Rossy de Palma Eau de Protection Etat Libre d`Orange for women

Mindblowing Rose!!! I have tried more than a few of the Etat Libre d'Orange range of frags and take a filial sort of pride in the fact that the house was started by a fellow South African. I noticed that in a lot of the fragrances, the drydown seemed to be very similar (at least to my nose) and drew my own conclusion that the frags were probably all built on the same base, similar to Guerlain's 'guerlinade', which doesn't really work on my skin. How true this may be I cannot say ... I was simply following my nose - which more often than not leads me totally astray!

Today I tried Rossy de Palma and it was an instant love affair! This rose is intense - rich ,sweet and melancholy with the touch of a sting and a hint of blood as the thorn pierces the skin (undoubtedly the ginger and pepper). She is blousy and overblown, definitely not of the fresh and dewey variety. A rose that has reached her prime, languidly crushed against the sheets from being made love upon, exuding her fragrant swansong. Later, pale incense delicately spirals into the sky, carrying the soul of the rose aloft ...

I don't care that this is supposed to be for the gals ... I'm gonna wear the hell out of it ... and I'm going to abuse the sprayer mercilessly!! This frag is freaking AWESOME!!! I bought 2 :o).

An almost stripped bare rose dipped in ginger-y, metallic/marine notes assails my olfactory senses like no other perfume I own. Its sharpness gives way ever so slightly to a peppery assault mixing with heady jasmine. This part of it makes me kind of uncomfortable almost to the point that I think maybe I have overdone the application. I can almost sense a headache looming in the distance. It is somewhat cloying.
This scent stays linear for a long time with the ginger/pepper/rose scent for at least 4 hrs. Reminds me of Marine Sel by Tokyo Milk. It appears to morph into a seductively sensuous dusky rose at drydown thanks to the patchouli and incense which makes me feel better about allowing it to remain on my skin. If ginger and geranium turn you off you may want to only take a nibble of this before wearing full out.
Incredible staying power. I sampled last night around 10pm and still detected it on my wrists around 6:30am. Decided to wear to work today and it has not disappointed. It doesn't seem to be an obtrusive scent as long as it is not used with a heavy hand.

Here goes my first review of an Etat Libre D'Orange fragrance, a perfume house that has intrigued me for a long time! Rossy de Palma is definitely a feminine mysterious rose. On me this was initially almost oud-like in its strength. The rose, pepper and frankinscense dominated on my skin. After about 30 minutes, this had mellowed and I started to pick up the patchouli and benzoin.

This is a very pleasant, slightly unusual, rose fragrance with low sillage and decent longevity. However, I'm not sure I'll invest in a bottle, as I don't think this really stands out from many other gorgeous rose scents out there.

This is such an amazing perfume! So very rosey and warm I start out smelling a bit of the bergamot, ginger, pepper and of course rose, then I can start smelling the frankincense. Once the bottom notes appear I can smell the benzoin too. Oh my is it so very lovely! I do not get blood or any metallic notes in it at all. This is very strong too, it only took a little bit from my sample vial and it lasted 12 hours! I kept having to sniff my wrist all day because it was so lovely. This is perfume artistry at it's finest! Becuase of the spice notes it it, I think it best for Fall and Winter wear day or night. It's on my likes, but I might end up adding this to my loves. You have to try this!

Wow! I smelled this today from my sample after many months since my first review and all I can say is: fabulous!
It's such an amazing perfume, rose for sure, but not just rose! There is an organic nuance which is highly addictive! Don't think of blood, because it doesn't smell exactly like blood. I wouldn't like if it was so. I have no attraction for all that fuss around blood, milk, etc... Actually I think it's just marketing. Eau de Protection smells organic like soil and something both metallic and sweet in it. It's like an edible rose of the best quality surrounded by spicy and gourmand notes.
What I like here is balance. No real ginger or cocoa obvious smell like so many other modern gourmand.
It's all kept very balanced and the rose shines through the rest of composition.
I've been said to have a metallic smell on my skin, which I don't get much. I wonder if this perfume enhance that feeling, but I don't really care! I just like to sniff it on my wrist!
It makes me feel confortable, cosy and secure and anyway it's a gorgeous smell to my nose!
I never tried to wear it out of home but I will for sure and ask for opinion to my closest ones.
In any case, whether it is appreciated or not on me I will keep using it for my own pleasure!

