A sensual blend of Bulgarian rose, geranium and Rose de Mai form an opulent backdrop of velvety rose notes set against a luxuriously rich and smoky base of French hay and earthy oak moss.
Soft animalic touches of ambergris and beeswax have been suspended in a sumptuous blend of musks, creating an enigmatic, alluring and unmistakable perfume. A stunningly different interpretation of the majestic rose.

"Anthropomorphised throughout literature and poetry the illustrious rose is immortally bound to its sweet, old fashioned and pretty stereotype. Tobacco Rose combines the scent of overblown roses with rich, mineral notes, as though one were breathing in not only the fading petals but the rich earth from which a rose grows. This is a perfume that rejects prettiness but instead combines the opposing masculine and feminine elements that fuse within nature." - Liz Moores, perfumer

Main Note

Rose, Tobacco

Fragrance Notes

Bulgarian rose, rose de mai, oakmoss, ambergris, beeswax and peru balsam.

Fragrance Style

Exotic, Floral - Ambery Spice, Smoky, Animalic

Tobacco Rose Sizes Available:

50ml

$215

0.7ml sample

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Here's what other people are saying about Tobacco Rose...

No. Just no. But if you love roses on top of roses then try it.

By Lisa - writer from Chicago on 3/18/2022

This has no tobacco scent at all it smells like an old rose, with no other notes or depth. Not something I would buy.

By Meg - Self employed from Vienna on 5/13/2020

Really liked this fragrance sample and looking forward to purchasing.

By Stinky Mike B - Accountant from Washington, DC on 2/21/2020

A serious contender in some Butchest Rose competition of which I was not previously aware, this glorious thing is the true early-autumn gardening experience -- blowsy roses literally falling off their stems, mineral-rich damp earth and leaves, and a waxy note I associate with old, seasoned wood crates. Delightful and wearable.

By Angela - editor from Seattle on 9/11/2019

A bright and potent rose scent that becomes dirty, earthy and lasts forever. Quickly becoming my favorite rose fragrance. Absolutely love it.

By Grace - Femme Fatale from Auckland on 5/14/2019

Earthy honeyed rose, very realistic. I don't get much tobacco. It is a bit like Tauer's Incense Rose but without the incense.

By Seline - teacher from Chi on 8/9/2017

I love this perfume and can't quite say why. The rose is earthy and a little bit sour, which would normally be a turnoff, but here it is so rich and complexly sour that it becomes a draw. Oakmoss and amber add a richness, and may sound familiar as partners to rose, but the whole smells like no other rose I know.

By Amy - Writer and teacher from Cambridge on 5/23/2016

4 1/2 stars. This one is rose, rose, rose - just what I was looking for. The oakmoss adds great hints of earthiness. It may be FBW. I will have to sample it a bit more.

By maya - managerial from manchester on 12/21/2015

Opens with a strong blackcurrant rose on top of sweet resinous pipe tobacco, unlit. It's not a smoky scent. The first few minutes are overpowering, but then it softens as nutmeg comes through.

By Anon. - Totem Carver from Nowhere on 10/5/2015

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