Paestum Rose Eau D`Italie for women and men

This was love at first sniff.

I am a lover of rose fragrances which can easily be worn by men - two of my favourites thus far are Voleur de Roses and C&S No.88.

The nearest reference point for me for this was the C&S, but Paestum rose heads off into a different territory.

The incense and rose blend in Paestum Rose is divine, an utterly beautiful, haunting melody played on the olfactory lobes.

It is my next full bottle purchase. I've been waiting to treat myself to it for too long.

This is a love or hate scent. I had people follow me, other avoiding me. I love this scent. On my skin, it's a very expensive rose. On the skin of a female colleague, it became church incense. I love both facets!

Stage 4 on my quest for my smokey rose. Also sampled this by recommendations from kind Fragrantica members.

this one is a gentler take on the idea of incense/resins/patchouli vs rose as opposed to Tauer's Incense Rose or FM's Portrait of a Lady.

Unlike those two though, this one is spiced up a little. Pepper is quite noticeable.

The tea note is quite prominent at the beginning, with time it slowly disappears giving its place to vanilla.

I am currently undergoing a rose phase, so all rose fragrances are of particular interest to me.

I had high hopes for Paestum Rose, maint because I loved all other fragrances from L'Eau d'Italie... It is not the ultimate rose scent. The first spray is quite unpleasant to be honest. There is rose, but it is quite heavy, earthy, medicine-like herbal and somehow... wet? I don't realli like coriander, so maybe that is why I could not appreciate it here, and I was not that thrilled abour resins and pathcoili that, as it ften happens with this note, displays a tendency to overpower everything.

A few hours later, Paestum Rose becomes an entirely different fragrance, with more fresh rose and peppery peony. The flowery accords and fruity notes are really lovely, but it turns out to be less original of a fragrance. At this stage I like it more than at the beginning, but it is not enough for me to want to have a bottle of my own.

I persist (obstinately) in searching a rose scent that I may like, but with poor results. Maybe I should definitely resign on the fact that I don't like this smell. Said that Paestum Rose is one of the most "affordable" for my nose because Mr Duchafour mixes this floral note together with a massive dose of incense and cedarwood so to (barely) blend and attenuate the characteristic acidic-sweetness of this ingredient. A nice composition, well crafted but absolutely dominated by a generic rose note.

IMO the Rose has one of the most recognizable smell and that's why Rose Fragrances are a very dangerous territory as they often end smelling much the same.The only rose-based perfume I really enjoyed is Parfum Sacre where the main ingredient is treated to become almost "piquant", quasi-desweetened. It's unequivocally a rose note but at the same time it's different form almost any other rose fragrance around. Other good examples are CDG2 Woman, CDG's Palisander and Malle's Bigarade Concentre where the rose it's just a kind of "adjuvant" to other notes.

I've to be honest, this is a nice scent, but absolutely not for me.

Rating: 8/10 (if you like rose)
6.5/10 (for my personal taste)

Rose, incense, myrrh and cedar wood! The perfect combination in perfect proportions, accented with some subtle spices and other woody notes. The incense and woods render the rose dry and transparent, not sweet or moist or floral, like rose petals stored with precious resins in a cedar chest or burned along with cedar chips and incense. The scent is more or less linear, with the cedar eventually fading somewhat and the rose and myrrh becoming a little more prominent late in the drydown, but the end is still basically the same as the beginning.

There’s plenty of sillage, but it’s not overpowering. Longevity is good, but it’s gone from clothing by the next morning. For the first few hours that I wore Paestum Rose I was head over heels in love and knew that this was a perfume that I had to have a larger amount of, but by the end I was a little disappointed that nothing had really changed. The sample vial has gone into my “favorites” box, so as I use it up I’ll decide whether I need a larger decant. Whatever my final decision, I have to say that this is one of the best perfumes I’ve tried in a long time.

I was never a big fan of rose, but this scent is converting me. The rose here is so perfect and natural and surounded by intoxicating spices and woods.

I find this scent highly evocative. I makes me think of the joys in life. Enjoying high culture, touring the most beautiful museums, enjoying the finest wines. I feel motivated to take a big bite out of life when I smell this on my wrist.

I would classify this scent as an oriental spicy. And I think it can be worn anytime of the year. Day or evening. I love it!

Edited to add: Ive worn this a few times now and I have a different interpretation of when I wore it the first time. I get more rose than anything else now. The rose again, is the most perfect Ive ever smelled. Very pure and crisp. The musks makes the rose soft and the faint incense in the backround gives it warmth and depth. The scent lies close to my skin and is very romantic. I can see now why its classified as a floral woody musk. No longer spicy on my skin. Interesting.

