Black Rose For Women
Black Rose For Women opens on saffron — the sole top note, giving a dry, metallic-spiced opening with some warmth.
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- Warm Spicy50
- Rose50
- Woody50
- Amber
The note pyramid
- Saffron
- Jasmine
- Rose
- Labdanum
- Amber
- Patchouli
By the editors · 2 min readBlack Rose For Women opens on saffron — the sole top note, giving a dry, metallic-spiced opening with some warmth. It transitions quickly into jasmine and rose at the heart.
The rose and jasmine combination is densely floral, with the saffron lingering as a warm undercurrent. This is a clearly Middle-Eastern oriented rose at its heart — slightly animalic in that context.
Labdanum, amber, and patchouli in the base provide the expected orientally rich foundation. Labdanum adds honey-like resin; patchouli contributes earthy depth. The overall profile is a warm, dark, spiced rose with amber warmth — intense in projection for the first hour, then settling into a skin-close resinous rose.
Scent twins
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