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Sweet Powdery Wood--reminiscent of Love in Black
I may be the only person on the planet to make this connection, but to my nose, Nez à Nez ROSIER ARDENT is quite reminiscent of Creed LOVE IN BLACK. The "official" floral notes are different in the two perfumes, but there is enough sweet powdery wood to render the flowers almost irrelevant in both cases!
I am a fan of LOVE IN BLACK, so it's no surprise that I have enjoyed wearing this sample of ROSIER ARDENT. As with other perfumes from the house of Nez à Nez, I find somewhat of a disconnect between the name and my experience, but who knows, maybe my own perspective is skewed? ROSIER ARDENT does not remind me of an impassioned (inflamed?) rose bush, that's for sure!
I suspect that someone looking for a rose perfume might be as disappointed with ROSIER ARDENT as those of us who have been lamenting the strange phenomenon of oudless oud perfumes! Rose? Oû ça? I do smell cardamom and wood and patchouli, and also something sweet (tonka? vanilla?). What I do not smell at all is a "rosier" = rose bush!