Rosa Salas EDP

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Hombre

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Rosa Salas Hombre is an Eau de Parfum. Hombre opens with Bergamot and Pepper, settles into a heart of Myrtle and Coffee, and dries down to a base of Musk, Leather, and Cedar. Rosa Salas's Hombre carries a Favourite verdict, a green-led wear.

Hombre lands Valentino Uomo's distinctive bergamot-myrtle-coffee-leather signature accurately, keeping the hazelnut-chocolate gourmand edge that sets the original apart from generic masculine fougeres.
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  • Confident
  • Sophisticated
  • Warm
  • Charismatic
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Hombre Eau de Parfum bottle
Inspired by
Uomo by Valentino
10%
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Uomo the original Hombre inspired by

Scent Profile

Composition

Timeline

Showing: Overall Blend
Topas listed
Bergamot59%
Pepper41%
Heartas listed
Myrtle54%
Coffee46%
Baseas listed
Musk37%
Leather34%
Cedar29%

Top, heart and base are the brand's own listing, not a timing claim - the industry classifies a note by its character as much as by how fast it fades. Each curve here is modelled from that material's own volatility, so groups can overlap when a house lists long-lasting materials in its heart.

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Performance & Mood

Performance

Longevity
Short (2-4h)
Projection
Intimate
Intensity
Moderate

Mood

Mood Energising
Calming
Character Playful
Serious
Sentiment Uplifting
Brooding

When To Wear

Best Seasons

Best For:
Fall
Also Works:
Spring Winter

Coffee-leather-myrtle blend works across most seasons with a slight lean towards cooler months.

Best Occasions

Best For:
Date
Also Works:
Office Casual Formal

Confident, sophisticated character suits both office wear and date-night occasions comfortably.

Declarable allergens

We derive these from the materials behind this fragrance's notes, not from the bottle. Each one is likely, not confirmed. The list is partial - the box can name others.

Declarable under EU Annex III

  • Bergamot Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Peel Oil from Bergamot
  • Synthetic musk Hexamethylindanopyran from Musk

The large name is the everyday one. The small name is the INCI form on the box, so you can compare the two. Reactions differ between people. A patch-test panel is not a ranking of risk. How we derive this

Ethics and formulation

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  • Cruelty-free Brand-stated Rosa Salas says so · no third-party certification found · Read the claim

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About

011 - Hombre is Rosa Salas' interpretation of Valentino Uomo, the 2014 Olivier Polge composition known for its unusual bergamot-myrtle opening moving into a hazelnut, chocolate and roasted coffee heart over leather and cedar. Rosa Salas keeps the same shape: bergamot and black pepper open with a lively citrus-spice freshness, myrtle and coffee take over the heart in a close echo of the original's signature gourmand-aromatic pairing, and musk, leather and cedar close out the base with the same confident, slightly sweet leather the genuine Valentino is praised for. It's a fair likeness - Valentino Uomo's reviewers consistently single out the bergamot-myrtle-coffee combination as the fragrance's defining trait, and Hombre reproduces exactly that trio rather than diluting it into a generic woody-spicy blend. Performance runs shorter than the roughly seven hours reported for the genuine EDT, settling instead into a soft coffee-leather skin scent after a few hours. Solid year-round wear for anyone who likes the coffee-leather masculine genre without wanting to commit designer money to the original bottle.

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