Dom Rosa

Scent Profile

Top notes: Bergamot, Pink Pepper, Aldehydes

Heart notes: Rose, Violet, Iris, Peony

Base notes: Musk, Sandalwood, Cedarwood, Amber

Why We Carry This

Menardo's interest in rose as a primary material, not a supporting note, makes Dom Rosa the most focused rose study in our current catalog. The aldehyde opening and amber-sandalwood base are the bookends that give the rose heart its context. For clients who want rose without structural modifiers or competing accords, this is the answer.

Character

Accords: Floral, Powdery, Rose, Woody, Musk, Fresh

Perfumer: Annick Menardo

Launched: 2013

Dom Rosa, the Master of Roses, positions itself as a formal study of the material. Pink pepper and aldehydes in the opening give the bergamot a sharpness that the rose heart then softens considerably. Menardo's rose is full and clear, iris and peony giving it breadth without distorting its character, violet adding a powdery quality that deepens across the mid-stage. The sandalwood and cedarwood base gives the musk finish warmth and structure, amber extending the rose presence well past the expected duration. Deliberate, precise, and unashamed of its classical reference.