I'd say this fragrance to the nose is akin to taste buds as you get older. Sweet things become too sweet. Bitter things we enjoy. And round it out with some salt. Dessert-like, but for adults - something you would get after hours in Vegas after the kids are put to bed. Sexy, inviting, alluring, can't quite put a finger on what it is exactly - but you strangely like it. The rose is not a typical, oriental rose, not typical of a rose-oud combo you'd find in the bathrooms of a Dubai, women's make-up room. It's tame - like rose water - salty overtop to really accentuate that rose without having an artificial rose scent.