Rossy de Palma Eau de Protection Etat Libre d'Orange for women

This perfume opens like something wicked. The roses come snarling out of the ground, with geranium trumpeting their arrival. I felt like I was wearing a mix of perfume and toxic waste. The scent quieted down after the first few minutes, and the image I had was of the forgotten crypt of a saint. Dark earthen walls housing dried roses, spices, and bones. I feel like a threat wearing this-- a rose that will cut back.

Can't get over how much I genuinely do think this stinks and yet I'm still entranced by it. I got the blood/flesh-like note immediately upon spraying and found that it began to warm up/mingle with the scent of my own skin in an interesting way the longer I wore it, as well as the rose which came off a bit soapy to me however, this blends well with the metallic smell I previously mentioned. I detected more spice in the drydown, and was impressed by how long it seemed to linger, and noticed that metallic scent seemed to disippate or morph into the cocoa note (perhaps this is what 'warms' the scent up to my skin in the beginning?). I definitely agree this scent is a bloody rose but rather than a bloody rose resting on concrete or metal, to me, this one is laid or perhaps crushed on bathroom tile.

The top note is just a super huge nooooooo for me. That pepper smell plus rose is just way too heavy and it permeates.
This is definitely.. no I just cannot ><
Maybe it’s me who hates roses as the theme note in any perfume product. The finish does get better but is still too thick.
I just felt grateful that I bought the tester first.

Jesus Christ! This is gorgeous! That rose with the incense and patchouli base is nothing less than stunning! The cacao just peeks out. Luscious. Rich. I love the actress Rossy de Palma and can see how she inspired this. I'm gay and don't shy away from wearing women's perfume. In my opinion, this is a woman's perfume. I do drag and will think about getting this for my act. F*ck! Breathtakingly beautiful!

This was a scrubber for me on my first spray (don't think I've done that prior to this one. but also i sprayed it right before i left for work for some reason and had to turn around and remove any trace so my colleagues wouldn't ask what was rotting). I didn't do any research on Eau de Protection prior to this, but I def picked up on the bloodiness without context. Smelled like a crime scene- super metallic and ??? gruesome, but also like rotting vegetables?
Found myself coming back to it a couple times out of morbid curiosity or something. It definitely grew on me. I really enjoy the fizziness of the ginger. Not something I'd usually go for but I wish I still had my sample.
I think I'm way too meek to pull this off but if you have the personality for it, you should! ;)

Edit: I keep thinking about the last remnants of my sample and now I want at least a 50ml bottle. On my wishlist.

You know the usual rose you get in aquatic fragrances? Yeah, take the aquatic nature, change it to pepper & ginger, amp up the rose oxide & add some cold spicy freshness n there ya go. Eau De Protection. It’s a nice rose scent but I don’t see myself wearing this that much

A spicy, soaking wet rose lies limp on a cold metal handrail. The clouds have just parted and the sun emerges, raising steam from the cold scene and opening into the faintest and most delicate warmth.

I absolutely love this fragrance for fall. It's spicy and a very modern rose smell. It almost reminds me of a really beautiful incense. Interestingly, a random man working at a gas station was NOT a fan and called it "horrid" which I completely don't understand. Maybe he needed warding off- re: the eau de protection?!? lol That being said, I only sprayed 2 spritzes of it several hours prior, so the sillage is definitely powerful.

Very pretty rose. Not too outstanding from other rose perfumes though.

I feel really good wearing this. the blood accord really makes it- sort of sinister. Although this association is probably due to the fact that I had tried secretions the day before, and was recalling the blood in that one. (I loved the blood in it, so this is a welcome thing). I really enjoy the ways in which eldo perfumes flirt with the unpleasant- this fits my general aesthetic. Thinking of saving up and purchasing a big bottle to use as a signature.

I write my reviews for my own future reference, and test blindly, not researching or looking up the name, notes, etc. till writing down my first impressions.

Opened as a fresh lemon twist with a twang that turns more into lemongrass and a soapy freshness as it dries down. At times it gets a little too close to cleaner, but only in a memory inducing way, not in a bad or chemical way. The overall effect is a light and a pretty fresh clean feeling, but very intimate, as so many from this house are (which I find frustrating). The other thing from this house is how some of the fragrances change, leaving little in common between the opening and 2-3 hours later, and this one is no different. Later on I surprisingly got a much more soapy rose vibe, which I liked less, as it was more of a cheap soapy rose, not anything with layers of depth. Then even later in the day after I heated up, I got a much, much darker tone echoing a rose/musk vibe, which I like far more than any of the preceding characteristics. But the overall take on the rose vibe in this fragrance simply leans to feminine for me at the end of day.

Someone said this has a likeness to Florabotanica. Well. In a way I can understand them - they are both kind of green rose fragrances. But they both have so much more than that - in totally different directions. Where Florabotanica is absolutely loveable to me (I have a 50 ml that I still use, and got me a 100 ml backup), and makes me bright and happy, this, Eau de Protection: it nearly scares me. Nearly, not really. Yes, it is beautiful, and I will use up my sample, but I would never buy a full bottle of it. It is dark, melancholic and wild.
Someone else might feel different about it. The name - Eau de Protection - must mean that someone feels protected, right?
There are so many takes on a rose. I love a few quite different ones. I still search for that deep, warm, sweet and sensual one. The very opposite of this.

Actually, a couple of days later: This is also in the line of JHAG Mad Madame. A bit. But this one is stronger and more longlasting. Maybe someone would like them both?

The first blind-try from my ELDO Discovery Set. I tend to prefer rose as part of the mix rather than as the star of the show but the way this rose was tempered with the other notes made it juicy and spicy. The dry down was incredible I was sniffing my wrists all day.
Not sure if this is going to be on the need-a-full-bottle list just yet but I did really like it.

Glamorous and pretty, but also messy. It reminds me of nothing so much as an old-time movie star's unmade bed the next morning after a big party.

The lovely floral heart is added some piquancy by the ginger and black pepper in absolutely the right amounts. Unlike ELdO's Like This, which doesn't seem to evoke anyone's idea of Tilda Swinton (its nominal inspiration), this really does make you think of the Spanish screen star Rossy de Palma, who inspired this.

Nice. To me it feels like a juicy metallic rose. It has a mouthwatering, almost sour, freshness.

A rare (or at least uncommon) "rose oxide" kind of rose; spicy, cold, green, wet, slightly ferrous. The black pepper and ginger livens it up, saving it from potentially feeling even more alien than it already does. The opening of EDP has a very "active" air about it, with the fizzier top notes dancing around the stoic robo-rose. I personally don't perceive a blood note in this. My brain attributes EDP's metallic tendencies to the rose itself, or possibly some variety of ozone. Sort of a witchy "goth rose" without relying on the ham-fisted "CLOVE! INCENSE! PATCHOULI! LOOK HOW DARK IT IS!" route.
There are certain rose perfumes that I recommend to people who claim to hate rose perfumes, and this is one of them. Very sharp and modern. If you stereotype rose as an "old lady smell" then this is a good one to set you straight.

P.S.- I am not the biggest ELDO fan, but this one is top shelf for them. One of their top three best offerings from the many I have sampled.

Love this! Sensual, moody, deep and romantic. The rose, as someone else also pointed out, smells like it could be a 'black' rose, dangerous and a little demonic. There is an oudness to it, velvet breath and full bodied. There is a sense of blood, but in a really subtle layered way, that it comes in and out of the scent but is not there permanently, which I am really attracted to. The bergamot is subtle, but with the ginger and pepper add a rich spiciness which lifts it up out of its dark mood. When I wore it my husband loved it but also said it reminded him of years ago when I used to wear Coco.

Today I caught a whiff of what I knew was old perfume lingering on some surface, and I racked my brain for a second to figure out what it was. After focusing on the fresh air feeling of it, I quickly figured out it was Eau de Protection. This isn't my favorite ELDO, and I wasn't sure how I felt about it at first, but I've come to really enjoy wearing it. I don't usually gravitate towards rose perfumes, because they aren't hard to find, but this is a very good one. Eau de Protection is a bright, green rose with no discernible thorns. Deeper notes like pepper and patchouli don't add edge so much as age. Rossy de Palma's rose is clean, but it isn't new. It smells like a well-kept garden that's been around for a while, or the very nice house of a well-to-do hippie in '70s California. While it has the ultra light sillage of most ELDO scents, it still projects decently enough. Eau de Protection is a really solid everyday scent that's as comforting as its name implies. I'm unlikely to buy a bottle, but it's definitely won me over.

I freaking love this!

I was surprised that there’s no cumin in this. Actually I expected many more notes than what’s listed here. I get the same filthy (in the best way) rose that is in Experimentum Crucis mixed with the wet stone geosmin of Hermann.
It’s mind boggling that a rose centric fragrance can smell this unique. This is actually an ELDO that could be FBW.

Not sure I can vouch for the whole vampire/blood fantasy, what I can say is that this smells super clean and super dirty at the same time.

Obsessed.

My nose tells me this is reformulated in an awful way !!!
I just bought the 2021 version online. It is obviously watered-down. More powdery, sweet, tender, vulgar, old-fasioned and BORING !
I hv the earlier version ( not sure the exact production year, maybe 2018 or 19 ) it definitely own more personalities. Powerful ginger and paper, dry-down with a profound herb-medicinal pachouli and mysterious roses. Smells more stylish and younger than the new one !!!

A poisonous and corrosive rose bite. Intriguing scent though very strong.

rose, geranium, pepper; a spicy rose that also is a bit odd and green

I can see exactly why reviewers are saying things like 'vampire' and 'blood' about this perfume - there is something dark about it - it is heavily 'rose' but not in girly/pretty/pot pourri ways. It gives me an instant vision of a *black* rose. It's dark, smouldering, sexy dangerous but very very rosy. I like it, my boyfriend doesn't which is unusual we usually agree on perfumes. Iit wouldn't be a 'daily' type perfume for me but something for a certain mood, sexy and smouldering to be worn with black eyeliner and dark sexy clothes.

Well, this is a first. Instant headache and YET I like it. There's no way I'd buy this or ever wear it, ha, but I do have to admit that I quite enjoy the scent. And I'm not a big rose lover, so it's noteworthy. There's something kind of sour and drippy and romantic about this fragrance, and it's beautiful. But I know that it would give me a headache because I barely sprayed any on me to begin with and the pulsing was instantaneous.

Well, my friends, this is what you wear to go and hunt vampires: a bunch of flowers to fool them, a vial of blood as bait, a metal stake to stab'em in the heart and a spadeful of earth to bury them.
Did I say vampires? Because I meant men. Or any gender of your inclination, really.

My first real love from ELDO!

