Rouge Blossom For Women

Rouge Blossom chases Givenchy's L'Interdit Rouge Ultime, the warm, woody white-floral with a cocoa-shell signature. It opens lush and radiant with Tunisian orange blossom, jasmine sambac and neroli - the heady white-floral burst the original is built on. The heart brings indian tuberose laced with the distinctive bitter-sweet cacao pod that sets the Rouge Ultime apart. It dries down into a warm, dark base of ambroxan, patchouli, haitian vetiver and tobacco. Owners comparing the two find it close, one noting the original ran greener while this version feels more balanced. Where it diverges, Rouge Blossom pushes the white florals a touch louder while the smoky cacao-tobacco depth reads slightly simpler. Longevity is solid for the price. A sensual, dressed-up white-floral for cooler-weather evenings that captures the cocoa-floral signature at a budget price.