I love this peppery, incense, resinous rose scent. It's oddly addictive. I love it at bedtime or whenever I want to feel comforted and cosy, yet feminine.

Cold weather is the best time when this should be worn. On my wrist if opened with the most amazing combiniton of rose and cinnamon, extremely warm, cozy and feminine. The cinnamon here is very dominant and as we all know, there are many kinds of cinnamon. Sometimes it's just spices, but here it's more than spices. Paestum Rose's cinnamon is freshly baked cinnamon cookies like. It has a christmasy feel to it because of that.
I can agree to previous reviewers that this is not floral. For me it's more woody spicy or I don't even know...the scent is so complex, that it changes all the time. After the cinnamon cookie phase it starts to get more dry and woody, I can definetely feel myrrh and the patchoulli show's it's herbal/medical face.
At the heart phase, together with patchoulli tea and black currant's make this scent little bit fresher, refreshing, so I can see why people consider this to be more made for hot weather. Pity, but the rose for me is almost gone at the heart part, which is weird, but not definetely bad thing, because everything else is still there which makes this fragrance very loveable.

It is a masterpiece and I love it.

Grande fragranza!
Uno di migliore profumo rosa.

i love rose smells, i want it but i cant make a decision.its hard to find male version of rose smells.
is it suitable for men?what u think?can u suggest another rose smell for men?

Peppery rose, with a drydown that envelops you whole. Since I am a woody rose lover, this has been my favorite for a long time. It is a clean spice, however, very unique.

Great fragrance!
One of the best rose scent.
I am wearing it at this moment (ordered vial) and I am seriously considering buying a full bottle. Paestum Rose is one of the best of its genre with Black Aoud by Montale.

The drydown is nearly like roses with a pine background. Maybe the wood resin I had at first sniff? Pretty amazing!

Wait a minute...
I am thinking of buying those 2! haha

10/10

A dry dusty rose, like roses growing around old ruins, but the incense is more predominant than the rose. It has a peppery edge and becomes earthier (patchouli or vetiver?) after a while. Really lovely, sheer and easy to wear. I think it would be excellent in hot weather and would work for women and men.

This was one of my worst disappointment in fragrance :-(
I smelt this on a paper and it was divine! A beautiful complex composition of dark intense raw roses with spice. I kept the paper under my nose for half a hour in delight, then I decided to go back to the shop and put it on my wrist: disaster! It smelt of concentrated cumin and sweaty armpit. Terrible!

I loved this as soon as it hit my wrist. The incense and rose blend is amazing. Sillage is good along with longevity. This one will be added to my collection.

Roses under the trees in the church garden. The wind carries the smell of roses, pine, incense and old wood from the building, mixed with spices.
Beautiful.

it's a nice rose with incense and woods that make it interesting and not powdery or old woman-rose. Reminds me of Le Labo's Rose - no they dont smell exactly the same but Im referring to the fact they they are both interesting incensey roses that could easily be unisex. The main difference is the addition of wood to PR. Won't be buying a FB though, prefer Le Labo's.

Paestum Rose is an unforgettable woody incense rose of exceptional quality and distinction. The rose heart is surrounded by woody/resinous notes with a healthy dose of black pepper to create far more than another rose perfume! To me it summons ancient times when scents were obviously all natural ingredients and dipped from gorgeous vials by ladies of means and fashion!
I bought a full bottle before using up the sample I had been given - a must-have for the 'different rose' lover!
5 stars to Eau d'Italie!

Royal fragrance. Dark beautiful purple rose with velvety petals, in company of incense, wood and spices. This smell is sound, sensual, warm, nice, beautiful and it have... smiley. I dream about it. It's masterpiece.

Veruska is correct: this is not a floral. It is a wonderful incense fragrance with notes of rose, though there is little even of that. Wafts of rockrose, resin, powdered sandalwood and that faint ghost of rose make for a very lovely and wearable blend. Incense lovers must try. If you're a rose lover, you will need to layer on rose scent. With none of the smoke or strong sharp wooden edges many incense fragrances have (think Jaisalmer for wood edge) this stays close to the skin and would actually be office appropriate in moderate doses. Very very nice.

I Know that you're going to laugh loud but i don't consider this one to be a rose fragrance. IN fact i don't consider it a floral. To me it starts in a warm vanillic woody,but also fresh and herbal way a Dauchaufour trademark. And it proseeds in agreat resinous path.For the first 1 1/2 hour it's great but then it became spare with only pepper in the drydown. Anyway when the complexity is gone the magic is lost.