This starts with a spicy blast of pepper and ginger, which I don't love.
However, after about 15 minutes, the rose and other supporting flowers come out and this becomes BEAUTIFUL. I understand why other people reference blood notes: there is indeed something a little metallic and strange to the spice/rose/geranium/patchouli combo that does remind of blood. It is a unusual take on the classic rose/patchouli blend for sure. The rose is not very strong, on me - clearly less prominent than on some other reviewers.
After a while, the patchouli and incense make this a little bit dirty and earthy, in a good way. So well blended!

I see that other people compare this to Lady Vengeance by JHAG: on me, they are very distinct fragrances. LV is much stronger on the rose, and more green and musky. Eau de Protection actually reminds me a lot more of Coco Mademoiselle, but stronger on the florals. It's Coco Mademoiselle if she was less of a well behaved lady, more dangerous and more sexy.

I'll finish my sample first but I'm pretty sure I'll get a bottle.

If SL La Fille de Berlin and TM Angel had a well-behaved love child. If you like a bit of patchouli to dirty up a classic rose then definitely give this a try, well blended, not too screechy or dark. A lovely rose scent.

Blech, way too much rose in this for my tastes. It's almost metallic, so I can see how some people are decribing it like blood, but the main note is rose, and that's it. Even on the test strip, it's so strong that it gives me a headache.

Message me if you want my sample!

Vampire perfume! Blood and Roses under a Bergamot tree. It's warm and dark. At first it smelled a bit of vinegar and bergamot. Then metallic blood smell arrived with light rose and geranium and a somewhat masculine incense. I was not a fan.
Half an hour later, it had warmed up into b beautiful, spicy timeless mess of musk and blood and flowers. There is something decidedly Latin in the scent. There's an entire Iberian vampire story in it.
It's not "me", too unisex, but it would be a wonderful signature for the right person.

I'm so glad that I decided to spray this on a tester strip instead of my skin. Immediately I got grocery store rose dipped in Texas Pete hot sauce. Very acrid and abrasive with a strange metallic tang, like stale sweat mixed with blood. Imagine sitting next to someone who got into a fight four hours ago who sprayed on some rosy, spiced body spray to try to cover up the smell. Then they open up a bag of Takis and start eating them with Valentina. The ginger is very prominent, but its green notes are amplified by everything else that is going on, and the whole combination just reminded me of vinegar.

Beautiful rose and patchouli scent. The initial impression is peppery thorny rose, deepened by patchouli, tonka, and benzoin. Somewhat reminiscent of Juliette Has A Gun's Lady Vengeance but much more complex and less sweet. I am not familiar with Rossy de Palma except for her unconventional unique look but this scent sure is unusual as her. The fresh rose turns dark one, supported by resinous note, with a little powdery facet(guessing it is heliotrope or some other powdery note). This powdery feel was quite unexpected.

If you just forget about all the description ELDO has to say, it is simply the amazing rose scent. Definitely one of my favorite ELDO.

I tried my Eau de Protection sample this morning and I mostly enjoyed it but there was a heaviness about it that made me a little queasy so when I had an opportunity to shower I took it. It is worth mentioning that I am pregnant and looking forward to trying that one again when I am not pregnant.

The most full, fleshy, bloody red rose. It feels like you're burying your face in the most indulgent, soft petals. The name is absolutely bang on. It's so beautiful that it creates its own protective shield. Again, État libre d'orange's description is so fitting and depicts an image that comes alive the moment you spray this scent. I highly encourage everyone to look in to each one of their background stories!

I sprayed a tiny amount, like half a spray, and this is a ginger and bergamot BOMB.
Not like bright fresh bergamot and warm, spicy ginger…. Like tart, acrid, sour bergamot, and raw, green ginger.
The initial ginger and bergamot is so strong, and so overpowering, it’s the only perfume that’s actually made me feel seriously queasy. It’s too sickly sour. I don’t want to smell to see how this is progressing. I never wash scents off, but boy am I tempted with this one. (Edit: after reading some other comments, Ithink it’s the geranium mixed with the ginger and bergamot that is creating the scent I dislike).
I’ve given this one 30 mins, and I can still smell ginger and bergamot, and I can’t bear sniffing any more, so I’ll check again in an hour. Luckily the sillage is more just plain ginger, so I can bear leaving it there.
Edit: so the note I dislike is likely geranium (haven’t smelled much of it before to be able to identify it), and it lasts and LASTS on my skin. It’s green and tart and too much. I’m an hour in, and while I imagine a bit of Rose trying to peek out, I’m yet to smell any in reality. I can smell a bit more pepper and ginger, a bit less bergamot, and… geranium. Definitely a bitter, almost metallic smell, like I can taste it. Almost medicinal. Not worth the wait to get to any potential good stuff.

Wear this to punish those around you. The thorns are out on this one.

a bit horrendous but enticing... the first scent from this house that i've sampled and was actually impressed by. i get a lot of the metallic note that subsides eventually but is still present throughout, and it actually does come close to blood for me. i think this does everything that i wanted secretions magnifiques to do...

At first spray, the ginger and bergamot are sharp, not bright and sparkling like when used in other fragrances. Despite the black pepper, this doesn't feel spicy to me. There is a mineral-like quality that makes this seem smooth after the initial sharpness fades. Of course, the star of Eau de Protection is that dark rose, present from beginning to end. Once this dries all the way down, I do get a faint cacao/patchouli and smokiness. Sometimes I wear this and it feels velvety...other times, it feels cool and dewy, depending on the weather I guess. It always reminds me of nighttime, magic, and ghost stories.

I love rose-centered fragrances and Eau de Protection is one of my favorites. It is strong and lasts forever. This one is an essential for me.

Fresh ginger, rose, and patchouli, with a hint of pepper. Lots of green patchouli! Earthy, fresh and beautiful. Perfectly unisex, great projection, and I love it!

this fragrance was quite an interesting adventure that i can only equate to falling into a thorny rose bush. the sharp bergamot and ginger were quite piercing and a bit overwhelming. however, these notes faded away after minutes to reveal a brooding rose and a gorgeous geranium that had my nose glued to my wrists. EDP kept my interest through an enigmatic hint of metal, almost blood. this scent is intimate and secretive; wonderful for dinner at the steakhouse or an evening of ballroom dancing.

This remains one of the most interesting perfumes that I've regularly worn, in my mind. I love rose, it's one of my favourite notes for its versatility and I have worn it in all sorts of compositions. I did eventually part ways with this one, though, because of a comment a friend made to me. There was always something unsettling and slightly perverse about this scent; it's a cold rose and I couldn't put my finger on it. My friend said it's incredibly feminine and that the 'coldness' I was mentioning actually reminded them of something metallic; iron, blood. They said that's why it's feminine - that blood combined with rose. Never looked at it the same way since. Etat Libre d'Orange are masters of conceptual perfume - that I will say.

Green sharp pepper, ginger and bergamot open the scent. Incense and an ambery, resinous base complete the opening. A soft rose and green patchouli enter the dry down, and it becomes a spicy, aromatic rose with a green aspect and resin base. After an hour or so it warms and becomes slightly sweeter, like a sweet dark amber.

Eau De Protection doesn't want to fit into a box. It's a soft rose, but it's spicy, green and aromatic, but it's resinous and dark with smoky incense. All of this is blended quite well to create a beautifully unique scent that's become one of my personal favourites from the sampler collection. This is an all-weather scent, and would be a great fit for those in-between weather times when you're not sure what to wear. It conjures an image of a mysterious passer-by that you just want to follow and learn more about.

It makes me think of rose jam, much like the Lush creation, but much much less sweet and innocent and more sophisticated and mature, and also, in a way, more evil. There's a sharpness (not metallic, but I can't grasp of which kind) to this that makes me imagine a Disney villain like Malefica or Cinderella's step-mother wearing this with great pleasure.
Fun fact: I was checking out the wiki page for Sleeping Beauty and I found out the actress Eleanor Audley was the voice of Malefica and she was used as a model to draw Lady Tremaine. That's curious these characters that came to mind had a link I did not know of!
Edit: After an hour or so, the rose almost disappears on me. all it's left is a soft, not-a-perfume kind of vibe.

I'm halfway through sampling eldo's line. I've been quite surprised by how rose centric the house is, and fairly let down on performance, with some notable exceptions.

Eau de Protection is one such exception.

Opens with bright ginger, pepper and Rose.
I'm not usually a rose fan, but the ginger and pepper really made the opening beautiful, fresh and unisex. This was love on first spritz.

Once the ginger and pepper died off, there was about 2 hours of fairly boring rose, and then suddenly the fragrance went through a fascinating and unexpected shift, that gave a fleeting impression of Zoologist's discontinued original Dodo, a dewy green floral resinous explosion that settled into an incredibly beautiful drydown of sweet benzoin patchouli with fluffy, powdery cocoa, a la Angel sans sharpness and fruit.

Absolutely love the opening and the drydown enough to suffer through the boring rose phase, it's a nice rose, just not interesting. But the drydown is to die for, and at 6 hours is still projecting nicely.

Oh Rossy! What an addictive fragrance. It's hard to put it into words, but let's just say that this rose does have thorns. It's so fresh it's almost metallic, and I can surely see where the idea of a blood accord is coming from.

But fear not, there's nothing dirty here. In fact, to me this fragrance is the epitome of freshness and cleanness, it literally energizes me when I put it on. It's beautifully mischievous in spring and provides a great cooling effect in summer, setting down into a softer drydown thanks to benzoin. In my opinion, it stands out among other rose-patch fragrances, thanks to the little vicious geranium and ginger topped with pepper.

Speaking of roses and ginger, check out Cinabre by Maria Candida Gentile if Rossy is too harsh and metallic for you. Cinabre is darker and sweeter, giving me almost medieval alchemical vibes.

- Not a rosy rose at all. This is the spicy, tart kind of rose that is reminiscent of Declaration d'Un Soir, or other rose-patchoulis like Noir de Noir.
- This feels like Noir de Noir light. Same attitude, same kind of rose, but with a toned down patchouli that is not as overbearing or skanky, and which only adds a dimension to the scent. I think this (or the Declaration) would be a great sidegrade for those who loved the spicy rose in Noir de Noir but couldn't stand the patchouli.
- In the air, this is mostly a spicy, tart rose with a metallic nuance. I imagine whether the metallic part comes out depends on your skin. On mine, it is noticeable but never dominates the scent.

I have been wearing this perfume for months now, on and off, trying to figure out what to say about it.

The short cut:

The opening is spicy, green, blood accord jasmine, i can imagine some people would dislike.

But it is growing into something pretty cool...but it is NOT a rose! I´ve own both Love Kills from Masque Milano and Serge Lutens Le fille de Berlin, wich is mentioned above here as "This perfume reminds me of..." and NO NO NO thoose two has a prominent rose. This one has not at all.

