Ta'if Ormonde Jayne for women

Parfum review

This is an 'I love you, I love you not' fragrance.

It opens as a tart, green, innocent bud (love) plucked from the fruit tree when no one was looking, only to turn into a naughty Lolita with one abrasive left hook (not love).

On the skin it warms up to a full bodied white (love), and wafting throughout is an overpowering sweetness, as if someone forgot to scrape the sap from the oak barrel before aging (not love).

Drydown is amber and moist (love), yet I find myself wishing for some oak moss or sandalwood. It takes a turn for the gourmand (not love), but not so much that I'm put off by it.

I should add that I like my rose scents to come with 'some history', ala Nahema or Pour Une Femme. These frags don't play sweet, and that Ta'if does leaves me thinking its a note worthy submission that stops just short of classic.

As I expected, this is basically a rose scent, but it also has a synthetic sandalwood note at the opening, a hint of honeyed tobacco, and a very strong citrus in the sillage. Maybe the sweet tobacco-like scent that I smell is the “date” accord.

The rose is accompanied by enough spice, saffron, and other floral notes to keep it out of soliflore territory. If I had to characterize the rose, though, it would be a very dark red one, at the peak of its bloom. Once the scent settles down into it’s main theme, which to me is a rosy, musky, sandalwood, it stays linear all the way through to the end. The scent is strong and long-lasting, with plenty of sillage. I really like this take on rose, and find that it’s far enough toward the spicy-woody-musky end of the spectrum to make the flowers enjoyable. A big thumbs up for Tai’if!

I almost get a plastic note in the open but luckily it's brief! After that a sweet rose alongside a subtle saffron- the rose is still at the front..it reminds me of a gentler, less spicy aoud rose from Montale. Easy to wear but tickles the nose! The sillage is not overwhelming but always present..very wearable and not mundane at all.

Ormonde Jayne TA'IF is a splendid saffron rose composition to my nose. There is enough saffron here to adorn the rose perfectly without overwhelming it. The rose and the saffron meld together to produce a truly floriental experience, which I myself would not characterize so much as a rose as an oriental perfume. I believe that the orange blossom and the peach are contributing to the de-rosification of the perfume as a whole as well.

The longevity of TA'IF is excellent, and the sillage big enough to remind me of its presence hours after donning this delightful creation. Although this is fairly linear, for that reason, it's consistently compelling from start to finish. Highly recommended to rose and oriental lovers alike!

This is divine. I don't like peach in my drink or food, but I do somehow love peach in my perfumes and this is so lovely rose with soft peach accords. I do not consider this sexy, dark or spicy. Ok, at the opening there is some spicy saffron, but it fast it fades out to leave me with comforting, soft rose. Very beautiful.

This is quite a shy rose. Upon opening the peach seduces with its juicy dulcet tones, a very soft saffron floats dreamily past and then...anosmia for a good 5 minutes. Ta'if bursts back onto the scene with peppery nuances and fruity rose as if its sudden eclipse would never be noticed.

It has the same mood of Very Irresistible to my nose, a sugary rose, although infinately softer and more natural, as if this fruit-infused rose might actually exist in some hidden paradise of the world.

Perhaps this stage of the perfume is too fruity for my tastes as it seems like I have to struggle to find the rose in there. The rose does sour and become more interesting but it still seems to be receding.

It is an interesting fragrance but the rose is not significant enough to really capture my imagination.

I swoon over Ta'if. I love the deep, spicy richness of the pepper-saffron opening. I especially love the deep, almost candied rose that holds hands with the saffron and the rich fruitiness of the dates. There's a hint of light sweetness (freesia?) lying like a bridal veil on this voluptuous rose. The tonka base is gorgeous as well. All in all, I am entranced with the translucent crimson feel of Ta'if and will be begging my friend to make me a decant forthwith!

A note on scent persistence: my skin is rather dry, and I typically get 3.5 to 5 hours' worth of fragrance from an edp. (Lucky NLS, to be getting 6 hours minimum!) Ta'if lasts about five hours on me, which is good given my usual (short) scent length.

I seem to be the exception here, as Ta'if lasted about six hours on my skin. I would say that's on the low end of average performance for an Eau de Parfum.

I'm not sure what to make of this fragrance. It's a sour/bitter rose with a spicy/woodsy drydown. I alternate between like and dislike. It reminds me somewhat of YSL's Rive Gauche, though a little less sweet (and Rive Gauche is certainly not a sweet fragrance).

It is safe to say that Ta'if is an interesting and complex fragrance. I'm curious to try other Ormonde Jayne scents after this one. Worth a try if you enjoy spicy florals and price is not a concern. Seems like a good evening/formal fragrance.

Ta'if is a high octane salty-sour rose with gourmand accents. The first several minutes of the scent gave me the impression of entering a flower shop, redolent with the fresh, cold fragrances of greenery, spice, and petals. The drydown produced a saltier, almost pickled rose note that clung to my skin for hours and hours. Finally, just when I decided the scent had breathed its last, I detected the faintest hint of powder and spice, a dainty farewell before the fragrance faded into oblivion. Not my favorite Ormonde Jayne (that would be the incomparable Woman), but worthwhile nonetheless.

I love the beginning, where I get the spicy saffron, date and orange blossom. The rose later is so delicate and warmed by the amber and tonka. It's not really floral, which is good because I've never liked a strong rose. I don't smell the vanilla yet. I'm thinking about buying this because I love the beginning so much, but I don't find it lasts long enough. I also like the Orris Noir, the spice is similar.

What a great rose! Dark spicy with so lovely juicy note at the beginning! It's really delightful - to feel saffron (I feel a gourmand echo), peach (juicy freshness) and citrusy-floral orange flower. But at the very beginning there is spicy-cozy impression, strange and almost not floral.

The rose, which is so fragile, appears after a while, with pure lines and sensual character of white flowers. The rose appears with its sharpness and warmness, so beatiful and misterious rose.