Don't Call Me Rose

Don't Call Me Rose, composed by Dalia Izem for the Spanish house House of Fanatics in 2024, is described by everyone who rates it as both gourmand and floral, with about a third also finding it spicy, woody, musky and ambered. The title protests, but rose is at the centre, dressed in fruit.

Bulgarian rose and rose form the heart, with violet adding a powdery, sweet, slightly candied floral note beside them. Grapes, raisin and apple give a juicy, then darker and more concentrated fruit sweetness that pushes the scent into gourmand territory. Pink pepper adds a brief sparkle at the opening. In the base, incense brings a thread of smoke, cedar a dry wood, vanilla a warm sweetness and musk a soft, skin-like finish.

It is a shared fragrance, worn by anyone. Rose with raisin, vanilla and incense suits autumn and winter and evening wear in particular, and it should appeal to people who enjoy a sweet, fruity rose with a little smoke in it rather than a fresh, green one.

Don't Call Me Rose — unisex fragrance by House of Fanatics (released 2024). Notes: Apple, Bulgarian Rose, Cedar, Cedarwood, Grapes, Incense, Musk, Pink Pepper, Raisin, Rose, Vanilla, Violet. — Parfica open fragrance database