Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). This is pure rose, I don't really get any of the pepper notes, maybe just a bit of the pink pepper, and it blends really nicely with the vanilla/benzoin. This is my perfect fall and winter scent, it's very mysterious and feminine, takes me back in time as I say. On comparisons with Oud Satin Mood which I have, I get no oud in this and rose is the prominent note, while OSM has a prominent though smooth, non-skanky oud and a more obvious vanillic base. No other note can compete with the rose though, like the name suggests this really is a rose fragrance first and foremost.

It would be an absolute gem to the right nose, but it’s so pungent I cannot wear it more than a day straight. I hunted this down finally but to my disappointment, this smells plenty woody, oudy smokey and too little rosy and vanilla… honesty, blah!After about an hour, the oud lessens quite a bit, and I'm okay with what remains, but the oud is always there in the background gnawing at me. However, if you missed out on this one before it was discontinued, I’d say the other is a sufficient replacement. This is 85% of a dupe for MFK Oud Satin Mood, and to be honest, I might like this one just a tad more than oud satin mood.

The only one I don't have is the one with marine accord, that particular note smells very fishy, lol, to my nose.When I do that, the peppers come on strong again, as does the patchouli, which is hit or miss for me. At first I was worried that this would be too mature, however 'Rose Absolue' is youthful and classy. a hybrid of east's rosey orientals and west's gourmands,of course it inherits more from it's eastern parent but there's enough sweetness to make it appealing to modern generation too.

The dry down is a little more bearable but just smells like straight up patchouli – one of my least favorite notes. First off I get aggressive pepper + the 'burnt' Taif rose, which is a little smoky, a little dried rose petals.I wore it on a very warm day (85 degrees fahrenheit) but I loved it; it might be de trop for weather any hotter than that, but maybe not (I like strong scents! I just got mine today , definitely open with sweet like candy floss sweet (as my husband describes ) and then 10 minutes in it turn to strong powdery with a hint of rose in the background and later on oh my god !