Tom Ford · 2023

Café Rose

VersionEau de Parfum

Lush Turkish rose with dark coffee, then ylang-ylang and spicy coriander, settling onto patchouli, cardamom, incense and sandalwood.

Tom Ford says

You’ll smell Rose Essence, Rose Absolute, Ylang Ylang Comoros Orpur, coffee CO2 Extraction, Coriander Orpur and Patchouli Indonesia Orpur.

More from Tom Ford’s description

It also mentions Rose, Dark coffee, Ylang ylang, Coriander, Patchouli, Cardamom, Incense resin accord, Sandalwood accord, Turkish rose, Dark coffee, Rose Bulgaria, Ylang Ylang Comores, Coriander, Patchouli, Cardamom, Incense resin and Sandalwood accords.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Café Rose’s scent picture, a draft: rose, ylang-ylang, coffee, coriander, patchouli, cardamom drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Café Rose, top notes: Ylang-ylang, Coriander, Cardamom, Frankincense, Geranium, Sweet orange

Heartas it settles

Café Rose, heart: Rose, Clove

Dry-downwhat stays

Café Rose, dry-down: Coffee, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Oakmoss, Iso E Super (pencil shavings), Galaxolide (musk), Vanillin (vanilla)

What’s inside it

What Tom Ford names

Rose EssenceRose AbsoluteYlang Ylang Comoros OrpurCoffee CO2 ExtractionCoriander OrpurPatchouli Indonesia OrpurYlang ylangCardamomIncense resin accordSandalwood accord

What the label names

31 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

5 citrus5 herbs & lavender11 florals2 woods2 sweet3 spices1 musks1 powder1 earth & moss

Citrus5

LimoneneBitter orange oilCitralTerpinolenealpha-Terpinene

Herbs & lavender5

PineneCamphorLinaloolLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals11

Rose oilYlang-ylang oilGeranium oilCitronellolGeraniolHydroxycitronellalCinnamyl alcoholBenzyl salicylateFarnesolGeranyl acetateRose ketones

Woods2

Patchouli oilIso E Super (pencil shavings)

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Benzaldehyde

Spices3

EugenolClove bud oilbeta-Caryophyllene

Musks1

Galaxolide (musk)

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Earth & moss1

Oakmoss absolute
3 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell3

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoate

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Lyric WomanAmouage · shares rose, ylang-ylang, patchouli, cardamom and 2 more
Beloved WomanAmouage · shares rose, ylang-ylang, patchouli, cardamom and 2 more
Imitation WomanAmouage · shares rose, ylang-ylang, patchouli, frankincense and 1 more
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.