Eau Suave

Rose isn´t particularly a note I die for in a fragrance. What usually deters me is its pungent (sometimes to the point of being suffocating!) flowery-soapy smell which has a nasty tendency to dominate all other components. However, there´s a limited number of perfumes containing a rose note that I do appreciate. "Eau Suave" by Parfum d´Empire is one of them. Beware all rose-haters: this is also a full-on rose fragrance. In spite of this fact, the note displays an enchanting spicy-fruity character. "Eau Suave" is supposed to evoke the smell of a rose garden. Well, I´d be more than delighted to while away the time in a garden exuding this kind of aroma.

I was so ready to give this up do to the strong spicy start . could not smell anything else but musky coriander and dirty spices. was so ready to rubb it off , but somehow new there would be a reward.. the rose had to kick in at some point. a warm slightly spicy Rose in the drydown . Almost like a taifh rose . it is very feminin and warm. i cant seperate the berrys and fruits , but they lingers in there to make it slightly softer and more wearable to me. the vanilla also comes forth in the drydown but very subtle and not very strong , just a hint to warm and sweeten it up

It's true that Eau Suave isn't breaking new ground, but I've tried a lot of the things it's compared to above and it genuinely strikes a chord that none of the others do because of the drydown - it's soft, ever so slightly sweet, and one of those where people say "you smell good" instead of "your perfume smells good." Rostracto, Soir De Lune, Coriandre, etc all are a bit too sharp or a bit too heavy. Eau Suave's opening notes are similarly sharp (it's the coriander), but it settles much better than I think those others do.

I like to smell rose perfume, but compound - if roses take a stand not solo, but with spice or with fruits or with musk. In Eau Suave are: mature, dark roses, juicy raspberries, comely currants, coriander, pepper, saffron pepper, musk. These notes fine connect. Scent is dinamic and also very elegant, very feminine, expressive, magic. It remember a bit Safran Troublant, but is more intense and as write Parisa - is very lasting with great sillage. I have second bottle this unusually femine, very originale Eau Suave.

Eau Suave is, at its core, a rose chypre, punctuated by fruity and spicy notes. A bold, multifaceted scent, ES is well-composed with high-quality ingredients. What is curious about this scent is the order of the notes - instead of using predictable fruity top notes, it starts off spicy, and the fruity notes make up the heart of the scent instead. This adds a little flair to an otherwise predictable, if excellent, rose chypre.