Voleur de Roses L Artisan Parfumeur for men

It's purrrfect.

I've been looking so long for a perfect rose, but all rose perfume were too strong, stifling, sweet, literal; too powdery or too watery, nauseating or ekhm, boring. And then I met Voleur de Roses.
Firm, crispy red, with honey sweetness in heart and patchouli drydown. Long-lasting and so addictive.

I'd say it's all about Rose at the beginning, green, linear, and a little bit sharp. I am like, "Is that all?"
No, of course not. If it were just like that, it wouldn't have earned many fans.
A while later, patchouli comes and unites with the rose to make a beautiful green and earthy rose.
There's nothing heavy or dark about this. I'd love to have one for this upcomming Spring.

A very nice patchouli and rose combination, the initail blast is of rose and the support is patchouli.
very natural smelling and smells better as the rose note dies down a bit. very romantic style scent think dark red rose. The overall scent is very dark,sweet and earthy.
The scent reminds me of being a bit greasy. like having a shower and istead of the usual body lotion, i'v put on some middle eastern or asain floral body oil on. This is the kind of scent you want on when going to a fancy restraunt with your wife. Or even for going out with a group of freinds.
I do see this as a true unisex scent and not just for men. Also i got hints of Joop homme and realised its the patchouli so i checked the notes for joop and found that, not only does joop homme have patchouli it's also made by michel Almairac the same creater of this great L'artisan scent. Do not expect a niche version of joop here it's only the patchouli and maybe some of the floral notes that are more hidden in this scent otherwise they are completly different.

I find the scent sillage good and lasts between 6-8 hours and than very close to the skin. I find a scent in this style is better off being a little closer to the skin than projecting too much imo. To me this is a 25 and up scent but can see a younger man of classy style pulling this off.
If you enjoy paco Rabbane Black XS or Joop Homme you may enjoy this scent.
For me It's a very well made scent that usses top quality ingredients.

Scent 8.5/10

My brother just send me this masterpiece as a birthday gift... As described in L´Artisan website: "The brutal yet tender collision of rose and patchouli..."
Absolutely delicious, elegant, classy... Reminds me Tom Ford Black Violet and Noir de Noir, but better!

I bought this fragrance a few years ago and when I would wear it to work, my Mom would say that it smelled like marijuana. I chalked it up to ignorance, but when someone from HR mentioned to me that it also smelled of marijuana, I took notice.

I stopped wearing it, although it is a very nice scent. The rose/patchouli is very strong, but it is a rich scent. I did not know it was a men's scent, as I was told it was for women...shame on the sales person. Anyway, I would like to lighten up the fragrance, but I am not sure what to mix it with. Any ideas?

I do agree that Malle's A Portrait of a Lady does indeed smell similar to this scent. Very good suggestion.

I think is this more of an evening scent. It is SEXY! I do not know what to say about it smelling like marijuana.....It was enough for me to stop wearing it.

nothing more to add
its the scent of the gods
Just divine
But hang on whats this? wet cardboard?

This fragrance is special. Because it is contradictory: it is salty and fruity (plum) at same time. Elegant and sexy. And the most special: feminine and masculine. In a world that male fragrances seems to be whether sea-scented, after-shaved or sweeted, this is an avant-garde proposition. A male fragrance not for macho men. Also for women, but definitly not as an ordinary unisex perfume. I can only see bright lights when I use it.
It starts like red wine, then you feel fresh roses (not the powder ones), and finnaly, the chic patchouli. If you`re not affraid to be classified with labels, this is your fragrance: for those who assume the ambiguity of life.

The only other rose based fragrance I have tried is Amouage Lyric Man. Compared to that one, I found the rose in this to be quite a bit brighter. And it's full on rose. I like this one better than Lyric, but unfortunately I only got a couple of hours out of it before it faded into oblivion. This is not a bad fragrance, but I would rather smell this on a woman. Grade: C+

interesting smell! a special rose, yes i can smell rose on my skin, although not ordinary rose, and i can really smell the whole background story of this one. The air after the rain when steam coming out from the garden ground of mud, the wilted rose, the ether

this is wonderful

This is the lovechild of Aramis and Coco Mademoiselle. The overall effect is a dirtier, muskier, and less refined version of the two, with a healthy and persistent citrus note—I think bergamot. [3 out of 5 stars]

Very l'artisan! Didn't realize it was for the boys when I ordered a decant- opens masculine (straight up incense) but dries down feminine. A beautiful rose with something slightly medicinal and green lurking underneath- there may be a touch of vetiver or bergamot which is slightly minty..The patch is the very clean variety and is in no way dirty on my skin. It's a fascinating scent which wears close to the skin with good longevity.

This perfume could surely not be associated with a man smell.Roses and patchouli Oh no... I am wearing this fragrance and am totally in love with it.It is so distinctive, so interesting I just adore it.The only disappointing point is that,like JeanMaurice said the smell only last for about 30 minutes... such of shame! I still love the smell though.

Tarquin ached. He grabbed hold of anything to keep from falling in. His entire body felt like it was being pulled. His very being, his gut, the very pit of his stomach, felt like it wanted to drop down…- down into the toilet bowl.

Holding the handrail he strained in a silent agony, but for the occasional gurgle from the back of his throat, such was his desire to keep his torment secret from his Aunt and extended family in the next room.

His eyes were so blurry with effort that his Great Aunt’s pink sheepskin fur rug on her bathroom floor shifted in and out of focus. This was toe curling gastro torture as Tarquin’s lower colon struggled to avoid his insides falling out like Heinz spaghetti from a can.