This is dirty, earthy jasmine in the end of the summer, very ripe and sun-baked flower.
I actually am layering it with incense fragances, to make it darker!

Stays 1 week on clothes, seriously. Very long lasting, very heavy projecting.

Marketed towards women? A man can wear this, nemas problemas. Unisex!

This can be challenging the first time you try it, but it is growing on me and i feel it is a special fragance.

green and spicy, slightly metallic; not for me but i can certainly see this working on someone who enjoys those accords

This perfume is nuts on me. At first I get rose, but it's paired with an almost overpowering and extremely unpleasant, in a can't-stop-smelling-myself kind of way note that I think others are calling a blood accord, but that reminds me most of an infection. someone else said snot smell, and I know exactly what they mean. Gross, right? but I can't stop sniffing it. In another review I talked about sense-affirming scents, and the opening of Eau de Protection is definitely one. Not pleasant, but fascinating in its foulness. Luckily, within 1/2 an hr it mellows out into a fresh, clean, green smelling rose- my *favorite* type of rose fragrance there is.
On me, this fragrance won't quit. I do a lil spritz down my shirt, and I can still smell it on my bra after doing the laundry. It's okay if you don't believe me- I hardly believe me, but it's true.
I like to layer it with ELDO's You or Someone Like You, which brings the fresh green-ness of the thing to level 11.
The only thing I don't like about Eau de Protection is its longevity, which is wild to say, but I'm a bum, I rewear clothes. Once sprayed with Eau de Protection, an article of clothing is compromised, and I can't wear any other fragrance without blending. that mych said, I can easily see myself committing to this as a signature fragrance someday.

I dislike the smell of geraniums so I was not surprised that I really do not like this particular fragrance. It smells musky, green and plasticky and I needed to scrub immediately.

Opens very fresh and green, like they used the whole rose: petals, stems and all. There is also some zesty spice from the ginger and a sharp, fresh green note from the geranium. I have a sample from the (almost) complete collection. The first time I sprayed it, I didn't really enjoy it, I thought it was too green. I then gave it another chance, and I found myself growing fonder of the "greenness." Later on, I got a whiff of something soft, floral, and a touch powdery (or maybe more dusty from the cacao), and realized it was Eau de Protection. I have several rose-based fragrances, and they are all very different from each other, and this one is not like any of them. This is a like for sure, maybe a love, and I may consider purchasing a full bottle in the future.

Headache-inducing, plastic-y detergent smell. I saw all the positive reviews and needed to be a voice of dissent! If you don't find this beautiful you aren't crazy. It's very harsh and synthetic.

Very clean and sharp, flowery but also spicy. Manages to very versatile while keeping a fresh and unique vibe. This one is good.

At first the scent is green and herbal with similarity to florabotanica.
Then when the rose comes through, it's sweeter and floral, but still retains an underlying freshness. It's also zingy and peppery with just a hint of geraniums, and the ginger adds a spicy kick - it turns out I enjoy ginger in perfumery a lot more than I thought!
I adore rose, and this is an unusual iteration of that note as it is sharper and greener than any other rose I have in my collection. It dries down a little musky and overall it's just beautiful.

First blast of Chanel No 5 but with more rose and geranium. Sweet and fresh, with a touch of zingy ginger for some spice. The rose greatly intensifies over time. This could easily become a signature scent, it's so versatile. Light and floral enough for daytime and yet there's a deeper spicy slightly smoky base that would work well at night. Feminine and best for all weather.

6+ hours later: Linear sweet rose now, still faintly there.

Chilli peppery minty geranium juicy Rose.

It started out more on the herbal aromatic side, with a clear citrus pepper DNA.

Then it warms up very nicely with this low-key but lively rose, along with tiny tiny whiffs of smoke emitted intermittently.

Really interesting.

So far I've been enjoying the creations of Etat Libre d'Orange. They seem to compose something intricately fascinating out of the ordinary perfume genres.

first i get a strong, slightly sweet red rose with an herbal geranium note, followed by some pepper which makes this smell kind of like plastic. at least, i think it's the pepper (?) the geranium in this is strong and i am not a fan of this note, but i think this is the best geranium note i've experienced. i dunno, this is a strange perfume on me but i am really liking it. it's mostly geranium with something that smells like ink or plastic with the rose backing it up later on.

If you ever miss Fresh's Cannabis Rose, try this one out as an alternative! They are quite similar!

I wasn't expecting too much with ginger and geranium not typically being notes I'm drawn to but this is very nice. Fresh realistic rose with a spicy twist, dries down to an earthy rose dominant scent - I would say more of the "regular" type of rose which is a green, fresh, dewy almost vegetal (earthy) rose rather than the dark spicy and rich sisters in the oriental genre of roses, not typically the rose scent I go for personally but there is unique note support here (cocoa, benzoin) to make it pleasant.

No spice, no smoke, no resins, just rose hand soap.

It's like a flogger made of roses, a cat-o'-nine-tails with the thorns and all. It throws itself at your face, not wallflower material in any way. It's passion and drama and blood red lips. I don't care much for the sexist trash that usually is ELDO copy, and this is no exception, but it really is a protective potion that says "tread on me at your own risk". It took me some time to appreciate it, it was always hovering between a permanent position in my lineup and the swap pile, but now I can't imagine being without it. It came into my life at a time of great change and I have sought strength and comfort in it. My bottle doesn't have the turn-of-the-millennium-crop-top dragon design, if that makes a difference.

Boom!! Roses!!! In your face roses!!! I don't care for rose dominate fragrances. My husband across the room asked what it was. He liked it. I might buy a small bottle just to please him since he likes it. He hasn't liked any of the other ELDO samples that I've tried. I'm still on the hunt for "my" fragrance....and onward I go!

I’m not sure if it’s the same but I’m reviewing the bottle with black sticker written in red “Eau de protection” only, a very nice slightly spicy soft texture rose with jasmine cocoa earthy like and incensey dry down, but not heavy incense very balanced and I can say it could be a very good signature scent, feminine leaning unisex imo. Big like.
Yes I can see that some reviewers mentioning dirty thing, I agree maybe this what I'm looking for like someone wearing elegant spicy rosey scent and then smokes while drinking the hot chocolate mixed all together but still dirty in good way.

thumbs up for smaller decants!

The smell is very linear. Metallic rose from the beginning to the end. I enjoy it. At 10 hour mark the scent is almost undetectable.

A lovely rose scent. It is fresh and bright, I love the metallic tang around the floral, it makes it feel wet and sharp.

It makes me think of the "painting the roses red" scene in D*sney's Alice in Wonderland, the particular shot of a rose dripping with lovely fat blobs of paint coming off but in this case, as the description says, its dew and blood.

I like that it settles a bit more earthy and spicy. It keeps it from floating away into powdery and entirely floral. This is a rose grounded in dirt, not an ethereal fantasy.

When open, you can smell the dragon spit hot ...... should be a smell of sulfur, quietly blooming with roses together. Melody, both gentle and wild, if you pick a movie to Rossy de Palma Eau de Protection, Farewell My Concubine is the best choice.

I can attest that this is unlike any other rose fragrance I have ever worn. I’m in the middle of day three, and I’m very happy with my blind buy of a tester bottle, Rossy de Palma Eau de Protection.

Initially I thought I had made a mistake. Geranium is amped up in the opening, so much so that the first few minutes (emphasis on “minutes”) made me think of cat urine. Luckily it passed and in subsequent wearings I realized the odd note is geranium combined with ginger and citrus. After the brief opening, the scent went earthy: patch with incense, benzoin and cocoa and, of course, red rose. An odd and daring blend for sure.

I must’ve grown anosmic to the scent, because I thought it faded around the four or five hour mark. When I saw my hairdresser at 7pm last night, she asked me what scent I was wearing, remarking that it was lovely. That was a full 10 hours after the initial application of three sprays.

It also helps that my husband loves this one on me.

What turned out to be a scary, first few initial minutes, has ended up as one of my best blind buys to date. Rossy De Palma is challenging though, and I do not recommend you buy it blind. But I happen to love it as it blends perfectly with my skin.

I loved this scent from the first time I was given a sample years ago when it first came out. Finally, recently, I was able to find (& afford) a bottle and it hit me just as hard. I enjoy ELDO scents and own quite a few but this one is special. It’s light but serious. The bottle makes it feel like holy water or something gothic, as if when I wear it my body (and heart) need protection. Quite a few different roses have come out since this debuted in 2009 and some are truly interesting and don’t make me think of my grandmother or that old Rose smell from the 80s. (Jo Malone Tudor Rose, Rose& Magnolia and Rose & White Musk are good examples, so are Rose Paestrum and Rosa Greta from Eau d’Italie). This is a special scent and I enjoy the light lasting spicy skin scent now almost more than the initial burst of rose. Could easily be a signature scent.

I really wanted to love this because if there's one celebrity whose whole essence I'd love to bottle, it's the wonderfully singular Rossy de Palma. I wish more celebrities of her ilk would try their hands at this genre.

And this did not disappoint. It's a Janus-faced scent, both beautiful and feminine and dark and slightly disturbing. There's almost a tongue-in-cheek girlishness due to the heavy florals and sugared ginger, but the metallic edge that lurks around the periphery renders it faintly dangerous. The push and pull is fascinating. Eau de Protection seems perfectly named, capturing the feel of some kind of talisman or a Catholic tension between the bloody and the otherworldly. I adore this.

Aramis 900 is a favorite of mine. Aramis 900 is the "masculine" sibling to Aromatics Elixir. I use quotes because the adjustments that Mr. Bernard Chant made to man up Aramis 900 are very slight.

To my nose, Eau de Protection is a half-sibling to the aforementioned. It too is mysterious and aloof, herbal ... yet slightly more aggressive than either of its siblings, which makes it unique.

My favorite of the ELDO line so far.

Not only a fierce cold metallic rose, but mostly its thorns. Saying: I won’t ever be yours, look, you’re already bleeding on me, and I’m still the most beautiful of all.

In Jeanne Rose's Herbs and Things, there's a recipe for making rosary beads from rose petals. Years ago I followed the recipe with deep red-black roses, and made these amazing honey-rose-wine smelling beads that looked like nasty little misshapen balls of dried blood with flecks of botanical debris.
On the first spray, after the initial ginger smack died down (I have not read much about the ginger but DAMN), ELDO's Eau de Protection reminds me of handmade rose petal rosary beads, incense, wine-y roses, a cathedral altar, a widow's veil, and thorny confessions that will take awhile.

I've had it on for half an hour, and it is drying down into something complex and lovely -- the cacao and incense are quite comforting.

