dark rose remains, combined with a little bit of delicate spice.

After 6 hours, deep dark red rose with a bit of wood and a few molecules of spice remains and this is smells like heaven! The wine note is almost completely gone, only some atoms are left.

Give me a perfume that smells like a dry-down of this scent and I'll be a fan of it right away!:D

Like Rose en Noir, this is a deep sweet jammy Persian rose combined with a smoky, dark ingredient. In Rose en Noir, it's peppery tobacco. This is supposed to be with Oud, but it wears as a smoky rose-cumin. I love both scents, as I find rose too cloying alone, and I like it roughened and combined with dark notes. Rose Oud is an eastern flavour scent without the oils and musks common to Arabian perfume, and still excellent quality. Several squirts lasts me all day. Recommended! X

I just got a decant in a blind swap and didn't have any expectations, really. I'm enjoying it for what it is. To me, it's mostly a jammy, saffron-y rose with no detectable oud or cumin, a little spice, and a syrupy ambery base. It gets sweeter and denser as it dries down, reminding me a bit of the base of Tauer Une Rose Chypree. It's definitely been done many times over, and it's more of a Western take on an Eastern theme. I find it wearable and likeable and will probably use it but don't feel the need to own a full bottle. I much prefer it to the decant I got of the much pricier Dior Oud Ispahan for which I had high hopes, but I find it unwearable because of the synthetic "oud" which I find screechingly synthetic and caustic to my sinuses. This doesn't seem to have anything too sharp or irritating and seems to just bypass the oud altogether.

"Rose oud" is not for sale in my country (a little joke from monsieur Yves, I suppose), but I got my greedy hands on it anyway. Don't you love the internet?
To my great joy it is nothing like "Rose absolu". It is soft, like a real rose (even the salt-like note you can detect in dried roses comes along in the first hour), and it stays close to the skin. And it is not as sweet as the "Rose absolu", and that is a big plus in my opinion. The oud is there, but in a supporting role to the rose. It makes the scent more mature and sophisticated. I understand the red-wine-comparison. It has some of the bouquet of a good red wine, but not as if you spilt a bottle over your hair and dress. I love it. Thank you Yves. Although it would be nice to be more easy to buy over here.

To me this smells of sweet honey with a smokiness that keeps the sweetness in place. I also perceive a waxiness and a dryness, which i think is provided the oud wood.
It does not smell overly rosy or oudy as the name may suggest.
BUT it is definetively intresting and not your typical sweet fruity floral patchuli.
A plus is the sillage, as i find it is not too strong and thus makes it a save but intresting fragrance.
(I like it when perfumes are not overly strong but just linger pleasantly around one without offending the surrounding too much. This is what i personally think makes a fragrance wearable.)
I agree with IndigoEye`s review. Good quality price ratio.

exactly, this is 100% red wine smell on me, too. pleasant and unique. I love it!

A long time ago I received a free sample via post, and I didn't open it till yesterday.
There was an offer called "happy hours" on their website and the first item in your basket was free. I thought I could get this one plus a travel spray of the latest "Accord Chic". Plus buy a shampoo, deo etc. I opened the sample and on me it smells like red wine.... I tested it twice, yesterday and today and apart from the fact the sample is very weak and doesn't last long, the rose note is not very strong, but red wine?
I wanted to love (and order) it so much! But I cannot smell like a woman who had too much wine or who poured a half of a bottle on herself.
Sorry, Mr. Rocher I was torn between this one and CK'c Deep Euphoria I tested a few days ago. Now my choice is obvoius (until I find something else in the meantime).

I ordered this on a whim because I love Annick Ménardo's perfumes, because it was reduced and because a few people said it reminded them on Shiseido's Feminité du Bois. But after reading the reviews here I almost sent it back unopened because it didn't seem well-liked. However, I opened it yesterday and have worn it all night and now all day again.

