Rouge Hermes Hermes for women

Rouge is of a beautiful outstanding peculiarity. I find it a very recognizable scent, truly spicy (I feel cinnamon, nutmeg, pepper and cumin) and full of ylang ylang. It lasts a long time in my skin which is quite unusual, maybe it is due to the fact that the middle notes are already working as other perfume's base ones, sandalwood, ambre, vanilla and cedar (this last one as the master here). This makes it strong but within a velvety outlook (iris, rose). It is a warm powdery companion, of an unexpected and original beauty. Quite distinct and rare in today's perfume lanscape. Give it a try before it becomes an unattainable vintage. It is a unique powerful powder. I like it on cool weather days and going out for dinner nights.

This is very powdery to me. I almost can't get past the powdery to smell anything else. It is a woodsy floral to me. I do detect ylang ylang, it reminds me of 24 Faubourg but to the nth x of powder. It is beautiful but must use in moderation.

i had this in the back shelf ..i just sprayed it to review it.. and wow i was mesmerized ..one spray and it takes you back to powdery.. balmy.. oriental.. french.. 70 ies perfumes.. like madam rochas ..its a beautiful perfume.. a skin close scent.. it blends with your chemistry.. and warms up.. and transforms.. in to the most amazing powdery.. perfumy.. sensual.. vial ever..its unique.. in a class of its own.. definitely sophisticated.. classy ..and a bit sassy..
its bold and elegant its confident and serene ..its for a unique woman ..its more of a night evening perfume good for intimate dates or special occasions..

edt 100 ml vintage
perfume rtting 4.4 out 5
bottle ratting 4.3 out 5
my personal liking rating 4.2 out 5

Light, powdery, refined, aldehydic. Smells like a wealthy woman's wig. When I smell this I think of the color white, rather than the color red for which it is named. Reminds me a little bit of Chanel 22.

Just received a bottle of Rouge as a gift from my sweetie.
Smooth, spicey, powdery.....really beautiful.
It is warm and sensual.
Amber, vanilla, sandalwood.....at least this is my impression.
Oriental.

This is very lovely. Very sharp beginning, reminding me of really fresh flowers after just blooming, then the other notes come forward, like an unfurling rose. Spices, woods, amber, vanilla. At this point, I feel like I am tranported to a lavish victorian bedroom with old wooden floors, lush burgandy velvet bedspread on a victorian canopy bed, old tapestries hanging on the walls, rococo furniture covered in deep red satin, and a dressing table with all of the works... sterling silver powder jars, hair receiver ,and swansdown puffs, and a bouquet of red roses in a crystal vase. This is a deep red rose, with face powder nuances.

A very lovely classic perfume. Very powdery and rich. Wonderful staying power. Unique.
The name and color of the bottle suits it very well, I also love the satin bag it comes with.

This is such a beautiful gem in my collection!!
I have a 30 ml EDT cute bottle together with a red pouch to store it in and as I am wearing it I am thinking quite nostalgically that nowadays perfumery is really sad compared to the feeling these classic fragrances give you.
Rouge starts a bit sharp on me but it almost immedietly morphs into something creamy and smooth, very uplifting too.
The composition behaves really well as there doesn't seem to be one single wrong note.
Besides even though this is no sillage monster it will last for hours making you smell gorgeous.
I managed to find the body creme (very hard to get nowadays) and it's an amazing sensorial experience

Clasic perfume, rich and elegant, but too powdery. It has a soapy twist on my skin and it reminds me a lot of Caleche and White Linen. It's not very modern, but it's beautiful, it reminds me the perfumerie of the past. I like to smell it but I don't know if I want to smell like this.

Very very powdery floral coumin. Excellent staying power. Very unique scent. I quit like it although might find it a bit choking.

Hermes Rouge EDT is a beautiful, feminine, creamy, warm, intense, strong spicy floral. It lasts forever when sprayed in my hair. On my skin, it lasts a good 12 hours or more, wearing closer to skin as time passes. I LOVE the incense blended spices that stay, all the way through the drydown.

If you like YSL Opium, or Guerlain Samsara, you really should try Hermes Rouge.

I totally agree with boruvka44 and monamonib. They have described Rouge perfectly, so I probably cannot add too much here.

For years, I have been looking for a scent I could call my own and, I believe, this is it. I have also noticed the strong similarity to Miss Dior (my "other" signature scent), but Miss Dior is more aldehydic and harsher, while Rouge is smoother and creamier. The cholocate covered cherries smell more like raspberries to me, and I can't seem to get enough of them... I also love the incense of myrtle which, being the base note, is a lovely grounding factor.

I just have the mini of Rouge, for now, but I'm seriously contemplating splurging on the full size.
Yes, this is a masterpiece, and love at first sniff...

Longevity: 8+ hours;
Sillage: initially 4 inches, then tapers down to a very decent 3.