And then its was suddenly over; a cool breeze hit his face from his Great Aunt’s toilet window, her pink sheepskin fur rug came into view, the pink guest’s handtowel and the pink toilet paper. He grabbed some of her rose scented talcum powder and doused the toilet bowl with the rosy talc to mask the tell tale odour of what Saddam Hussein would have called “The Mother of All Bowel Movements”.

Tarquin’s stomach griped and growled but the storm was over. A rose breasted robin sang a sweet bird song from outside on his Great Aunt’s Rose bush. Tarquin slowly rose from the rose pink Royal Doulton lavatory seat and made copious use of the rose coloured extra soft toilet paper on his sore rose bud. Flushing the lavatory he looked in the mirror and exhaled deeply with relief while he washed his hands with his Great Aunt’s rose guest soap. He dried his hands and almost as soon as he opened the toilet door, his Great Aunt Rosy appeared and bustled in exclaiming “Young Man! You should have sprayed the Voleur de Rose after using the toilet to camoulage the smell! That way other’s cant tell if you’ve used the loo or just sprayed Voleur de Rose - you stupid boy!”

At first, this scent smells like strong incense. Then the sharpness fades and you get a lovely floral rose scent. But I can't shake the incense feel to it. Maybe that's why it's a fragrance for men, because of its sharp edge. The roses are nice, but this one's not a scent I would like to smell on a man either...

I am trying to figure out why L'Artisan Parfumeur VOLEUR DE ROSES is classified as a perfume for men. Honestly, I have no idea why. This is a smooth rose bush patchouli with a slightly soil-tinged opening and a barely sweet floral patchouli drydown. Perhaps to some VOLEUR seems more masculine than typical rose perfumes because the rose elements featured are more of the stems and thorns than the petals themselves. The petals were indeed perhaps stolen, or else they were cut off using garden shears and given to the makers of PARIS, after which the stems were immersed in water in order to extract and preserve the fresh green aspects of rose.

The patchouli presence is very important to this composition but without overwhelming the rose stems, which smell as natural to me here as they do in TEA ROSE, with the distinction, again, that the petals have all been tossed away into the wind.

I like VOLEUR DE ROSES a lot--especially the drydown--and would be happy to have a bottle. (-:

Roses the flowers of saints; this is the most purest most natural organic
rose fragrance it's not a powdery synthitic rose compound like in givenchy's very irresistable. made with
the purest rose oil and patchouli makes it an earthy feel.

conjoures up the feeling of a pilgrimage to guadelupe mexico to visit
the shrine of the virgin mary or the day of the dead festival in mexico full of colorful flowers dancing skellinton
puppets and dirt.

it's bit a feminine to classify as a
men scent a refined fragrance that is
not gaudy loud or flashy perfect for
sipping deep red wine.

na mne rozi i palki ot nih, a na podruge apteka.....
ne hochu

Deep down inside, this is what Sex wanted to smell like all along, but when it couldn't achieve it on its own, it sought help from Voleur de Roses.

Perfect for both men and women. Of course, you have to like patchouli to think this is as divine as I do.

Dewy petals, fertile soil, moist green trimmings from a morning of attentive pruning, enveloped by an ethereal musk of patchouli. A fragrance that begs to be close to skin.

Great great scent for about 30-45 minutes. After that, it dissapeared! Only grass, no more roses.

Yes I like this very much, but L'Artisan's line have no lasting power and sillage... Pity, cause they have great smells and ideas.

8/10

By far my favorite L'Artisan perfume, and I'm a lady! There is something about Voleur de Roses that reminds me of a damp rose garden after a heavy rainstorm...with a hint of plum and patchouli. I can't stop sniffing my own wrists when I wear this. Totally enchanting fragrance like no others.

I like it very much, and my wife likes it on me. She does not like patchouli but certainly likes this scent. From the L'Artisan store in Paris I was told that it is a unisex fragrance created for men but wearable by both. My wife "steals" it from me...

I'm a big fan of l'artisan and Voleur de Roses is just delicious! To me it is a very feminine, sensual, uplifting and comforting. It lasts for ours on my skin and I constantly get compliments about it. The combination of the roses and patchouli is so original and sublime!! It is absolutely a keeper for me!!

20 years ago I wore patchouli oil, and carried a vial of it everywhere I went. It was embedded in my clothes, my scarves, my bag, etc. If Voleur de Roses had come my way then, I would have been all over it. I was always trying to come up with another scented oil to mix with my patchouli but every combination I tried failed to please me. This juice is quite interesting. As I first apply Voleur de Roses I immediately smell the rose & patchouli, nice. Within seconds I smell, could it be... dirt? Yes, almost as if I'm holding a handful of moist, cool, black soil right under my nose. Not the soil that's been warmed by the sun, this is the dirt that you dig up from the corners of the shade garden. This feeling lasts for hours and the patchouli also. For me the rose sits lightly in the background.

And, a surprise to me - both of my children liked the scent on me!

If you're looking for a new twist on patchouli but don't want to sweeten it, this might be the ticket.

I think Orlino is right . What flower is there that a male gardener might not love ? Men can like any so why can't they wear any fragrance. It seems to smack of the idea that they should smell of woods and oil or whatever because of old perceptions. Give me a man who'll wear rose , violet , Mimosa..of course my husband would be furious !!

I agree with the last comment: voleur des roses is a perfume that can be worn by men and women as well !!!

I never thought it was a perfume for men. It feels extremely feminine to me! A friend of mine send me a sample and I fell in love, and I want it so badly...The first impression is deceiving - you smell something moldy and damp.But in some time it begins to unveil like a magnificent embroidered shawl. It plays with the skin, taking this, adding that - an earthy smell of an autumn garden, the last roses that desperately bloom before their time comes.Several times I caught the unusual sweet scent and every time it was different - and it took me a while to realize it was the Stolen Rose, on my own skin.