Heart Of Rose

Heart Of Rose by Louis Cardin, released in 2018, is a spicy floral rather than the rose its name might suggest. Spice is what everyone picks up first, most also describe it as floral, and a third notice sweetness, wood, musk and amber.

The opening is all warmth: pepper, ginger and cardamom together, the pepper sharp, the ginger dry and tingling, the cardamom cool and aromatic. The heart turns creamy and tropical, with gardenia and orange blossom bringing a rich, slightly heady white floral and coconut adding a milky sweetness that softens the spices. The base is sandalwood, amber and musk, smooth and warm, so the scent settles into something cosy and skin-like.

It reads as a warm-weather-to-autumn floral with enough spice to feel interesting and enough coconut and sandalwood to feel soft. It suits someone who finds pure florals too polite and wants a little heat and creaminess in the mix.

Heart Of Rose — unisex fragrance by Louis Cardin (released 2018). Top notes: Ginger, Cardamom, Pepper. Heart notes: Orange Blossom, Gardenia, Coconut. Base notes: Amber, Sandalwood, Musk. — Parfica open fragrance database