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5.0
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7 years ago

Sexy, alluring, dusky rose is something that I often want to smell like. I love roses--the scent, the flowers themselves, the plants, I just adore them. Black Phoenix makes amazing rose scents, and...

About reviewer (564 reviews)

Age56 & Over

SkinCombination, Fair, Warm

HairRed, Wavy, Fine

EyesBlue



4.0
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10 years ago

Roses, amber, and musk. Sounds like plenty of perfumes so far. One thing that BPAL didn't give are the kinds of amber and musk. This is a dry, dusty rose. Sadly for me, the amber needs to be aged a...

About reviewer (296 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinCombination, Fair, Cool

HairBrunette, Straight, Medium

EyesHazel


2.0
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12 years ago

I got this as an imp with a recent order that I'd made, and I really wanted to like this. I guess the combination of rose, musk, but it just didn't appeal to me. I had my husband smell it,...

About reviewer (184 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinCombination

HairBrunette

EyesBlue


5.0
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13 years ago

Another beautiful, interesting rose. When I first got in to BPAL I wanted to try all of their rose scents to find something that made me as happy as Stella McCartney's Stella. This is a...

About reviewer (391 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinCombination, Fair, Neutral

HairRed, Wavy, Medium

EyesBlue


3.0
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18 years ago

from rappaccinis garden <BR><BR> notes: a blend of roses, with a touch of amber and musk. <BR><BR> in the vial: roses and musk. i almost get a hint of vetyver or dirt. green and nearly...

About reviewer (832 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinCombination, Other

HairBrown

EyesBrown


5.0
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18 years ago

My new favourite (well, this week)! This is a deep, incensy rose - the amber notes make it reminiscent of Stella McCartney's fragrance, but it is darker still than that. It stays warm and soft...

About reviewer (195 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinCombination, Fair, Warm

HairOther, Straight, Fine

EyesGreen


2.0
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19 years ago

Rose rose, powder, more rose, TONS of powder. Repeate cycle. Almost like Ombre Rose parfum, veeeerrry similar. Not terribly interesting and I do like rose. Rose Red is my favorite though and I...

About reviewer (334 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinAcne-prone, Fair-Medium, Cool

HairRed, Wavy, Medium

EyesGreen


2.0
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19 years ago

Meh. This morphs a dozen times, and all but once the scent isn't to my liking. The once it does indeed smell like the super dark roses I once recieved in college, but it still smelled thin and...

About reviewer (36 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinCombination

HairBrunette

EyesHazel


2.0
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19 years ago

<i> Exquisitely melancholy. The background scent to an ancient exequies. Heavy, dark and floral: a blend of roses, with a touch of amber and musk. </i> </p> <p> The description is right on. ...

About reviewer (245 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinOther

HairOther

EyesOther


2.0
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19 years ago

I love most of BPALs rose scents, but this one wasn't for me. The rose seemed very dark and muted, and I prefer fresh and juicy. Very true to the description!

About reviewer (56 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinNormal

HairRed

EyesBlue


5.0
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19 years ago

Like viciousviolet said - this is the rose of funeral homes. It's a pure rose scent, slightly powdery, with the kind of depth I've never been exposed to in a straight-up floral. I don't get *any*...

About reviewer (102 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinCombination

HairRed

EyesGreen


2.0
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19 years ago

I like rose, but this was not the rose for me. It was very powdery and more like a dried up musty rose than the live flower.

About reviewer (862 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinCombination, Fair, Cool

HairBlond, Wavy, Medium

EyesBlue


4.0
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20 years ago

not dark, i'm not getting the amber here - very rosey. not powdery. actually, for a rose, i like this. 6 hours of wear, still gently warm and wafting roses and not powder (which is what amber...

About reviewer (26 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinVery Dry, Fair, Neutral

HairBrown, Wavy, Medium

EyesBlue


5.0
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20 years ago

a startlingly good description right in the name- it's a dark rose scent. Very beautiful and soft, but with a dark edge to it. I like it.

About reviewer (25 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinCombination

HairRed

EyesBlue


2.0
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20 years ago

Dusty musty sweet rose. I don't smell the musk, just a very perfumey smell. Not great or remarkable in any way.

About reviewer (414 reviews)

Age

SkinOther, Other, Not Sure

HairOther, Other, Other

EyesOther


5.0
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21 years ago

This is a very nice floral with a musk base. Wet on me it smelled like, guess what? Roses! Dry it was an interesting deep rose scent that was very nice. I am not a big floral gal, but florals with...

About reviewer (23 reviews)

Age

SkinOther, Other, Not Sure

HairOther, Other, Other

EyesOther


4.0
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21 years ago

This is a lovely, dark rose... definitely not the innocent rose of youth, but a rose of passion, a very womanly rose.

About reviewer (119 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinOily, Fair-Medium, Warm

HairBlond, Other, Medium

EyesBrown


2.0
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21 years ago

Musky and floral. Not gross on, but it doesn't really appeal to me since rose and musk are two things I can only take in small doses. Maybe for someone else but definitely not for me.

About reviewer (460 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Cool

HairBrunette, Straight, Fine

EyesBlue


5.0
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21 years ago

Much like so many other BPAL scents, this one has to be experienced. There is no way to describe it other than this is a black rose. Slightly spicy, slightly musky, this is a sinister rose. This is...

About reviewer (100 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinOther

HairOther

EyesOther


3.0
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21 years ago

Yup, that’s a rose! It’s not at all powdery, or old-lady-ish, it smells like a rose out in the garden. Or maybe in a greenhouse, because it’s not a sunny outdoorsy garden smell, it’s just a ROSE.

About reviewer (49 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinAcne-prone

HairBlond

EyesGreen