Smells like an idealized rose geranium essential oil. Very rich and smooth. After about an hour a bit of cacao joins in like a whisper. Roses in the sun!
Fabulous, I think for Fall and Winter seasons.

fresh velvety rose. crisp and warm at the same time. the ginger and pepper starts off so nice whit the Rose.and the story goes one .Feel like walking in a foreest whit wild roses lingering whit the smell of weth soil and leavs. very nice and gental.
feel like a proper lady in this one . ready for a romantic walk into the sunset. This is an afternone fragrance IMO.

voleur de roses!!the first thing I think when I smell this frag.
very similar .
Maybe l'artisan voleur is more dark juicy and masculine.
Rossy de Palma has something cleaner and airy with a touch of dry leafs

A rose perfume with a twist! There is a lot of rose but also something metallic underneath the soft scent of rose, benzoin and cocoa. I also get vanilla from this scent. I think it's suitable to wear both in the day and the night, depending on how heavily you apply it.

Now THIS is a rose fragrance. Generally, rose can smell one or or two ways on my skin:

1. Powdery and stuffy, as most rose scents do (Knowing, the current Rive Gauche), or

2. Cold and dark, like death itself (Ungaro III, Domenico Caraceni).

Rossy de Palma takes a different route. "Juicy", an adjective used by my good friend Gypsy Parfumista, is an apt way of describing this rose. It's also quite vegetal and tomato-leaf like, in a sense referencing the "Garden" fragrances by Hermes. Either way, this is a juicy rose in the garden, from leaf to stem. The frankincense and patchouli add a dark, resinous quality that I can feel in the back of my throat. As it dries down I can smell the benzoin/praline creeping through to add a little "nutty" sweetness.

And, for the most part, that's it. Rose all the way, from the minute I apply to the warm base notes 7 or 8 hours later. What's interesting about Rossy de Palma is that while this rose is dark and astringent, it's warm-blooded. It has a heart and an inviting presence if you give it a chance. Maybe that's who Rossy de Palma is. I haven't seen any of her films, but the facets of this scent may very well fit her to a "T".

So anyway, I would definitely try Rossy de Palma if you're into rose scents. TRY BEFORE YOU BUY, as it's not the most accessible fragrance, but I definitely feel it's worth trying. I need to get to know it a little better before I decide I actually like it. At this point, I wouldn't buy a bottle.

better rose? where? XD

honestly, I was very disappointed about most of the dominant rose perfumes. I know some are loved because they represent the true flowers - but honestly - to reflect reality we could use some rose oil - sorry to say but those i cannot quite regard artwork

Others then would suffocate the roses with patchouli, sugar, spices or incense, again. I see no point in those either?

i love this because this is a well-balanced, soft fragrance. The rose is recognizable - not too much , not too little, not twisted, not suffocated but nicely supported by vanilla (although not listed) and patchouli and it has the sophistication and depth many fragrances try to achieve. And the rose is crimson but wont bite. It would just smile a little with the inner knowledge - like a Mona Lisa - you can do whatever - i know what you are and what you want

Don't be shied away by the fact that this is from Etat Libre - this scent is very elegant, no perversion.

It's a suggestive scent, it reminds something magic and strong...the absolute and the strange, linked together

There are much better rose than this one.
Too powdery.

Rossy de Palma? After Secretions Magnifiques, you KNOW where my mind went...Rosy Palm! :) I had no idea that Rossy was even a real person. Now, after smelling this scent, I feel quite compelled to look her up...

This begins so very smoothly, enchanting with the brightness of citrus braided with a warm juicy warmth and a subtle spiciness...and the rose peeking playfully: heavenly! This scent is like a sexy vivacious woman who just winked at you...excitement courses through you that SHE might find YOU attractive! More enchanting than real roses RdP's heart "beats" with sensuality and pure sex appeal. The alternating dryness of the carnation and the thickness of the jasmine define the roses' beauty better than one of Shakespeare's odes ever could. "The Vigin never wanders far from the whore" is quite apropos here; as this is at once soft, but charming and utterly lascivious. Not in a phony way, like young girls painted up as a child trying to look the part of a woman, but a woman who is at once innocent and naughty! A rose by any other name...should smell THIS GOOD! This is the svelte woman desired by all, with a slit up her dress almost to the hip...but she is no tramp. She has a tender loving side and exalts in making love (from the heart). This dries down earthy, smoky and so delicious. For all her girliness and feminine wiles, she has an earthy almost raw sense of humour, and very amusing but candid way of looking at life. Oriental enough to be seductive, but earthy enough to be herself...Rossy de Palma Eau de Protection is an essay in contrasts. Bold, but never brazen (unless it heightens the passion), yet shy when she needs to be. I am thoroughly and utterly impressed!! This is a feminine scent, no doubt. But, it's drydown is fine for almost anyone. I would not care what anyone thought of me wearing this...it's THAT good!

Sillage: very good
Longevity: great!
Overall: 4.25/5

Not the biggest fan of roses, to begin with, Miss Rossy has me quite in her spell. This enchanting olfactive composition is a true delight, and if you love roses, then this is all YOU. I like them okay and it has me, quite literally, drooling...