Edit: I'm probably getting a full bottle, this is a favorite.

Geranium is one scent, one note, I do not like. I do not like how it is supposed to smell like roses and takes the place of it on some rose scented "natural" products. So it is very surprising to me to find myself loving this geranium velvety perfume. Geranium is for me the top most note, the most important, and then the rose and some good patchouli, and it is incredibly smooth, fresh but sumptous. A very charming quite original perfume.

Very fresh, I can smell a lot of geranium here. If you're looking for a realistic geranium scent you should definitely check this one. By the way, I loved actress Rossy de Palma in the Almodovar film "Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown". She has an incredibly unique look. I don't smell the supposed "blood accord" in this which is fine by me... I think it's possibly one of those marketing gimmicks. It does have a similar feeling to Gres Cabaret.

If femme fatale was a smell, it would smell like this, that is all. An instant love at first sniff!

Kinda wanna try this fragrance just to see if people who review on Fragrantica are on drugs.

This fragrance is like an instant mood-fix. It's just so bright and uplifting and youthful. I love it. Probably the best out of the entire line for me.

6/10

Before I delved into the world of niche fragrance, I had eschewed all commercial perfumery. I made my own blend of essential oils of rose with geranium, vetiver, and patchouli - listed in order of most to least. It suited me well, but I had performance issues with the rose oil. While I have a fledgling wardrobe these days, I’ve still periodically looked for a blend that was very similar to the one I made.

Eau de Protection is very, very close to my blend. It’s a little rosier. The rose is still wine scented and red, but it’s brighter. Rose can sometimes be too heavy, but the bergamot and ginger make this a surprisingly cheery rose. It has a good dose of geranium and patchouli, making this earthy. Earthy and cheery, like a woman with a nearly bare face wearing a pop of bright red lipstick. It’s a perfect daytime rose scent. I see it for autumn, but it could make a good spring rose, too.

What type of woman wears Eau de Protection? She could be a redhead. She might consider keeping a pet fox. Or, she might be a blonde whose redheaded days are behind her with a black labrador mix because she can’t have a fox within city limits. In other words, this fragrance allows me to retain my sense of identity while still conforming to societal standards of everyday life. The note progression for me is first: rose, bergamot, ginger, pepper. This is the bright cheery rose that represents the side of me that waves to the neighbors in the morning as we leave for our respective jobs. Drydown several hours later: rose blends in with geranium and patchouli, with a dash of incense. The drydown is back to my roots, the part of me that would prefer to do my jogging in the woods after dark.

I was wearing my very similar essential oil blend when I met my boyfriend four years ago. With this is mind, when I told him I was trying Eau de Protection he cut me off mid-sentence to tell me how much he liked it. This one is an obvious full bottle purchase.

Update: I now have two large bottles. One sits boxed in a linen closet and one permanently stays out with the rest of my perfume wardrobe. Sometimes as I pass by, I smell something very sweet and candy-like emanating from the area. The sweetness is coming from Eau de protection, but when I pick up the bottle I smell the red rose and patchouli instead. This is another example of how EdP really is like wearing two different fragrances simultaneously, the light and the dark.

I always wear this for any BDSM activities.

I confirmed with Etat Libre that this is indeed a unisex fragrance. "Absolutely it is" they said. Well I believe them despite the bright pink box. This is a wonderful scent that should not be in the domain of just 50% of the species. Its opening is like a tangy organic jam from the geranium which bleeds beautifully into the divine rose. It has a mysterious background note, like a demon dressed as a angel, which you can only catch for a fleeting second. Well done ELDO this is an amazing, intoxicating scent with hidden depths.

For me its rose over rose over rose. Not my cup of tea.

Strange, beautiful, not for the faint of heart. It is a FIERCE rose, thorns and all--when I close my eyes and smell this I picture red roses in an old silver vase, the smell of the metal melting into the petals themselves. It's not for everyone, but neither are any of the unique fragrances from Etat Libre d'Orange. For me it will always smell like Paris.

Strange, beautiful, not for the faint of heart. It is a FIERCE rose, thorns and all--when I close my eyes and smell this I picture red roses in an old silver vase, the smell of the metal melting into the petals themselves. It's not for everyone, but neither are any of the unique fragrances from Etat Libre d'Orange. For me it will always smell like Paris.

I'm not sure what I'm smelling-there is a note here that ruins the perfume for me. Throughout the entire time (4+ hours) there is a smell of bad breath. I definitely get the metallic smell, and the rose part is gorgeous, but that one bad note means no full bottle for me.

Beautiful bright red geranium. I haven't smelt as realistic geranium aroma in perfumes as this one is. Take a leaf of a bright geranium plant, crush it with your hand and that's the scent of this fragrance. Very nice.

Scent - bright floral opening that mellows into a well cared for sweetened rose.

Season/Time of Day - I prefer to use this one in the warmer months, day or night.

Projection - I did get noticed, I didn't get a compliment.

Longevity - I get 13hrs consistently.

First time I've tried an ELDO scent, I think their outré marketing and descriptions made me feel I wasn't likely to find a wearable perfume!
But this is absolutely gorgeous. A glorious spicy and unexpectedly bright opening, it was an instant 'wow' moment. The rose is beautiful, it's quite carnal at first, very real and very dark and sexy, but soon becomes a much softer and tamer experience.
The dry down is very smooth and snuggly. It is reminiscent of some of the Mugler's Garden of Stars at this stage, must be the cacao.
Fabulous, and full bottle worthy.

At the start, it really just feels like someone shoved a giant bouqet of flowers in your face, to the point that i almost got a migraine. After a while though, this fades, and out comes the metallic tone, combined with some freshness from the ginger. I still feel like all the roses and flowers are a touch overpowering, i would love some more of that metallic tone, but overall this is quite nice.

I have *Eau de Protection* by Etat Libre D'Orange which I am currently wearing ~ The packaging is only the above name as is the printing on the bottle ~ The bottle and packaging I own mentions nothing of Rossy de Palma ~ The bottle I own is identical to the one on the official website.
I note on the offical website states "In collaboration with Rossy de Palma"

When I first smelt this (Eau de Protection) many years ago ~ It was described to me by a reputable retailer as a mix of blood and roses ~ When one might prick ones finger while picking a rose. Yes ~ exactly ~ A cold metallic rose ~ It has taken many years to become accustom to the smell.

This is a perfume with staying power ~ Lasting on my skin well in excess of 24 hours regardless of scrubbing and washing with highly perfumed soaps.

Rose ~ Cold ~ Metallic ~

I find the geranium in this too strong - it has an almost acrid, breath-taking dusty, earthy note. This perfume is very uncomfortable and not at all the type of rose I enjoy, even though I love dark roses as a rule. I get that this was conceived as a protective force, so there is something a bit cold, metallic and repulsive about it. I guess this just works a bit too well for me. I enjoyed the cold note in La Fille de Berlin; not here.

I find the rose a little too scented talc rose but oddly beefed up by the pepper and geranium. And this is not to type of rose I dig either - I prefer mine a bit jammy.

So, not the rose I like coupled with not the cold, dark notes I like either. This certainly is not badly done but I do not enjoy the way it smells which is pretty important for a perfume.

I'm entranced by this unconventional, unapologetically feminine potion. Fierce yet gentle; carnal yet ethereal; confident yet unpretentious...I wear Eau de Protection like a talisman.

The juicy opening of Bulgarian rose is intensified with blasts of bright ginger and black pepper...a waft of geranium.
A subtle bloodiron accord emerges with a clean vegetal note, seamlessly blended with the sultry heat of the spices.
Finally, a temptingly smooth, dark blend of cocoa, patchouli, benzoin and sheer incense enrobes the thorns of this risque rose.

It's high time I review my signature perfume these days.
I see some has a problem with the opening and top notes, but I happen to love ginger, pepper, bergamot and geranium. It wakes me up and makes me focus. Be warned, the geranium is probably what some describe as bug spray.

To me this is indeed like armour from a medieval fantasy. The dragon on the bottle is well chosen. In my mind it consists of mainly two parts.

First, there is a the more green facet of the rose, as if someone crushed and pressed out all liquid from an entire red rosebush. The juice has a fresh sweetness, no sugar added. It is spiced, as if some rose chutney, with mouth watering ginger and pepper and tart bergamot and geranium. After the first brazing moments of this making you ready for battle, the imagined glass clear, bright red juice tones down it's olfactory presence as it hardens like a resin to form a perfect protective shell with thorns and all.

Part two is on the inside and close to the skin. The patchouli, incense, jasmine, cocoa, and particularly the benzoin forms a plush velvet lining, making it comfortable to wear. This part feels like a portable home, a safe base from which to strike. It calms and centers you in the heat of battle, reminding you of your purpose, the people you love and to pick your battles. I imagine the fabric is scented with rose of a more earthy, dried and crushed variety, a part of an incense blend that has wafted through the air in the time before the war and got caught in the soft silk.

Opens up very protective. A harsh ginger rose pepper chord immediately motivate the name. At first I didn't know whether to reject this scent, but on a second try my hesitation slowly shifted to curiosity.

After a while Eau de Protection develops to a more harmonious rosy blend, but still with a protective edge probably built on ginger, geranium and pepper. I am rather sensitive to high dosage of ginger and this may be the main reason for me to experience a repelling nuance in it.
In the dry down it becomes softened by resins and more friendly, but still with a sharp enough edge to keep me on my toes.

After getting used to Eau de Protection I really enjoy a scent not being ingratiating. I have sampled many really cosy scents recently, and I now appreciate being challenged by a scent being just as suspicious about me as I am about it.

Eau de Protection is a scent I definitely will return to regularly!

This perfume is lovely.

It goes on sharp and juicy, and lasts and lasts.

I just swiped my forearm with my sample dropper a few times the am, and it is still with me hours later.

It doesn't seem very complex in that it doesn't morph into different notes.

It softens down beautifully and is just a lovely rosy companion.

عطر روز من دار فاخرة تهتم بالمكونات
دار كثر حولها الكلام والجدل بسبب توليفاتها المجنونة
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هذا العطر يشبه لحدٍ ما عطر توم فورد نوار دو نوار
الذي يتسم بالطابع الاغوائي الديرتي ربما !!
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هنا الجمال يتسم بطابع لذيذ
عند استنشاق العطر تستشعر الجمال بلسانك
وكانك تريد اكل الرائحة
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غاية في الجمال لمن يحب الروز المدخن
او الذي تظهر به رائحة تشبه الدم !!
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تقييمي المبدئي للعطر كتجربة اولى
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An edgy, beautiful rose scent, totally unisex, IMO. Red rose with the green and tangy accent of geranium, sharpened by the spicy zing of ginger and black pepper. Slightly bitter and when it settles after a good while, there's almost an ozonic and leathery quality that comes through. Possibly some white musk as well. It's not classically pretty, but more attention grabbing and striking, somewhat unexpected, like its namesake Rossy de Palma. An odd beauty. One of my favorite roses.