I have no idea what Yves Rocher Rose Absolue smelled like. Judging by the different way they were marketed, that was a fuller rose scent, whereas this is darker, drier and spicier. Yves Rocher seem to be trying to break into a wider market with this one. The problem seems to be that it doesn't smell like the softer florals the typical Yves Rocher customer might go for but it doesn't smell like the oud scents that niche shoppers are after. I think I'd have given it another name to avoid both pitfalls...

So what does it smell like? It does have a bloom of jammy rose at the start - there is a fruit note which keeps it soft. But very quickly there is dry wood and spice - not as dark or sour as oud - it does remind me of Feminité du Bois. There is cumin, although nothing sweaty. There is also something resinous in the drydown. However, what I personally love about this is that it stays shadowy and cool, as Feminité du Bois does, and avoids the sticky rose and amber combination that I personally find too cloying. Totally appropriate for either gender.

It is really nicely blended and smells way better than many scents I have tried at four times the price. It doesn't "run out of cash" and disintegrate into a disappointing or synthetic mess. Where, I suppose, it does compromise is the longevity. This lasts about 4 hours before becoming very soft. Before that it has moderate sillage. But priced at €30 for a 50ml bottle, you're still laughing. Just chuck it in your handbag/manbag and go!

Highly recommended - this is the best quality/penny I can think of.

This perfume is pleasant, but not competitor with Rose Absolue. It was great perfume! And Rose oud is only nice.

For me smells like dry rose petals :(

goes on a green rose with some darkness and a hint of vanilla; then some spices and an almost incense note in the drydown; it's a less expensive floriental than other rose-oud combos and ends up a little powdery without much projection or sillage but is pretty while it lasts. It's got a musky character to it. It was much prettier and jammier on me in 60-degree weather than in the summer when I tried it before.

I just purchased and appears to be a new oud perfume for me, this time one filled with labdanum harmoniously. actually me feel better at these two notes, which I also really love, the rose is more diffuse and pleases me. moreover, it is not sweet as I would have expected rather dry but extremely tenacious, surprising for a low cost fragrance range.
I was wondering if resemble the oudh- l'artisan perfumer, of duchafour, but I think it resembles only in one sense it is hard wearable, not for any time or any person.

Not my cup of tea. I love oud and I am crazy about roses, but from all four notes, my skin amplifies most labdanum and cumin. The initial spray is very powerful and masculine. I would definitely say that this is a dark fragrance, so if you are looking for that kind of thing,give it a try. I imagine this performing much better in winter. Sillage is huge on me - just a single spritz on the wrist made me feel like I am bathing in it. Now, three days later, I still can smell it on my jacket and it has a really lovely drydown, that reminds me of dark chocolate. Sultry and delicious at the same time. By the way, the bottle has a great color. The packaging and the perfume itself make me think of a sexy vampire woman.

I love the first wave of Rose Oud. It is truly delightful. Strong, exotic, dignified and strangely melancholic. It bears a beautiful secret and a promise to reveal it. It's like an erotic promise, long look in the eye, touch of naked skin. Unfortunately, the spell is broken quickly, there is no intoxicating night, nor hasty greed of lovers. Sensual damask rose withers, shrinks, leaving only a dusty memory. For a moment I can smell the leathery and woody note of oud, however, without rose essence it becomes muffled, as if buried underneath desert sand.

Rose Oud is dry, somewhat dull, as if roasted by the sun during the day and then quickly chilled by the darkness of the night. It lacks something, does not sound full sound. It lacks space, third dimension. I guess it's the rose that ruins it all. It should be a fresher one, not so exhausted by heat, juicy and fleshy. A drop of water in the desert, which would provide a luminousity and life to the composition, enhancing by contrastbthe beauty of wood notes. Perhaps resinous labdanum note would become more prominent.

The big dissapointment of Rose Oud is its lasting power. The scent evaporates from my skin very quickly, after a while I do not feel it on my clothes either.