To give you an image of what kind of person this perfume would be, I imagine (upon meeting her and talking with her) something very like this:

Gypsy: Ms. Rossy, do you smoke after sex?
Rossy: *puffs cigarette sexily* I don't know, I never looked!

;)

A very strong rose.
I was asked if I'd fallen into the bottle and that's exactly how I felt myself. Just a little too overwhelming for me.

I've to admit I've a problem with Rose based scents. Besides a very few (Parfum Sacré, Black Aoud and a few others) I don't like them. It's my personal taste.

Said that, Rossy the Palma is a crude, raw and tremendously realistic crimson rose. Almost uncomfortable but somehow delightful and fascinating, exactly as Rossy De Palma is. IMO this is one of the most appropriate and fitting scent name given by the guys at ELDO, but still no scent for me.

Rating: 7/10

Love this scent, it surrounds me with aromatherapy cloud. It has well mixed components, they are equal. It's a little rosy, a little sweet, a little bitter, a little woody; clean, but rich and not heavy. Unusual and sexy of course. It's not that surface and loud sexuality, but Rossy de Palma unobtrusively and unnoticeably catches you and takes your head away.
To my happiness I don't feel too much patchouly (it usually makes perfume too oily) and carnation is on its place bot making soapy notes. I like the balance and this scent has the same character as I do )))
I do not recommend it for teens and very young girls. It's a real feminine scent a quintessence of the type of woman I adore and wanna be like )

this is LOVE !!! It may just be the most gorgeous scent that I ever had the pleasure of using. Received a sample from a frag member(many thanks to Triplex) this week and I am totally hooked. Main theme is ROSE, obviously, first couple of minutes I can smell a metallic note(must be the ''bloood accord!!!''), afterwards a rich dark red rose, is caressing my skin with balmy wafts of cocoa, vanilla and creamy fluffy benzoin. My new addiction, just ordered a bottle from Amazon.Hopping I just found my signature perfume after years of searching.

Eau de Protection is maybe the only Etat Libre d'Orange I care for. At least the only one that gives me a reason for purchasing. I'm not yet sure. I love to smell my sample for smelling purposes. When I put some drops of this scent on my skin I find it friendly even if extravagant. It's such a different take on rose! I love well made rose-scents like Yves Rocher and Stella McCartney, so you can guess Eau de Protection is a totally different thing! I smell lots of black pepper since the beginning through the end. It's pickling together with ginger. Then come a very strange rose. I would say a scaring rose, but it's also exhilarating and not so scaring after all... If you think of rose you normally think of the smell of petals. Well, here the rose is taken as a whole plant. Imagine that you are smelling petals, stem, roots alltogether at the same time. I have no idea how they do it because I don't think there such an infusion of the real thing. It's artificial chemistry. The metallic edge is very obvious but fortunately it doesn't remind me of blood in a raw way. Incense and patchouli are there too. I don't detect the jasmin, the bergamot and the cacao.
It's a fascinating fragrance, much more interesting as a work of art in itself than other Etat Libre that are just unpleasant smells. I'm not sure it's easily wearable. For sure it's not mainstreet (of course, it didn't mean to be!) but I still need to find out if it smells scary to other people at least on work situations.
I don't personally find it scary, only different and original and for some reason it makes me feel fine. Maybe that's the real meaning of Eau de Protection!
Rossy de Palma is a great actress and quite interesting as a woman.
I also like the packaging and all the marketing behind. At least for once one of the Etat Libre d'Orange has a good reason for being so overly niche-marketed through big words and imagery.

Rossy is taking me to the seashore with this fragrance, where the wind is playing with my hair. Opposite of this sea there are several little cozy restaurants next to eachother. Fresh air, bergamont, a hint on spices and a very tiny hint of rose, all in a very deligat way. Lovely!

Roses, incense and pepper! I love this one! I was scared that this Rossy de Palma might only smell roses and roses and roses. No! A spicy rose growing through incense smoke! Not for the floral gals.

Every once in a while you come across a fragrance which completely surprises you.

Since I sample this fragrance on Wednesday, June 10, 2009, I was not able to stop thinking about this scent. It has even creped into a dream of mine (Rossy de Palma actually handing me a bottle of this).

My first impression of this scent was that it brought memories of grand mother's favorite soap: Maja. The top note is soft breeze of roses. As it warms up (on my skin) hints of ginger and black pepper come to play and tease you. I love how the patchouli and incense notes develop as the protective dragon near the rose bush. They are there but never over powering the beauty of the roses.

Rossy De Palma Eau de Protection will make you feel sensual, playful and risky. For the 1st celebrity fragrance from this house, they nail it. I can imagine Rossy herself in any of the Almodavor movies quietly in the background but having a memorable presence.