A special parfum,with a very special rose in a modern key! An unusual scent that impressed me for its originality! It opens with a strong note of pungent ginger accompanied by bergamot and pepper... the drydown is fantastic, the geranium begins to be heard and the incense carats the scent by putting a dark imprint! Is very versatile, I really like it. I think it will be among my favorite ELDO! Beautiful!

Sillage: 7.5/10
Longevity: 8./10
Scent: 8.5/10

Overall: 8.5/10

Beautiful scent. Full-bottle worthy. A green rose-geranium scent with an intriguing metallic twang. Green, earthy, rosy, and metallic.

I was reluctant to buy this as I have a thing about celebrity fragrances but Rossy de Palma ain't Paris Hilton and as with the Tilda Swinton ELdO one, this is a winner and probably my favourite proper fragrance rose (ie not quite a soliflore).

It starts glorious in that place where bergamot meets a small roadside rose bush and they roll on a ginger bed for a while.

Lovely, but after few minutes geranium raises its cloying head. Luckily not for long and what happens next, and what remains for the next ten hours (I did apply LOADS, though, because I couldn't get enough of that first accord) is an aromatic, not-at-all sweet yet not-at-all sharp or jarring rose, warm yet not cloying.

The non-celebrity part of the name, Eau de Protection is well chosen. This scent has a bit of talismanic or even battledress feeling. Maybe it's the incense hints lurking at the base. If the Tea Rose by Perfumer's Workshop is a rose to lounge on a veranda to, Eau de Protection is one for when you need to kick ass or just feel more together.

Oh, and I agree with LaviniaMidnight below, this is indeed a rose (or floral) for someone who wears a tattered leather jacket and jeans. I do.

8/10

On my skin I feel Coco Mademoiselle and L' Artisan mure and musc . This is very good quality scent.

Rossy de Palma Eau de Protection

I first saw the actress Rossy de Palma when I was a teenager, I think it was the film "Law of Desire" or "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" where I saw her, I don't remember correctly but I just could not take my eyes off of her, she had red lips and black hair, and that nose!!! I thought to myself "wow, who is this actress," her features are so exotic! Like the actress, this fragrance is unsettling, stunning, unique, mysterious and sultry, if you like roses, please try this one.
The first spray is ginger and lots of pepper, bergamot, the opening is harsh and strong, it kinds of makes me wrinkle my nose. The rose is soft on my skin at first, geranium is acrid. The rose is blood red, feminine, it becomes heady, builds up in strength on my skin, it smooths the ginger, pepper and geranium just a tiny bit, I also detect incense.
There is dark patchouli making the rose dusty and earthy, pepper, incense, the benzoin are present on my skin, so sensual and earthy. It is very unisex, my skin is dry, I think it lasts all day and sillage is soft, closer to the body.

Rossy De Palma 'Eau de Protection' was a complete disappointment. The reviews promised blood red roses, gothic sass and vampiric lust and it was just a watered-down rose bramble say-nothing scent like something nonchalant that L'Occitane would make. I ended up putting the entire 2ml sample on me and still then it was as weak. Being of Spanish blood myself and with this being inspired by the quirky Spanish actress Rossy De Palma, I thought this would speak to me and capture the essence of what it is to be a firey, hot-blooded and passionate Spanish woman, but it wasn't much better than the "perfume" you attempt to make as a kid with an old jar, some bruised rose petals and water.

Smells just like incense oud but for way less. This may have just a tinge more rose in it, but it's a dead ringer
A+++

This is a different take on a rose than anything else in my collection. After the first spray, sniff, and one day wearing, I put it for sale. Then I got intrigued when I smelled my hair the next morning. My gosh, what a gorgeous red, sexy, dry and definitely with lots of thorns scent, shouting to me, I belong in your life! It's not sweet, and it has that dryness without smelling like an old rose, or a dusty rose. I might have not liked the top notes, ginger, black pepper, bergamot, but the rest was like a dream: Bulgarian rose, jasmine, frankincense, patchouli, cocoa and benzoin. Ah, that explains the love. To all guys--here is your unisex rose! The longevity is great, even though I have the worse skin to keep any fragrance more than 4 hrs.

Bergamot and Patchouli open this for me and somehow I smell something almost green. Maybe it's the Benzoin?

Roses, roses, roses. Dying Jasmine, roses.

After about half an hour it is a pleasant faint incense and patchouli comes back. No staying power for me, maybe four hours. I thought about Hannibal Lecter while smelling this. Clean and sleek, a front for the old worldliness lying in the heart of it.

I was pleased to see the unconventional lady this is modeled after. Successful women who are not praised for looks are rare things.

Boy, I must have gotten a bad batch! I got a sample decant that screetched and screamed of citonella. It must be called Protection because it was a spray-on condom. Nobody would want to be close to me with that smell around. Sorry to be blunt, but I was shocked by this skunk spray. In all fairness, I'm fine with trying it again from another source, as long as there is soap and water nearby for washing off afterwards. Boo hoo! I had high hopes.

Absolutely beautiful. It's a very strong scent, very rosy, very green. Definitely my second favourite, after Jasmin et Cigarette. Love it!

White rose, green leaves, red blood.

This smells like witchcraft a weird, earthy, magic rose (Lately I seem to be all about rose). It smells like the inside of a Santaria Botanica, it smells gorgeous, it smells unique, it smells humid and sexy and like plants and strange spices

I've been on a search for rose fragrances, and this gorgeous beauty is a big love. This is a rose for the woman (or man) who can put on a vintage leather jacket and beat up Levi's and outclass any cashmere twinset with pearls in the room. I have Roses De Chloe, and she's the demure sister without a hair out of place. Rossy De Palma is the sister who rides a Harley and doesn't mind getting a little sweaty and road dirty. I wish I could find a better adjective than a grittier rose fragrance, but it is what it is. I adore it. I've spent so much money on fragrances that I'm going to have to enjoy the samples till I can rationale another expensive bottle of scent, but this will be the first one I get.

not a conventional rose.
just few drops of it and I think : iron, rust, oxid or blood ?
it's very comfortable for me.
Then arrives the rose, that becomes suddenly intriguing, enveloping, homey.
a dirty comfortable bloody rose on my skin.
the rose I love.

This has a clear sharp geranium, pepper, and bergamot opening, followed by a pleasant but generic floral. The basenotes are warm and complex. They complement the development of the perfume flawlessly.

This is a well balanced and well thought-out perfume, more sophisticated in it's development and composition than many modern perfumes.

It's also pleasantly spicy and moderately dry, running strongly against the current trend to simple sweet fragrances.

Now to the rose element. It isn't there. Certainly, there is an attractive - but generic - floral note that is evident throughout.
But it is not 'rose', and it isn't even all that reminiscent of rose.
I checked - I went out into the garden and smelled fresh roses (of several varieties) and the elements of their scents are not even close to this perfume.
Nor does it share much in common with my various rose (turkish, bulgarian, tea)soliflores.

So: very pretty, but not a rose. :-)

Eau de Protection is yet another quirky collaboration between the maverick of the perfume world, Etat Libre d'Orange, and the most striking of contemporary actresses, Rossy de Palma. The result: a bewitching rose fragrance which is both unusual and very effortless to wear. Imagine the world of Sleeping Beauty come to life: endless tangles of dangerous thorns, the deep red rose which the prince offers to his princess, and the drop of blood which stains the needle of the spinning wheel. This fragrance captures all of these images beautifully and with the release of the new film Maleficent, now would be the perfect time to own such a scent.

Excellent longevity, silage and guaranteed to receive compliments: Eau de Protection is surely one of the gems to come from this unique and provocative house.

وسط ما يمر بي من زخم وزحام العينات الجديدة
وبعد عدد من التجارب المخيبة للآمال
وجدتني أمسك بهذه العينة الكبيرة 10مل
من عطر Rossy de Palma Eau de Protection Etat Libre d`Orange for women
التصنيف للعطر بحسب ما هو مكتوب في فراجرانتيكا أنه نسائي
وأنا من المتحفظين بشأن استخدام الرجال للعطور النسائية
دائما تكون أكثر اللمحات الأنثوية للعطور النسائية تتفجر مع الافتتاحية
وها هي الافتتاحية ناعمة هادئة حالمة
الورود الحمراء "البلدي" التي كدت أنسى رائحتها مع زهرة الجيرانيوم
وخلفهما البرجموت بجماله وعذوبته
ما أشعر به الآن هو باختصار "شيء مدهش "
كان في حديقة منزلنا الخلفية شجيرة للورد البلدي الأحمر
كنت أنتظر خروج براعمها وتفتحها يوما بعد يوم بافتتان شديد
للأسف لم يدم عمر شجيرة الورد طويلا
ومن يومها افتقد رائحة الورد البلدي الأحمر الذي لم يعد له وجود
فقط هجين زهري من أجل الرؤية ولكنه عديم الرائحة
اليوم أعادني هذا العطر لهذه الأجواء وكأنني أقف أمام شجيرة الورد الأحمر
زهرة ابرة الراعي "الجيرانيوم" ذات طبيعة فاكهية حلوة منعشة يكثر استخدامها في الكولونيا والعطور التشيبر.
ما أجمله من ثنائي في وجود البرجموت الإيطالي الرائع
الفلفل والزنجبيل المنصوص عليها في الافتتاحية لا وجود لهما بشكل كبير
ربما بعض الزنجبيل الطازج ولكن العطر لا يمكن أن يقول أحد أن العطر به أية لمحات سبايسية مطلقا
ولأول مرة أشعر برائحة أوراق الياسمين "الجافة" وليست الطازجة
الأكثر دفئا وسويتية.
فرائحة العطر ما تزال مثيرة منعشة حالمة ومرحة أيضا.
فترة ليست بالقصيرة حتى يسمح للباتشولي بالدخول
سيعطيك الباتشولي احساسا بأنك أصبحت تستخدم العطر في المساء بدلا من الاستخدام النهاري الذي كان يسبق وجوده
البنزوين ليس منفرا على الاطلاق لأنه ببساطة بنسبة قليلة جدا
ونفس الشيء بالنسبة للبخور الكاكاو الموجودون بالقاعدة
بحيث يتحول لعطر في مرحلة الدراي داون من عطر زهري حالم مرح
إلى عطر يحمل القليل من الرصانة دون أن يفقد شخصيته الأولى الغالبة عليه
حقيقة لقد أحببت هذا العطر من أول شمة
وأرشحه بقوة ليكون عطرا للجنسين
لجميع محبي الورود الحمراء الجميلة الرائعة التي يفتقدها الكثيرون بل ويفتقدون أيضا سحر أيامها وزمانها وأناقتها
اهديكم هذا العطر الأكثر من رائع

جمال الرائحة: 10/10
التميز: 10/10
النقاء: 9.5/10
الفوحان: 8.5/10
الثبات: 9/10
التقييم العام: 9.5/10
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A sultry, gothic, spicy Spanish Rose!

