Skip to main content

Attar de Roses by Keiko Mecheri

Image
By
Taif Rose, Shiraz Rose, Rose Anciennes, Jasmine, Warm wood notes, Amber and Leather.

Attar de Roses is Keiko's interpretation of a standout rose. The very first thing I noticed upon application was the signature softness of this house. Attar de Roses is a demure rendition of multiple rose notes reacting as one flower.

My impression is that this particular fragrance would make a nice choice for up close and personal encounters. The rose note is gentle and on me, it's slightly dusty. You could be in an embrace with someone wearing this and it would never distract you. If you were truly mindful, you would conclude that the scent is actually embracing the wearer.

Attar de Roses is constructed in what seemed like simple fashion at first. Once the opening has dissipated, what smells like sandal is evident in the base. This fragrance seemed like it was more suitable for the female persuasion, but my perception of it changed after around 20 minutes. The woody note is notable in that it's evident as the heart accord commences, but right when you think it should picking up steam, it dissolves into a leather.

The arriving leather is reminiscent of new shoes in the box. The smell of upper and sole is alive and well in Attar de Roses. There's still hints of rose wafting around, but leather has now come front and center. I find this an interesting chain of events as I would not have predicted this.

The leathery rose accord stays around a good amount of time before relinquishing a minimal amount of resin. The amber never gets very noticeable in the conventional sense, but it does fatten up the drydown just enough to help the leather along. I only wish it was a more vocal note in order to give Attar de Roses one more stage of dimension.

Sillage is very polite as you might expect from Keiko, but the longevity was better than I anticipated. This is an interesting fragrance and found it to be more of a leather scent with rose attributes after 15 to 20 minutes. A sample wear is recommended and a neutral rating with an asterisk is forthcoming from me.
Labels:

Comments

  1. Ocean Shades PKJuly 27, 2024 at 6:52 AM

    Influential post it was.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Ocean Shades PKJuly 27, 2024 at 6:54 AM

    But, you can also take interest in the most legit Ocean shades collections because they're giving their best quality attars in Pakistan in the most affordable prices in all over the Pakistan essentially.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Black Suede by Avon

By
Nutmeg, Clove, Amber, Musk, Moss, Wood Notes. Yes.........I am reviewing one of the Rodney Dangerfield's of fragrance. Black Suede has been gracing medicine cabinets, for better or worse, since 1980 my friends. If you're expecting me to inform you ( like others may have already ) that Black Suede is a nasty scrubber, you will be disappointed. On the other hand, if you're expecting a glowing review claiming it's a diamond in the rough, you won't hear that from me either. I will say though that Black Suede doesn't deserve the hate it's received and most of that is due to snobbery aimed at Avon products in general. I kid you not when I state that a close relative to this fragrance is Cacharel Pour L'Homme. The array of spice in both ensure comparison, but the "smoother" of the two is Black Suede due to its implementation of Amber. While wearing Black Suede, one can detect a hint of "drugstore". That quality doesn't manife...
1 comment
Read more

Chanel copying Guerlain. Why?

By
                      Last month, I had the pleasure of trying Comète by Chanel, the latest addition to their prestigious Les Exclusifs line. This fragrance follows the release of Le Lion in 2020, another standout in the same collection. Like Le Lion , Comète is a beautiful perfume that captures the essence of Chanel’s refined elegance. However, both fragrances bear a striking resemblance to classic creations by Guerlain, leading me to ponder the direction Chanel is taking. Chanel has a great fragrance history. Not as hallowed and old as Guerlain but for past three decades it has far outshone Guerlain. In my view, no other perfume house has come close to Chanel’s excellence in this century. This makes their recent approach of echoing Guerlain classics somewhat perplexing. Have they run out of fresh ideas? Is Roger Dove at the helm of their fragrance division, or have they perhaps...
Post a Comment
Read more

La Chasse Aux Papillons Extreme by L'Artisan Parfumeur

By
I read many reviews before or after I do my own and I seem to be at complete odds with the house of L'Artisan. I have previously said on basenotes that for me, L'Artisan Parfumeur is the most over-rated house I have come across. La Chasse Aux Papillons Extreme does nothing to sway that opinion. Yet another linear, floral dominant scent that does nothing to stir me up or inspire me in any way. This house has "pleasant" nailed down to an art form......but damn...can't we go beyond that? The only attempt at polarization so far has been Dzongkha ....and I found it a jumbled mess. At these prices, move me, anger me, hate me.......but please don't bore me. Extreme in a nutshell is a toned down tuberose with assorted "blossom" thrown in the mix. Is it bad? No, it's an acceptable floral scent that's very timid and just lays on my skin smelling like....well....a toned down version of tuberose with blossom this or that added to it. I'm almost a...
6 comments
Read more