Amnesia Rose

Amnesia Rose from Aedes de Venustas, composed by Luca Maffei in 2023, is a dark woody rose with incense, saffron and oud. Everyone who describes it calls it woody and floral, most also find it spicy and resinous, and a minority mention amber.

Pink pepper and saffron give the opening a rosy fizz and a warm, leathery spice. Moroccan rose and Bulgarian rose form a deep, velvety heart. The base is dark and smoky: incense adds a dry, ceremonial haze, agarwood a resinous, slightly medicinal woodiness, and cypriol and Bushman candle a smoky, earthy, resinous depth. Labdanum and benzoin bring a sticky, ambery sweetness, patchouli an earthy richness and Clearwood a clean, modern woodiness.

Unisex in spirit, it suits people who love rose in its moodiest, most resinous form. The profile points to autumn and winter, evenings and formal occasions where a dramatic fragrance is welcome. Those who enjoy rose, incense and oud compositions with a smoky, resinous base should find it absorbing.

Amnesia Rose — unisex fragrance by Aedes de Venustas (released 2023). Notes: Agarwood (Oud), Benzoin, Bulgarian Rose, Bushman Candle, Clearwood, Cypriol Oil or Nagarmotha, Incense, Labdanum, Moroccan Rose, Patchouli, Pink Pepper, Rose, Saffron. — Parfica open fragrance database