First couple of minutes it smells like just opened bonbonniere, still smelling the waxed paper covering cherries in dark chocolate. Cherry liquor smells through the creamy dark chocolate, not bitter or boozy though. Then comes deep red rose and powder (waxy-soapy myrrh)
It`s velvety, creamy, rich, powdery..
On me it smells very similar to Chamade (less bitter, more roses)
I have EDT and it lasts about 10 hours on my skin, not bad! Plus beautiful Hermes flacon again, the rectangular one. Tester comes with a cap.

ibought rouge herms it is abomb of incense although there is no incense mentioned it start like miss dior after 5 minutes iam wearing incense for 6 hours and more even when iwash my hand it still there it is treasure for me as iam fan of incense just one spray very good lasting

it is a nice classy smell but slightly boring. It stays close to skin, and comfy but not ground taking or breath taking. A safe prefume.

It is powdery rosy smell with cedar, ylang-ylang and spices. I love chypres and this is good, not charp but smooth, with wonderful sillage. A classic, sophisticated scent, elegant and uplifting the same time.

This is a lovely, spicy rose that I've been pleased to spend the afternoon with. I'm surprised this has never crossed my path before, and I have to thank a very generous Fragrantian for the sample :-)

When this came out of the bottle I thought, 'ooh, big girl scent', but I have to say... it's wearing more on the demure side. It's certainly no skin scent, but I'm not filling the room with it, either.

I like this. Since I have Nahema in my rotation I wouldn't be adding it any time soon, but if I were in the market for a peppery rose, this would get a serious nod.

Very elegant and sophisticated. A marvellous perfume I wore when I was in my prime.

Hermes never fails to deliver the goods. This is my dear friend's signature scent and she always smells divine. She used the last of her bottle a little while ago, and I was lucky enough to have won $500 worth of perfumes in a writing competition. To share the joy, I've given her a replacement bottle of Rouge. I know she's very happy to have her favourite fragrance on her dresser again.

Rouge is an intensely spicy scent, at least on me. The first blast smells very strongly of spices and incense, and it stays this way for many hours. The scent eventually does soften (although it does take a while, say 6 hrs or so). I like it best then, when the heavy spice mellows out a bit and gives way to a bit of resiny sweetness.

In my mind, this is very similar to Donna Karan Black Cashmere, although I do prefer Rouge as it seems less sharp and abrasive to me. I would expect that fans of Estee Lauder Youth Dew would probably like Rouge as well.

This is one intense, long-lasting scent. I could smell it the next day, even though I have extremely dry, perfume-eating skin. I appreciate Rouge, and I much prefer it over both Youth Dew and Black Cashmere. However, it does smell strongly like church incense to me (especially in the first few hours it's on), and I don't know if I want to walk around smelling like a church.

this smells like roses, herbs and burnt sugar. very rich and quite easy to distinguish

Yes, pretty much a red scent but I find it also find it marbled with kind of a deep tan, a rich golden brown, not quite amber, just a rich warm brown. On a less synesthesic note, is the rectangular bottle in the picture the current one? Mine are the round ones which I believed to be vintage, could it be the other way around?

For my birthday, in early March, I received a giftset with a 50 ml vintage EDT, body creme and 5 ml. mini.

EDT in the vintage is more like (today's) PARFUM...

Amazing sillage and wonderful longevity!!

Thank the perfumed gods that some sites STILL carry original formulations!

Sento solo la candela,cioe' l'odore di cera d'api insieme l'ilang-ilang e basta.

I think this is a winter scent. It is rich and smells like incense to me, sort of exotic. I don't smell the roses. A little goes a long way and it lasts all day on me. I find it to be a cozy smell but not one for spring days or sunshine, more dark days by the fire with a book or going to an elegant evening out. I agree it could be unisex, great for the man who likes Aramis or other spicy heavy scents.

Referring to the original parfum d'hermes.
I have been wearing this perfume for 20 years, always in the late fall season. Few perfumes are so distinctively associated with a season for me.
A very classy scent to wear with wool and cashmere.

Very unique scent, understandably loved or hated. I don't get compliments on it as I do with Coco Mademoiselle from Chanel but I feel like I am making a statement when I wear it. The grim late Fall becomes a season of celebration thanks to this perfume.

Reformulated or not, this is passion, plain and simple!! I think the ad, with the woman wrapped in flames yet not being consumed, is quite apropos...

For being re-released in 2003, this still smells classic and slightly vintage, though every Hermes I have smelled emanates class and sophistication. No bright citrus opening here...right to the seductive and rich florals that enchant and intrigue me. Ylang, rose and iris: what a cobination! Romantic, rich and powdery it gets your attention right NOW! Floral on its face, it is exotic and oriental in its heart of hearts. Sandal, cedar (lebanese no doubt), vanilla and amber bewitch and beguile. The drydown here has chypricity (is that even a word?!), but has no moss or patchouli; instead it uses myrrh (not myrtle, to my nose) and a melange of spices and some cistus resin to rest on the skin it warm spicy powdery haze. Gorgeous and lovely, great for winter. Excellent for intimacy ;-)...

