Café Rose
Café Rose by Tom Ford is an unisex eau de parfum from 2012 in the luxury price tier. It opens with saffron and black pepper, moves into damask rose, coffee and rose de mai and dries down to patchouli, sandalwood and amber. Expect around 9 hours of wear, and it projects strongly.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Saffron Leathery, medicinal and slightly metallic. The signature of modern niche.
- Black Pepper Dry and prickly. Gives a fragrance grip and a bit of bite.
Heart
- Damask Rose The rich, jammy, honeyed rose. Deep and slightly wine-like.
- Coffee Roasted, bitter and dark. Adds edge to sweet fragrances.
- Rose de Mai Softer, honeyed May rose. Expensive and unmistakably natural.
Dry-down
- Patchouli Damp earth and dark chocolate. Either you love it or it's your least favourite note.
- Sandalwood Creamy, milky wood. Soft and almost edible.
- Amber Warm, golden and resinous. Not a real material — a blend that glows.
Smells like this
- Tom Ford Rose Prick
- Yves Saint Laurent Paris
- Clive Christian 1872 Feminine
- Lattafa Ana Abiyedh Leather
- Byredo Rose of No Man's Land
- Bond No. 9 New York Oud
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