The oud is far from being prominent here. Rose oud is rather a darker and less rounded version of Rose Absolue than an interpretation of oud. This is a very pleasant scent, close to skin, that conveys a feeling of warmth. To be honest, I think Rose Absolue was so much more beautiful and classy! They should bring it back!

I just got the chance to test this today, because my mom got a sample for free.
It has been written that it shares some similarities with L'Agent from Agent Provocateur., another perfume I own and truly adore. To me they do share something. They kinda put me in the same mood, they do awake some of the same feelings, and then again.. They don't smell the same. At all. This beauty is round, heavy, but not overly, deep, mysterious, but it doesn't have the cold, haunting, ghostly feeling that L'Agent awakes in me. This is more warm, comfortable, kind of like a caring hug, if that make sense?!. It makes me want to cuddle up in my sofa,with a warm, soft plaid, and drink a nice cup of spicy tea.
It's truly a lovely perfume, but I think I will wait with ordering my own sample until autumn arrives. Then I will appreciate it in the autumn winter season and use it as my signature scent for that time of year because it's definitely has the quality and depth to be that.
Sorry for my English, it's not my first language ;)

Love at first sniff... and if not rightaway then definitely love after 30min dry down! Lasts ages, this is strong, seductive, very very feminine, rosey (in a good way) and sexy all at once. I definitely smell cumin and mainly rose, lots of rose (not the delicate pinky rose kind but an in-your-face-sexy-valentine type of rose) A tad of Oud at first which just seems to make it a little more dark, sexy and intriguing but is not overpowering at all, it just lifts the rose. First thing my husband said was ... Mmm that one REALLY suits you (yes, in THAT voice), and I couldn't agree more. Tried a sample and just had to have it. It is perfect! I almost settled for Poison (ok, granted, quite a different seductive beast) for my super-sexy scent but this arrived just on time. At least I can feel hot, seductive, ultra-feminine and still be decent and stylish all at the same time with this one. (Rose Oud compares to Poison much in the same way a just-above-the-knee pencil skirt with a small side slit compares to a short black leather (preferably studded) mini skirt). To me this is a classic. In my top 6 favourites. Thank you Yves Rocher.

I finally tried this and was happily surprised. It's very rosy. It begins smelling like rose otto and some kind of attar.
Cumin is my nemesis, blessedly it doesn't appear here. I put the rest of the scented wipe onmy radiator and my living room smells lovely. The latter part of the wipe has become quite sweet and fruity.

Different and better than I expected. Hurray!
Update to say I actually liked this enough to buy a full bottle.

i was recently in europe and got to try this, so happy to have had the chance. anyway, i was sure i'd love it, but i didn't. i did like it but it just didn't smell like i expected. it was kind of odd and animalic on me after the outset. i did like the beginning with more rose, but i think my skin amped up the cumin to 11 or something, and i was just not enjoying it, unfortunately. i had high hopes for this! i love yves rocher scents but sometimes it all comes down to notes and skin chemistry.

I have fallen in love Today.....
Soooooo good! The oud is mild, but sexy, the rose is like jam, sweet, mouthwatering. The spices are nice, feminine.
For me it is a nice mix of Feminite du Bois and TDC Rose Poivreé. Really, deep, sweet and attractive. Meditative and full of desire at once. An inner Room in your soul where you keep all your secret desire. Traces of lavemaking on your skin.
Uhhhh, I love it soooo much!

I've had a long break from buying perfumes, so I ordered this one blind from YR, because I loved Rose Absolue.
I had to get on here to tell ya, this is fantastic!

I actually don't know how oud smells like, I've steered away from the note, because of the "barnyard" and "dirty" comments, so I can't tell you if it's prominent here or not.

This is a sultry and dark version of RA, woody and sweet at the same time. I don't think it smells like L'agent, that one is all mulled wine. I don't get that vibe from Rose Oud. I don't think this smells skanky or dirty either, it's just a very deep, sweet rose with an eastern vibe.