Etat Libre d'Orange are usually known for making "shocking" or "unconventional" fragrances, they have also made fragrances inspired by "unconventional" celebrities (like British actress Tilda Swinton). Eau de Protection was their first celebrity inspired fragrance. They took inspiration from "unconventional looking" Spanish actress Rossy de Palma.

This is a spicy rose fragrance! Roses are the favourite flower of actress Rossy de Palma (whose name also means "Rose"), and her garden in Madrid is full of roses. I really think in this case Etat Libre d'Orange have created something very beautiful and alluring with this one.

The fragrance opens up with notes of sour bergamot & spicy ginger (with some firey black pepper), but they are quickly overtaken by this beautiful, rich, dark syrupy, almost candied rose... absolutely beautiful. At it's heart this is a Rose-Patchouli combination fragrance, but unlike other similar examples out there, this one feels very "emotional", like the rose is being passionate and sensual. Both Rossy de Palma and Etat Libre d'Orange describe this as a "bleeding" rose, and I do get that. To my nose, the rose is paired with a slightly metallic geranium note... and geranium is so multi-faceted that it can sometimes smell like roses, sometimes like lemons, and sometimes like cloves etc. I think this aspect combined with the rose gives it a lush, full-bodied aroma (and the slight impression of blood, etc).

However, this is an extremely wearable fragrance, either by men or by women, although I find this would really shine on a woman's skin. This is a fantastic fragrance from the house of Etat Libre d'Orange and one that, if you are a rose lover, you should definitely check out! A dangerous, sexy, spicy Spanish rose!

So lovely! This rose opens big, bold and green with geranium in the background. It has a tart fruity vibe even though there are no fruits listed in the notes. My mind conjours up an image of full blood red ruby lips biting into sharp blackberries, releasing their tart, fruity juices. Its not majorly spicy but the ginger & pepper are more prelevant in the drydown. As much as I love this, the longevity is poor - 2 hrs on me at the most. I find this similar to Serge Lutens La Fille de Berlin, especially in the drydown & as this has great lasting power, think I'll stick with SL. Shame really, because the fragrance is outstanding & is by far one of (if not my all time) favourite rose scents....

This is a rose dripping with blood...like the red red rose of sleeping beauties lips...the forest of thorns and the drop of blood on the spinning wheel. This is a metallic, rich rose...captivating and dangerous.

Amazing gingergeraniumrose.. so bright it is almost teeth on edge... so dazzling :) what Heeleys Hippie Rose can aspire to be when it grows up.

Wow. Wow! From the moment I put this one on I was captivated, and then for the next six hours or so it kept me under its spell. This is perhaps the first perfume I've ever tried where I can smell every note; they are perfectly blended and yet they also seem to change with each sniff.

This starts off with a gentle rose scent, which gets warmer and bigger over time as though the rose is actually blooming on the skin. It's a very true rose, red and verging on fruity, mixed with a hint of bergamot and pepper and a big kick of ginger. The other flowers are present but only as a backdrop to the rose--they never overpower it, even on my jasmine-magnifying skin.

As this dries down it gets slightly powdery and very spicy. The incense feels like an extension of the ginger rather than a smoky note, and the rose slowly wilts away. The drydown has more of a presence than with most perfumes I've tried, and continues to project a decent sillage.

I would describe with perfume as a work of art. As it develops it shows off the entire lifespan of a rose blooming, and the spice and incense notes are masterfully done. I wish it lasted a little longer simply because I'm in love with it, but I will definitely be getting it based on how strongly I feel about it.

This perfume is so interesting!
I blindly sprayed it on my wrist one day in a flurry of perfume smelling, it was the dead of winter and walking around outside in -20 I wondered what this warm blanket of fragrance was that I was getting wafts of. I remembered it was that bottle with the dragon.
I went and sprayed it on my wrist at least once a week for almost a month before I decided I had to have it. It wasn't my usual choice and I was a little afraid of it, it was so strong and powerful, while that didn't scare me off I was worried it would scare off everyone around me!!
So far everyone seems to like it on me. A gothic rose it a great description for it. It's got the whole rose for me, the petals, the stem, the roots and the dirt clinging to the roots.
This might sound silly but this perfume makes me think of that book/movie Interview with the Vampire. When Louis and Claudia were travelling all over the world in search of other Vampires and finally find them in Paris, THIS is what I picture those Parisian vampires would smell like. Dark, intelligent and dangerous

Gorgeous Rose! Now I have to add another rose scent to my collection!

My favourites are: Lorenzo Villoresi "Musk", Frederic Malle "Une Rose" and "Lipstick ROse", and AMOUAGE "Lyric". This one sits in between "Une Rose" and "Lyric" as the former is very rich, warm and dense; the latter very sharp, crisp and light. Somewhat cold.

This one here starts a bit like "Lyric" but has more geranium that softens the crisp edges a little. The patchouli and bergamot bring a fresh and fougere note that is very uplifting in the opening. The the warm, sweet, soft rose is nicely juxtaposed with the bitter-green-herbaceous geranium, still underpinned by patchouli. The pepper and ginger spice things up, until the cocoa, incense and benzoin give it a warm and semi-sweet, faintly churchy dry-down.

Very nicely blended. Beautiful ingredients that really work well together and make for a very interesting modern rose. This is a great fragrance for spring and summer as it is not too heavy and always on the fresh aromatic side.

If it only lasted longer, it would be a near masterpiece.

8/10

I was intrigued by the concept of this scent and it didn't let me down. I knew it was something I would never be able to wear myself, but could I appreciate this on a woman? Absolutely.

It's bright, bold, sensual and charismatic, but has flashes of something dark and dangerous.

The rose is green and quite juicy smelling, tempered by the pepper and ginger which add subtle, dry sweetness. However it is the hints of incense and a slightly cold metallic note that gives "Eau du Protection" its edge on skin. It does remind me of the sweet tanginess you get when you bite your lip and draw blood, yet without the frightful sterility of similar blood accords such as the one in "Secretions Magnifique". This combination smells very much alive and inviting, a perfect mixture of sensitive and sharp and an embodiment of the rock and roll spirit.

Eau de Protection starts with a blast of fresh roses, flower, leaf and stem, and then gradually becomes more spicy. The spiciness lends a metallic feel to the fragrance. Not blood, not really, but yes, metallic, and not cold either, more like metal warmed by skin.
Smelled up close, geranium is pretty strong, and so is pepper. And together they give the impression of a dried rose, no longer fresh in the garden, but drying upside down in a corner of a room. A lovely patchouli contributes to the dryness.
But that's just one aspect. Smelled from a little further away, the perfume is a bit sweeter and juicier and more rose centered. A deep red rose with velvety petals.
There's a moment in the far dry down where the cocoa shines trough. Warm, dry, dark and slightly sweet.
After that, Eau de Protection becomes a dark ambery fragrance. Deep and lush but fortunately never too sweet. It stays like that for a long time adn gradually the spices wear of and Eau de Protection becomes amber, rose, and surprisingly a hint of jasmine.

I can safely say I adore this perfume. It's complex and constantly developing from fresh spicy to dark and deep. I don't completely understand it yet, but I know I love it.
Though rose is very prominent, I do recommend this perfume to people who aren't into rose fragrances very much. This is so much more than a rose perfume.

ELDO's "Rossy de Palma" is an unusual rose, very fresh and spicy, perfect mix of rose and ginger. I did not get any incense, but I got the dirtyness and coldness of patchouli, no at all earthy and warm, but very distant and ice-queen like.
I do actually enjoy this even though I usually do not go for fresh rose, but "Rossy de Palma" has the perfect balance for the rose to not become soapy at the dry down as sometimes it does happen in fresh rose fragrances.
It lasted a little less than 6 hours.

A must try for every rose lover.

fits so well to one of the best spanish actresses...and is somewhat half way between the hysteric witch (spicyness, metallic aspect) and the classical beauty (deep rose) as one would expect. I imagine rossy de palma thinking of her fragrance of something that protects you of your own emotions;-)

the development of the fragrance is nice, a dark patchouli rose, almost chypre-esk start with some astringent geranium and cassis (at least I think it's cassis), ginger and pepper, which transforms within an hour to a velvety cacao. the geranium, as it seems, softens in the middle part but becomes more evident in the end with pepper again. It's a rose soliflore but not a prude one, like it a lot.

Not being familiar with Rossy de Palma, the woman who inspired this fragrance, I went Googling to ascertain the nature of her celebrity. It turns out that she is a Spanish actress known for her work in the films of Pedro Almodóvar and (please forgive me, Gentle Reader) not exactly an oil painting. My ignorant opinion of Rossy de Palma aside, ELDO gets a lot of credit in my book for selecting an atypical muse as inspiration material rather than the usual teen idol or Hollywood starlet. For a company that sometimes gets a bad rap for using shock tactics as a marketing tool, Eau de Protection strikes me as a thoughtful, intelligent launch.

The perfume itself was an instant love for me because it has so much in common with my beloved Epic Woman and can be had for less than half the price. Eau de Protection opens in fresh fashion much as a natural rose would with some sparkling bergamot, but rapidly transcends the true flower by incorporating a number of darker notes. Before you know it, the rose is quite poisonous, but all the more alluring for being so. Eau de Protection uses a similar strong peppery note to the one I find so appealing in Epic, but replaces the caraway with ginger, rendering Eau de Protection less pickle-like and a bit more wearable. While Eau de Protection showcases a fairly nice Bulgarian rose, Epic revolves around the headier Damascus variety. Both contain incense and patchouli; the Amouage favoring a gorgeous silver frankincense and the ELDO being heavy on the patchouli, and therein lies the rub with this perfume.

Patchouli is a polarizing note, perhaps because some associate the smell with the '60s counterculture and the tumultuous events that surrounded it. My first wearing of Eau de Protection was at an outdoor event of a fairly conservative nature. In my defense, I wasn't familiar with the note pyramid and stupidly figured that Rose Frag = innocuous. Not! An offended woman who happened to be seated nearby sniffed ostentatiously while glaring at me as if I were The Whore of Babylon. In a nutshell, Eau de Protection has great, big sillage and is not the ticket for fragrance-phobic environments. Longevity is excellent. Many thanks to the rock star from South Africa who turned me on to this beauty, which is absolutely bottle-worthy.