Sillage: good
Longevity: very good
Overall: 4.5/5

I love chypres, but oriental spicies are more my thing...this is the best of both! Dreamy flowers, heady woods and warm incensy spice with just enough vanilla to smooth it all out! This is spectacular...

the name is very fitting, rich and warm and red. Love the richness of this fragrance. It does smell of rich woods and beeswax and plush velvet. The florals are soft and elegant and then it dries down to soft powder,smells like an expensive face powder to me, like a great theater actress would wear. I love the sandalwood and resins at the end. I suppose it does smell a little like church, but in a good way, a comforting way. It must the the resins and incense. It lasts a good long time as do most hermes scents. I also agree with Jae that it can be worn by both sexes. It is feminine, in an old world way, but it isn't girly. I love it and think it will make a great fall and winter scent.

Yes, it's powdery. It's also DIVINE. I always get compliments when I wear this. Sensual, rich, comfy, mature. Mind you, I said 'mature,' not 'old.'

If you enjoy the complexity of Opium, you may also like and be interested in this deep warm and misterious scent named Rouge.
This fragrance is very sophisticated and intense: Spices,Sandalwood and Ylang-Ylang are so well combined.

In my personal opinion I find Rouge a beautiful red gem, cuz today's fragrances lacks of personality and complexity. I don't think it's overwhelming cuz is an Eau de Toilette. It's retro but definitely not the old lady tipe.

Rouge is a Red Goddess to use in especial events, not an every-day fragrance.

Try it!

I can appreciate Rouge much more now that I have been thoroughly disappointed by Madness by Chopard-

As the grand predecessor of Madness, it is more smoothly blended-A sour rose blended with sweet powdery notes-The resins go above my head, and the amber doesn't stick out to me.
It's relevant to all of the readers of this review that I usually prefer very modern scents, in general. Vintage isn't my thing-but I can appreciate a masterpiece of vintage on my skin-even if I don't want to wear it out. In my opinion, this doesn't smell like it was created in 1934, for some people that is a very good thing-but for the vintage lovers, I don't know.

It smells neither very old nor modern to me, but it does have a distant and dated feeling rather than a luxurious animated one.

I'm still sad that Madness by Chopard is such a mediocre perfume for its name, at least I can say that the word Rouge is fitting, since it makes me think of wax, powder, old makeup. I can appreciate this more when I think of old lipstick, actually....Not that it smells like old lipstick, but it kind of reminds me of it.

A classic old style perfume, remember it from my childhood. I've tested it recently. Spicy woody cloud with the strange sweet note that reminds me the old ladies' perfumes. This one is for very mature women I think. I can't wear it.

I'm sorry for all of those whose skin doesn't love Rouge. This is definitely unisex, though. What I get from this fragrance are warm spices and sandalwood, wrapped in vanilla and a faint trace of roses. I also get what seems like a sugary cinnamon (ie. Big Red chewing gum). This isn't the typical pick-me-up citrus/aqua-based "teen spirit" fragrance. This is a warm, mellow, smooth fragrance that I'd label as mature and plush. This is to be worn with warm colors, luxurious/suave attire and enjoyed in a "warm" indoor setting or in cold weather on the way to that "warm" setting. Rouge smells excellent on my skin and I'm glad to have finally checked it out. I totally "get" this fragrance. After receiving and sampling this today, I ordered a bottle (anxious to add this to my growing Hermes collection).

I didn't know Rouge dates back to 1934! It smells old-style but not old. I would have said it was from '80s. It's a very bold and strong fragrance and I like it in small doses, better an EdP, only a squirt is enough!
It smells very vanillic and ambery, also woody and just floral at the beginning. It is probably too heavy for many people. I smell only little fruit (not listed) and no citrus! This is maybe the reason why someone may perceive it as "sad". There is no initial citrusy burst, instead there is a powerhouse floral start! I like to wear this red scent. Not much beloved by others anyway.

I love Rouge. Mainly for it's deep warm character. This might be worn by men - spiciness and tempting tones of sandalwood should be a treat for real male connoisseur.

The Beautiful aroma. Strogiy. for very especial moments.

lovely,smoth roses and ambar warm and sensual.i love rouge

Goes on standard oriental, then fades quickly to rich resins. There's a bit of boozy note, dark and rich. This is not for office wear and it's not happy, effervescent or uplifting. It does smell really nice though, for resin-lovers. (yeah, right here.) Perhaps the labdanum is putting people to sleep? I find it a very pleasant sonombulent scent.

Sampled this and to me it is similar to the original Dior's Diorella which I use to wear, but not as good. It's not bad but nothing to write home about!