It smells good on the paper, but on my skin it's very sour and unpleasant...So better don't buy it blindly!

Sexy and delicious fragrance, which I recently received as a sample with my order from Yves Rocher. Shockingly good! Maybe I even buy it for myself. It's really amazing how some nicest scents of our time are hidden behind the modest logo of Yves Rocher. I have more and more respect for this house, which is creating great products without extra hype and advertising comparing to many high profile brands producing ridiculous crap.

My first impression is very fresh spicy. It vaguely reminds me of Opium. Then a pleasing frankincense comes through. I am still waiting for a hint of rose which hasn't appeared yet.
Fifteen minutes later, a sweet rose comes through, heavily blended with oud, it is certainly pleasant.

A warm, moody, smoky, inky, vintage rose with cumin adding tartness to an otherwise broodingly subtle, woody character.

Doesn't project very much, but this admittedly adds to the style - it is gently inviting, and the occasional moments when I catch a hint of moist, honeyed rose petals emerging through this fog are almost too lovely to bear. (Certainly something that fans of other Yves Rocher rose based scents would appreciate - it does have their signature rose style!)

This is an almost edible, chocolatey rose with a tender freshness at the core that sparks an awakening of the senses - a soft embrace that makes this appear best suited to an intimate 'evening' setting, adding contrast to the dryness of the scent. (Would this be better appreciated in the Sahara or on a steaming, rainy day?)

Smells nothing like L'Agent on/to me, thankfully, and the biggest drawback of the scent is its softness, read: weakness. Sad but true. Glad it doesn't smell like L'Agent, but sad that it doesn't have more strength. Wears skin close for up to six hours on my skin, trailing off with a delectably buttery labdanum.

absolutely love this! love at first sniff

The first thing that I could associate it with right after spraying is cosmetic wax. I felt like I was walking fresh out of the salon and yes, at first the perfume has a LOT of dirty in it. After a short while, though, I started smelling the rich and syrupy rose, which is delightful. Very nice, sweet and cozy fragrance.

I already have too many perfumes on my wishlist to consider buying this one in the near future, but I'd like a 5ml or 15ml bottle.

The start is a rich and dark rose that is a little skanky, then the oud comes in. I think it is the cumin note that gives the dirty impression. The drydown is on me a soily patchouly and leather. Sillage is moderate and it stays om my skin 8-10 hours.

After the first sprays I was flabbergasted and I actually laughed out loud in bewilderment because on me this is like a light version of L'Agent. Didn't see that coming... I must say, though, that after a few trials the similarity with L'Agent started to seem less prominent, but the first impression was staggering.

Rose Oud is a pleasant and gloomy oriental. It's also a bit dirty: there's some serious body odour right after the opening, but that phase tames down soon enough. Sadly, the whole scent collapses and disappears almost at that same moment. I love L'Agent so I wouldn't mind having a fragrance with similar style for more casual wear, but unfortunately RO is way too weak. On me it basically has no staying power or sillage whatsoever (I have this problem with many YR fragrances). The roaring opening is magnificent, but I just wish it would pack some punch a little longer. I'm glad I only bought a 15 ml (0.5 fl.oz.) purse spray. I got rid of it because I see no point in "wearing" a fragrance that lasts for about 1 hour max. :(

It start with smell of small church -candles,spices?labdanum I understand ?some sour but pleasant foggy smell after came roses -moderate but sure and for Mr it not garden roses ,it like confiture -with rose petals sweet sour and syropy one.again what I love here -everything at harmony.
It was like lullaby song
It soapy calm fragrance,without freshness and aquatic notes.it sitting close to body.

Interesting smell .I think I like that it so intimate fragrance ,not cloudy and massive.

This one is skanky for sure - the cumin makes it dirty and even foul for some before the rose and the oud take their place in the mix. I loved it from the very first moment I got my mini, and I ordered a full bottle asap.