Etat Libre d'Orange Rossy de Palma is a rose fragrance composed just the way I like it. Shortly after the first application, I was already drawing comparisons to another beautiful rose, Annick Goutal's Ce Soir ou Jamais.

Rossy de Palma opens very rosy and deep, with a somewhat oily and concentrated feel. Needless to say I was pleased to smell such an old-fashioned, classic representation of rose.

Once settled, Rossy de Palma becomes more spicy and peppery, especially with the introduction of geranium, pepper, patchouli and ginger. I didn't originally take Rossy de Palma to be such a complex scent. I'm also rather impressed by this fragrance's originality.

I had no idea who Rossy de Palma was until I googled her only seconds ago. Admittedly now that I've seen her, I know why she appealed to Etat Libre d'Orange. They like quirky it seems.

Rossy de Palma strikes me as a tad androgynous, so I wouldn't hesitate in recommending this fragrance to men also. The drydown has a masculine, peppery feel, amped up by some exotic incense. The sillage was average on my skin, however the longevity was superb. A fragrance well-worth testing.

Let me start by saying that I always thought I hated rose and patchouli scents. Well, this is the exception! I remember having a first whiff of it some years ago and going into what can only be described as catatonic ecstasy...Seriously, right then and there, I bought a bottle (I don't ever do that on a first whiff).

And now, I can only say I love rose and patchouli, or at least this incarnation. It does start very sharp: citruses and peppers playing first fiddles, with roses humming just behind. But as it develops, it becomes a delightful rose singing sotta voce with light patchouli as base drums.

It is the perfume that gets me most compliments from random females. I actually get stopped on the street, in stores, at work by women completely entranced by the smell. And I have to say, it is the perfume that my husband notices... Intensely..

This is a very prickly rose!

Very beautiful, fresh, bright, edgy! On my skin it is quite similar to Paestum Rose (especially on the initial stage), but, whereas PR, while being spicy, is harder on the incense, Rossy de Palma is all about pepper. And it is noticeably sweeter, too.

RdP opens with a big blast of fresh crimson rose petals, crisp and clean, almost soapy. Let me tell you, that's a very big and loud rose, I guess it could be almost unbearable for those who aren't quite crazy about roses.

However, the second stage of the perfume isn't dominated by the rose I experienced in the opening. Later on, pepper, or rather Pepper, takes over. Well, I confess, this particular stage was difficult for me. I do appreciate spiciness, but this... I even started to sneeze!

Fortunately for me, the pepper note calmed down half an hour later and the spiciness transformed into the typical ELdO's gingery note. The rose is still in the background, remaining fresh, but less sharp and prickly. Now it's rounder and has a silky touch.

What I get in the base is sweet benzoin and soft incense. No cacao for me :(

What I find quite strange is that I cannot pick up much patchouli from the composition. On my skin, there is only a faint hint of patchouli in the base, closer to the end of the whole experience.

My personal conclusion is that 'Rossy de Palma' is one of the most beautiful rose fragrance I've came across, and certainly one of the most unusual, if not THE most unusual. It's truly unique and bewitching.

I also think that for spicy/incensy rose lovers it might be a no less hit than Paestum Rose or Rose Poivree (another RdP's sister).

The longevity is superb (this scent will please you all day long). The sillage is rather soft, but I'm not sure about it, since I only spray once (it's quite strong).

5 main characteristics: fresh, peppery, Bulgarian rose, ginger, unique.

So this perfume opens with a rose/geranium combo. I'd say the rose comes first but is immediatley met by the geranium. LOVE geranium! yum. It gives the rose a tad more sharpness. I get zero pepper and no citruss from the bergamot. I'm getting absolutely no throw either, I really have to out my nose right against my wrist to smell it, this is strange considering I've JUST slathered my skin with it...

It smells like pure petals, a very almost crystalline rose at first. Wonder how the dry down will go? I'm expecting something sweet, dry and incensey.

Ok...patchouli coming forward but only sligtly. A tinge of incense..and the rose is melding into the other notes quite nicely and becoming not as prominent. It does turn sweeter also...thank you benzoin. There is a slight feeling of the to my nose here, but it's more a gentle, sweet, rosy patchouli scent at this point.

I much prefer the drydown, the gentle wafts of chocolate tinged patchouli..but, the overall transition of this perfume feels dis-jointed. It's a weird combination for me and feels like two different perfumes. Crisp rose and geranium that is springlike, descending into a wintery somewhat dark gourmand-esque scent. It needs to make it's mind up.

The sillage is bad I'm sorry to say. It's a nice perfume but...not for me.

Dark, raspy, dry rose with a prominent incense-y edge which slowly dries down to sort of a sepia version of itself, very beautiful, unusual and a little edgy(to me).

Etat Libre d'Orange ROSSY DE PALMA opens bright red with a huge, beautiful blast of rose, making this a buy-at-the-counter hit for sure. I imagine that the effect is even more spectacular when this perfume is sprayed rather than dabbed on to the skin. Nearly immediately the rose begins to fade away, though it remains detectable throughout the entire wear. At the same time, the spicy components--above all pepper--grow stronger and stronger and stronger, almost to the point of taking over the rose. Eventually, the drydown perfume smells like a close olfactory neighbor of The Different Company ROSE POIVREE and Eau d'Italie PAESTUM ROSE. With two big differences.

First, ROSSY contains a pretty good dose of patchouli, which I believe is not present in either ROSE POIVREE or PAESTUM ROSE (or if it is, it's much lighter!). The second, and equally important difference to my nose is that rather than cumin, the spiciness in this composition is produced primarily through pepper and ginger. Cardamom is listed as a note, but I do not detect it independently. What I smell is a combination of pepper, patchouli, ginger, incense and rose, with a BIG emphasis on the pepper.

If the pepper were cumin, this would be all wrong for me. Instead, I like this so much that despite my sadness at the disappearance of the rose, I'll probably add a bottle of this creation to my collection at some point. Too interesting to pass up, plus I'm a longtime fan of Pedro Almodovar, although I had no idea until yesterday that the unforgettable woman in so many of his films goes by the name of Rossy de Palma!

On paper all I could smell was pepper! I hate pepper. After reading here I tried some on my wrist and the pepper is hardly noticeable, strong clear dark rose coming through, with incense.

Intense, overwhelming rose, very evocative and almost one dimensional. Starts well, maybe a bit too well, then it becomes a bit more complex, spicy and smoky. And it ends well, too, although a bit old fashioned on the dry down. Quite strong, long lasting. Rossy de Palma or witches rose – does what it says on the bottle!
Coutureguru: excellent point about the base, I totally agree. And I had the same issue with all ELDO fragrances I tried so far, glad I wasn’t imagining this!

on my right wrist I have Rossy De Palma, on my left wrist I have Voleur de Roses. It's the battle of the patchouli roses. Rossy has the rose right in the forefront with patchouli behind it. The black pepper is a great touch. you can kinda smell the geranium and hints of the incense. This smells like a real rose, a wet freshly picked rose from a bush, not synthetic at all. you can almost smell the thorns, and the patchouli gives it a slightly dirty earthy smell. What a great mix. On the other hand (literally) Voleur de Roses is just sitting there on my left wrist smelling strong and strange, almost like a honey covered rose laying in a pile of dirt. Rossy is cleaner, fresher, yet still manages to have a dirty type edge that makes it smells very authentic and more real than Voleur. The clear winner here is Rossy De Palma! and it lasts forever too

Mindblowing Rose!!! I have tried more than a few of the Etat Libre d'Orange range of frags and take a filial sort of pride in the fact that the house was started by a fellow South African. I noticed that in a lot of the fragrances, the drydown seemed to be very similar (at least to my nose) and drew my own conclusion that the frags were probably all built on the same base, similar to Guerlain's 'guerlinade', which doesn't really work on my skin. How true this may be I cannot say ... I was simply following my nose - which more often than not leads me totally astray!

Today I tried Rossy de Palma and it was an instant love affair! This rose is intense - rich ,sweet and melancholy with the touch of a sting and a hint of blood as the thorn pierces the skin (undoubtedly the ginger and pepper). She is blousy and overblown, definitely not of the fresh and dewey variety. A rose that has reached her prime, languidly crushed against the sheets from being made love upon, exuding her fragrant swansong. Later, pale incense delicately spirals into the sky, carrying the soul of the rose aloft ...

I don't care that this is supposed to be for the gals ... I'm gonna wear the hell out of it ... and I'm going to abuse the sprayer mercilessly!! This frag is freaking AWESOME!!! I bought 2 :o).

An almost stripped bare rose dipped in ginger-y, metallic/marine notes assails my olfactory senses like no other perfume I own. Its sharpness gives way ever so slightly to a peppery assault mixing with heady jasmine. This part of it makes me kind of uncomfortable almost to the point that I think maybe I have overdone the application. I can almost sense a headache looming in the distance. It is somewhat cloying.
This scent stays linear for a long time with the ginger/pepper/rose scent for at least 4 hrs. Reminds me of Marine Sel by Tokyo Milk. It appears to morph into a seductively sensuous dusky rose at drydown thanks to the patchouli and incense which makes me feel better about allowing it to remain on my skin. If ginger and geranium turn you off you may want to only take a nibble of this before wearing full out.
Incredible staying power. I sampled last night around 10pm and still detected it on my wrists around 6:30am. Decided to wear to work today and it has not disappointed. It doesn't seem to be an obtrusive scent as long as it is not used with a heavy hand.

Here goes my first review of an Etat Libre D'Orange fragrance, a perfume house that has intrigued me for a long time! Rossy de Palma is definitely a feminine mysterious rose. On me this was initially almost oud-like in its strength. The rose, pepper and frankinscense dominated on my skin. After about 30 minutes, this had mellowed and I started to pick up the patchouli and benzoin.

This is a very pleasant, slightly unusual, rose fragrance with low sillage and decent longevity. However, I'm not sure I'll invest in a bottle, as I don't think this really stands out from many other gorgeous rose scents out there.

This is such an amazing perfume! So very rosey and warm I start out smelling a bit of the bergamot, ginger, pepper and of course rose, then I can start smelling the frankincense. Once the bottom notes appear I can smell the benzoin too. Oh my is it so very lovely! I do not get blood or any metallic notes in it at all. This is very strong too, it only took a little bit from my sample vial and it lasted 12 hours! I kept having to sniff my wrist all day because it was so lovely. This is perfume artistry at it's finest! Becuase of the spice notes it it, I think it best for Fall and Winter wear day or night. It's on my likes, but I might end up adding this to my loves. You have to try this!

