African Rooibos Chris Collins 2021

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8.1 / 10 35 Ratings

African Rooibos is a popular perfume by Chris Collins for women and men and was released in 2021. The scent is spicy-woody. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Spicy

Woody

Smoky

Sweet

Fresh

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Black pepper

Cardamom

Bergamot

Heart Notes

Rooibos tea

Orris butter

Base Notes

Cedarwood

Tonka bean

Immortelle absolute

Perfumer

Sidonie Lancesseur

Ratings

Scent

8.135 Ratings

Longevity

7.632 Ratings

Sillage

6.931 Ratings

Bottle

7.829 Ratings

Value for money

5.916 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone, last update on 16.01.2024.

Reviews

2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/16/2024

7
Pricing 7
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Ressikan
12 Reviews

Ressikan

1

A unique and accurate rooibos tea scent

I have to disagree with the previous reviewer who stated that this smells more like a green tea than rooibos. To my nose, this smells just like opening a tin of loose rooibos tea. It does not smell like brewed tea. It captures the dry, hay-like quality of rooibos as well as the honeyed and fruity (baked apple?) notes. You get black pepper and bergamot in the opening that are quite zesty, but the dry down that lasts for several hours after the top notes fade are straight rooibos to me. After 5-6 hours it loses some of the sweetness and evolves into a clean and woody skin scent of tonka, immortelle, and cedarwood. It is very unique, unisex, and has enough projection that people will notice it, but it isn't loud. I think this is easily a year-round scent. I can see the dry, spicy quality working well in the heat, but it also feels very bright and warming in the cold. I have not smelled anything quite like this one before. It does have a cardamom note like Gris Charnel, but I don't think it smells like Gris Charnel. I'm a fan!

12/07/2022

Mlleghoul
352 Reviews

Mlleghoul

Helpful Review 3

A very pleasant green tea (but not rooibos!)

If I am being honest, I don’t care for the taste or the smell of rooibos. It’s not unpleasant, at least not in any way that I can immediately pinpoint, it’s just not too my taste. There’s something a bit “off” about its honeyed sweetness that doesn’t sit right with me. However…I am really enjoying Chris Collins' African Rooibos. I think that’s because to my nose–and I mean no disrespect to the perfumer when I share this–it smells more like a green tea interpretation than rooibos. And as far as green tea scents go, they’re not really at the top of my list either, but this? Oh my word. This is a not-green-tea scent that knocks all other green tea scents out of the ballpark. Out of the tea orchard? Whatever. It’s bright and zingy and effervescent with a rounded sweetness that smells like agave nectar and tobacco and lemonade it’s invigorating, but it’s not obnoxious, and it’s both rich and transparent.