This sounds really good! Does anyone know if this or any of the other Yves Rocher Secrets d’Essences fragrances are available in Australia? I only have Iris Noir bought used from someone else. Would love to try the rest of the range.

Reminds me a lot of rose absolue. Starts sweet, rosey and jammy. Like sweet, sweet rose jam. Calms down to the powdery pastry-ish rose of Rose Absolue with just a hint of an oud ghost lingering at the edges. The oud gives it slightly more dimension than RA. Slightly.
(Have used up several bottles of RA as it was my partner's favourite but can't make myself wear it anymore, too sweet and linear).
I may have liked this one a bit more if I hadn't recently tested Guerlain's Rose Nacree du Desert, a beautiful, perfect, adult rose. Absolute perfection. Rose Oud is for the sugar crazed youth (of all ages...).
Another, more reasonably priced alternative is Estee Lauder's Amber Mystique. Rose, amber, more oud and much less sugar.

Edit April 10, 2016
Tried again last night and first I got the sweet rose. 45 minutes later I sniffed again and all I could smell was beer. I kid you not, BEER! With no hint of rose left. (And no, no beer in the house, all I did was some very calm hatha yoga)

Got a mini in the mail today. I am so diappointed:( This is a dirty and strange perfume. Smokey, dusty amber-rose mixture. My husband couldn't stand it either. Just too odd and way too gothic. Sorry.

I got a miniature of this in the mail today, and it smells amazing!

The rose is very deep, dark and slightly syrupy. It's like they've taken the rose out of Serge Lutens La Fille de Berlin and added a little woody skankiness from oud and cumin, and some warmth (like a desert breeze) from the leathery and ambery labdanum. It's simply lovely!

Sillage is moderate and longevity is about 8-10 hours on my skin.

I got one of those tissue samples of this scent.

It smells like any mens cologne from the 80`s, very harsh woody notes and some sharp piercing spicy note.

Very very masculine, and absolutely no softness.

Definitely no rose.

Headache in a bottle.

Wow I'm shocked. This is amazing! Such a beautiful oud/rose perfume! Reminds me of Montale and niche perfumes. I think it's very unisex!

I'm surprised with how much I like this. I'm not very into oud, but I'm also not very into roses and this scent has just the right amount of both to make a really pleasant combination. The rose subsides after a while and lets the oud dominate in the drydown, which is a bit disappointing, but the composition sweetens up again during its final skin-scent hours. It's very cosy, but definitely a night-time scent for me.

It's not very complex, and I wouldn't know whether or not it's any good compared to other oud-rose frags but it is very pleasant and mood-lifting. Hopefully I'll be shopping at the YR store at the right time and be able to score a free mini of this, I am craving it.

Starts off a little sour and soapy, one of the more mature roses, but dries down to a perfect balance of warmth and soapyness. Strong and lasts an eternity on the skin. I will most definitely buy a big bottle! An elegant rose.

In which European country/ies is this scent available ? The YR customer service informed that it will not be available in Germany :-( Big disappointment after reading that.
I am thinking of buying it from abroad...Thanks in advance for posting some info here if you know anything.

I can't wait for this one! I'm expecting spicy resinous and musty rose oud here 8)

23. november 2015

They are launching it in january 2016 but now they already give a mini of it as a gift with purchase, so i have this miniature fragrance and today wearing it.

Nothing much to write about but this one is a very well made rose oud combination, probably one of the most wearable of many that i have tried. This YR presentation is affotrdable and probably best balanced than i´ve expected. I do like the "Rose absolou" from this series and this one will be another hit. I only applied it as a dab on the palm of my hand and it even survived several hand washes hours later.
At first it starts as a mix of sour oud and caraway probably, with labdanum as a base and i do not really like that sour undertone it has for an initial opening, but luckily it does not last long and then it becomes a regular rose - labdanum mix which is a very intense and very pleasant. i really enjoy it and sillage is enough not to kill any one around you. Just in time for the cold northern climate. Will buy a full bottle for sure!!!!
Good job YR!