Wow! I smelled this today from my sample after many months since my first review and all I can say is: fabulous!
It's such an amazing perfume, rose for sure, but not just rose! There is an organic nuance which is highly addictive! Don't think of blood, because it doesn't smell exactly like blood. I wouldn't like if it was so. I have no attraction for all that fuss around blood, milk, etc... Actually I think it's just marketing. Eau de Protection smells organic like soil and something both metallic and sweet in it. It's like an edible rose of the best quality surrounded by spicy and gourmand notes.
What I like here is balance. No real ginger or cocoa obvious smell like so many other modern gourmand.
It's all kept very balanced and the rose shines through the rest of composition.
I've been said to have a metallic smell on my skin, which I don't get much. I wonder if this perfume enhance that feeling, but I don't really care! I just like to sniff it on my wrist!
It makes me feel confortable, cosy and secure and anyway it's a gorgeous smell to my nose!
I never tried to wear it out of home but I will for sure and ask for opinion to my closest ones.
In any case, whether it is appreciated or not on me I will keep using it for my own pleasure!

Smells like an idealized rose geranium essential oil. Very rich and smooth. After about an hour a bit of cacao joins in like a whisper. Roses in the sun!
Fabulous, I think for Fall and Winter seasons.

fresh velvety rose. crisp and warm at the same time. the ginger and pepper starts off so nice whit the Rose.and the story goes one .Feel like walking in a foreest whit wild roses lingering whit the smell of weth soil and leavs. very nice and gental.
feel like a proper lady in this one . ready for a romantic walk into the sunset. This is an afternone fragrance IMO.

voleur de roses!!the first thing I think when I smell this frag.
very similar .
Maybe l'artisan voleur is more dark juicy and masculine.
Rossy de Palma has something cleaner and airy with a touch of dry leafs

A rose perfume with a twist! There is a lot of rose but also something metallic underneath the soft scent of rose, benzoin and cocoa. I also get vanilla from this scent. I think it's suitable to wear both in the day and the night, depending on how heavily you apply it.

Now THIS is a rose fragrance. Generally, rose can smell one or or two ways on my skin:

1. Powdery and stuffy, as most rose scents do (Knowing, the current Rive Gauche), or

2. Cold and dark, like death itself (Ungaro III, Domenico Caraceni).

Rossy de Palma takes a different route. "Juicy", an adjective used by my good friend Gypsy Parfumista, is an apt way of describing this rose. It's also quite vegetal and tomato-leaf like, in a sense referencing the "Garden" fragrances by Hermes. Either way, this is a juicy rose in the garden, from leaf to stem. The frankincense and patchouli add a dark, resinous quality that I can feel in the back of my throat. As it dries down I can smell the benzoin/praline creeping through to add a little "nutty" sweetness.

And, for the most part, that's it. Rose all the way, from the minute I apply to the warm base notes 7 or 8 hours later. What's interesting about Rossy de Palma is that while this rose is dark and astringent, it's warm-blooded. It has a heart and an inviting presence if you give it a chance. Maybe that's who Rossy de Palma is. I haven't seen any of her films, but the facets of this scent may very well fit her to a "T".

So anyway, I would definitely try Rossy de Palma if you're into rose scents. TRY BEFORE YOU BUY, as it's not the most accessible fragrance, but I definitely feel it's worth trying. I need to get to know it a little better before I decide I actually like it. At this point, I wouldn't buy a bottle.

better rose? where? XD

honestly, I was very disappointed about most of the dominant rose perfumes. I know some are loved because they represent the true flowers - but honestly - to reflect reality we could use some rose oil - sorry to say but those i cannot quite regard artwork

Others then would suffocate the roses with patchouli, sugar, spices or incense, again. I see no point in those either?

i love this because this is a well-balanced, soft fragrance. The rose is recognizable - not too much , not too little, not twisted, not suffocated but nicely supported by vanilla (although not listed) and patchouli and it has the sophistication and depth many fragrances try to achieve. And the rose is crimson but wont bite. It would just smile a little with the inner knowledge - like a Mona Lisa - you can do whatever - i know what you are and what you want

Don't be shied away by the fact that this is from Etat Libre - this scent is very elegant, no perversion.

It's a suggestive scent, it reminds something magic and strong...the absolute and the strange, linked together

Rossy de Palma? After Secretions Magnifiques, you KNOW where my mind went...Rosy Palm! :) I had no idea that Rossy was even a real person. Now, after smelling this scent, I feel quite compelled to look her up...

This begins so very smoothly, enchanting with the brightness of citrus braided with a warm juicy warmth and a subtle spiciness...and the rose peeking playfully: heavenly! This scent is like a sexy vivacious woman who just winked at you...excitement courses through you that SHE might find YOU attractive! More enchanting than real roses RdP's heart "beats" with sensuality and pure sex appeal. The alternating dryness of the carnation and the thickness of the jasmine define the roses' beauty better than one of Shakespeare's odes ever could. "The Vigin never wanders far from the whore" is quite apropos here; as this is at once soft, but charming and utterly lascivious. Not in a phony way, like young girls painted up as a child trying to look the part of a woman, but a woman who is at once innocent and naughty! A rose by any other name...should smell THIS GOOD! This is the svelte woman desired by all, with a slit up her dress almost to the hip...but she is no tramp. She has a tender loving side and exalts in making love (from the heart). This dries down earthy, smoky and so delicious. For all her girliness and feminine wiles, she has an earthy almost raw sense of humour, and very amusing but candid way of looking at life. Oriental enough to be seductive, but earthy enough to be herself...Rossy de Palma Eau de Protection is an essay in contrasts. Bold, but never brazen (unless it heightens the passion), yet shy when she needs to be. I am thoroughly and utterly impressed!! This is a feminine scent, no doubt. But, it's drydown is fine for almost anyone. I would not care what anyone thought of me wearing this...it's THAT good!

Sillage: very good
Longevity: great!
Overall: 4.25/5

Not the biggest fan of roses, to begin with, Miss Rossy has me quite in her spell. This enchanting olfactive composition is a true delight, and if you love roses, then this is all YOU. I like them okay and it has me, quite literally, drooling...

To give you an image of what kind of person this perfume would be, I imagine (upon meeting her and talking with her) something very like this:

Gypsy: Ms. Rossy, do you smoke after sex?
Rossy: *puffs cigarette sexily* I don't know, I never looked!

;)

A very strong rose.
I was asked if I'd fallen into the bottle and that's exactly how I felt myself. Just a little too overwhelming for me.

I've to admit I've a problem with Rose based scents. Besides a very few (Parfum Sacré, Black Aoud and a few others) I don't like them. It's my personal taste.

Said that, Rossy the Palma is a crude, raw and tremendously realistic crimson rose. Almost uncomfortable but somehow delightful and fascinating, exactly as Rossy De Palma is. IMO this is one of the most appropriate and fitting scent name given by the guys at ELDO, but still no scent for me.

Rating: 7/10

Love this scent, it surrounds me with aromatherapy cloud. It has well mixed components, they are equal. It's a little rosy, a little sweet, a little bitter, a little woody; clean, but rich and not heavy. Unusual and sexy of course. It's not that surface and loud sexuality, but Rossy de Palma unobtrusively and unnoticeably catches you and takes your head away.
To my happiness I don't feel too much patchouly (it usually makes perfume too oily) and carnation is on its place bot making soapy notes. I like the balance and this scent has the same character as I do )))
I do not recommend it for teens and very young girls. It's a real feminine scent a quintessence of the type of woman I adore and wanna be like )

this is LOVE !!! It may just be the most gorgeous scent that I ever had the pleasure of using. Received a sample from a frag member(many thanks to Triplex) this week and I am totally hooked. Main theme is ROSE, obviously, first couple of minutes I can smell a metallic note(must be the ''bloood accord!!!''), afterwards a rich dark red rose, is caressing my skin with balmy wafts of cocoa, vanilla and creamy fluffy benzoin. My new addiction, just ordered a bottle from Amazon.Hopping I just found my signature perfume after years of searching.

Eau de Protection is maybe the only Etat Libre d'Orange I care for. At least the only one that gives me a reason for purchasing. I'm not yet sure. I love to smell my sample for smelling purposes. When I put some drops of this scent on my skin I find it friendly even if extravagant. It's such a different take on rose! I love well made rose-scents like Yves Rocher and Stella McCartney, so you can guess Eau de Protection is a totally different thing! I smell lots of black pepper since the beginning through the end. It's pickling together with ginger. Then come a very strange rose. I would say a scaring rose, but it's also exhilarating and not so scaring after all... If you think of rose you normally think of the smell of petals. Well, here the rose is taken as a whole plant. Imagine that you are smelling petals, stem, roots alltogether at the same time. I have no idea how they do it because I don't think there such an infusion of the real thing. It's artificial chemistry. The metallic edge is very obvious but fortunately it doesn't remind me of blood in a raw way. Incense and patchouli are there too. I don't detect the jasmin, the bergamot and the cacao.
It's a fascinating fragrance, much more interesting as a work of art in itself than other Etat Libre that are just unpleasant smells. I'm not sure it's easily wearable. For sure it's not mainstreet (of course, it didn't mean to be!) but I still need to find out if it smells scary to other people at least on work situations.
I don't personally find it scary, only different and original and for some reason it makes me feel fine. Maybe that's the real meaning of Eau de Protection!
Rossy de Palma is a great actress and quite interesting as a woman.
I also like the packaging and all the marketing behind. At least for once one of the Etat Libre d'Orange has a good reason for being so overly niche-marketed through big words and imagery.

Rossy is taking me to the seashore with this fragrance, where the wind is playing with my hair. Opposite of this sea there are several little cozy restaurants next to eachother. Fresh air, bergamont, a hint on spices and a very tiny hint of rose, all in a very deligat way. Lovely!

Roses, incense and pepper! I love this one! I was scared that this Rossy de Palma might only smell roses and roses and roses. No! A spicy rose growing through incense smoke! Not for the floral gals.

Every once in a while you come across a fragrance which completely surprises you.

Since I sample this fragrance on Wednesday, June 10, 2009, I was not able to stop thinking about this scent. It has even creped into a dream of mine (Rossy de Palma actually handing me a bottle of this).

My first impression of this scent was that it brought memories of grand mother's favorite soap: Maja. The top note is soft breeze of roses. As it warms up (on my skin) hints of ginger and black pepper come to play and tease you. I love how the patchouli and incense notes develop as the protective dragon near the rose bush. They are there but never over powering the beauty of the roses.

Rossy De Palma Eau de Protection will make you feel sensual, playful and risky. For the 1st celebrity fragrance from this house, they nail it. I can imagine Rossy herself in any of the Almodavor movies quietly in the background but having a memorable presence.