This fragrance has a very good performance both in longevity and sillage a beautiful dark sensual rose that you have to try. otherwise it makes no sense this lovely perfume is not around anymore but the young apple Nina range is with loads of flanks.

I remember the first time I sprayed it, I was quite taken aback, as I was unfamiliar with the concept of a jammy rose and thought this smelled very sweet and feared it teetered on cloying. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. I'm seeing other reviews that mention smoky or spicy notes and that is just not the case at all for me (maybe a little smokey) it's also NOT only sweet either! I low-key have a crush on the "L'extase" range and want to get them all before they disappear entirely.The taste of the tap water with the silly hint of the previous sweet drink is what this perfume smells like. It's strong, I sprayed once on a piece of paper and left it at arm's length, I can still smell it from here. It definitely leans gourmand but it has enough grounding rose and patchouli notes, and has enough weight, that it doesn't get out of control. I think this has a Goldilocks aspect to it, where it doesn't have the powderiness and heaviness of the oud in MFK Oud Satin Mood, the the nose-burning signature overwhelm of Montale Intense Cafe, the cloying/suffocating praline+oud aspect of Lancome Oud Bouquet, nor the degree of earthiness in TF Noir de Noir. Cedar woodiness supports it with the patchouli, and this shows off MFKs skill in balancing to where these two materials dont overpower.

First on - delicious plum liquer quickly followed by a rose lipsticky kind of scent which gets uplifted by musc during the day, never staying quite the same. Francis Kurkdjian has created some exceptional fragrances in his time, and I'd include this amongst them - although it seems to slip under the radar. If someone wants to swap it, please, DM me, I've got Amouages and other niche I am willing to swap for this.

Rich, luscious, jammy-sweet, it smells very similar to the original L'Extase, but that one is even sweeter (with caramel and red berry candy notes), while Rose Absolue is simply dark, candied roses.

Starts off with the sweet and tender taif rose, in the opening it reminds me a little of Si EDT but then it changes.The comparison would not have been made by me were it not that many people said to find them similar. I haven't yet compared Rose Absolue with L'Extase Rose but my bottle is in transit and I will report back. A perfume I would not be mad at my baby for remembering as one of Mummy's night-time perfumes (when I'm grand and getting ready to go to a gala, obviously).