Cafe Rose by Tom Ford

Perfumes Similar to Tom Ford Café Rose

Closest to Tom Ford Café Rose on our shelves: Ember Shaan, Genesis and Sombra. Café Rose combines velvety rose, subtle coffee and smoky incense. Ember Shaan is sweeter and more gourmand, Genesis brings sensual leather and woods, while Sombra makes the spicy rose theme darker, rawer and more animalic.

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Sombra

Sombra by D:SOL MMXVI £170.00

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  • Key notes:
  • animalic notes
  • black pepper
  • fecal nuance
  • geranium
  • leather
  • oud
  • rose
  • saffron
  • yuzu
  • Tags:
  • #animalic
  • #beast
  • Aromagroups:
  • leather
  • spicy

The colors of the day are melting. In the shadows, feelings take surprising shapes. The night is calling. Softness is in the air. Silent connections form. The alchemy is real. Two shadows. One.

Sombra is a dirty shadow of tough rose and oud, spiced with saffron and nutmeg. Tolu balsam bathes the composition in a twilight effect of almost-sweet tobacco and leather, for an animalic result that purrs.

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101 Parisian Bouquet

101 Parisian Bouquet by Bon Parfumeur £60.00

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  • Key notes:
  • cardamom
  • lily-of-the-valley
  • musk
  • rose
  • turkish rose
  • Aromagroups:
  • floral

A bright, multi faceted, spring-like floral with a citrus edge featuring sweet Turkish roses.

Bon Parfumeur open olfactive dimensions and invite you to add your own story.

Try 101 for an effervescent bouquet of pink flowers.

Perfumer: Alexandra Monet 

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Castiamanti

Castiamanti by Agatho £305.00

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  • Key notes:
  • amber
  • incense
  • labdanum
  • myrtle
  • oud
  • rose
  • saffron
  • Aromagroups:
  • spicy
  • woody

In fleeting top notes Myrtle, fragile as the promises of love, encounters the preciousness of saffron, merging into an indomitable desire for eros.

The luxuriant notes of honey are exalted by the jasmine night breeze that pervades the home of the chaste lovers, among the frescoes, on a thalamus of rose petals.

The mysterious notes of incense and sweet vanilla blend with the oriental contamination of amber and labdanum that fades into the ancient aroma of agar wood, sealing the essence of Castiamanti, expression of rich Pompeii.

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Ember Shaan

Ember Shaan by Byermia £140.00

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  • Key notes:
  • chocolate
  • coffee
  • gun powder
  • incense
  • oud
  • rose
  • sandalwood
  • tobacco
  • Tags:
  • #smoky
  • #sweet
  • Aromagroups:
  • leather
  • spicy

“Shaan” is a Sanskrit name meaning greatness and majesty. The  perfumer intertwines the name with the legend of the Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose, the conquering leader whose final battle was foretold by the oracles. Ember Shaan is a fragrance that shifts and evolves, reflecting the concept of victory intertwined with sorrow. With a variety of ouds and frankincenses, this extrait explores how a bright fire fades into a smouldering ember, while also deepening into something more profound. Coffee, rose and sandalwood combine their rich effects into an olfactory syrup that infuses the woods, while spicy opoponax and stony gunpowder add punctuation and surprise.

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Genesis

Genesis by Brandt £185.00

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  • Key notes:
  • leather
  • rose
  • saffron
  • sandalwood
  • Tags:
  • #beast
  • #sexy
  • Aromagroups:
  • leather
  • spicy
  • woody

A wet and moody rose unfurls its dark petals, releasing the ancient aphrodisiac of saffron, along with bitter/fresh cassis. Javanol, an aromachemical summoning a rose-inflected sandalwood, creates the powerful sillage. Natural sandalwood and a warm tobacco ground the fragrance, adding depth and richness. Kashmir Fusion rounds out the velvety effect with its woody amber-musk.

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Ta’if

Ta’if by Ormonde Jayne £235.00

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  • Key notes:
  • amber
  • pink pepper
  • rose
  • saffron
  • Tags:
  • #fresh
  • #sexy
  • Aromagroups:
  • floral
  • woody

Ta´if is an intoxicating and audacious rose scent from the town of Ta´if which sits above the shores of the Red sea and overlooks the Arabian desert. This perfume dislikes daylight preferring dusk, the night, parties, promises and assignations. It is an opulent composition which makes a bold entrance and is confident enough to sweep everyone else to one side – a real belle of the ball.

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Spice Must Flow

Spice Must Flow by Etat Libre d'Orange £240.00

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  • Key notes:
  • amber
  • cinnamon
  • cumin
  • ginger
  • incense
  • patchouli
  • rose
  • Aromagroups:
  • leather
  • spicy
  • woody

The Orange Extraordinaire collection.

An homage to the role of spices in Western perfumery, history and culture. Naturally it’s a majestic aromatic flow of cinnamon and ginger, with numerous sparks of pepper and a rich incense background.

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Chypre Shot

Chypre Shot by Olfactive Studio £200.00

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  • Key notes:
  • amber
  • black tea
  • coffee
  • labdanum
  • oakmoss
  • saffron
  • Tags:
  • #sweet
  • Aromagroups:
  • floral
  • woody

A new project with Bertrand Duchaufour and a landscape artist/photographer Martin Hill.

The same way in which Martin goes to a sight and rearranges what nature left there into an installation, the perfumer rearranged some molecules and materials to put the beauty of a natural material into focus.

Also Martin aims to let his stuctures to be absorbed back into natural chaos. Perfume evaporates into the environment in a similar fashion, beautiful but transient.

In Chypre Shot all the focus is on a classic chypre effect (citrus - tart flower- dark woody background). However, the traditional rose is replaced with peony and for the signature dessert gourmand touch of his, Bertrand throws in a delectable coffee and cardamom combination.

The structure and image which were the conceptual inspiration for the perfume are below. It's a mysterious, rich haze full of the sweet scents of a meadow. There is also a nod to oakmoss (one of the pillars of the chypre architecture).

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Raíces

Raíces by Otzlab £240.00

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  • Key notes:
  • black pepper
  • damp earth accord
  • petrichor
  • saffron
  • vetiver
  • Tags:
  • #fresh
  • Aromagroups:
  • green
  • leather
  • spicy

Raíces, Spanish for roots, is a perfume that summons the force of the earth with a botanical bounce. The rain-soaked smokiness of vetiver twins with the glacial green of peppermint for a bright-eyed, vibrant persona. The persona shifts with unexpected sparks: black and pink pepper, orange blossom and ginger, rose and saffron.

Perfumer: Paul Guerlain

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Nebula Viridis

Nebula Viridis by Aura Eximia £165.00

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  • Key notes:
  • amber
  • benzoin
  • incense
  • saffron
  • sandalwood
  • Tags:
  • #savory
  • #smoky
  • #sweet
  • Aromagroups:
  • leather
  • woody

Nebula Viridis is Latin for “fresh mist”, and this extrait billows with hazy radiance. A luminous opening of Sicilian lemon and Calabrian bergamot cuts through the air like sunlight, sharpened by saffron and the rich depth of labdanum. The effect is crisp, golden. Warm woods glow in the heart, including guaiacwood, patchouli and Caledonian sandalwood, before vanillic benzoin and amber assert their sensuality.

About Cafe Rose by Tom Ford

What does Tom Ford Café Rose smell like?
Tom Ford Café Rose smells like a dark, velvety rose wrapped in subtle coffee, warm spice and smoky resin. Its mood is elegant and moody rather than sugary, making it particularly suited to evening wear and cooler weather.
How does Castiamanti compare with Tom Ford Café Rose?
Castiamanti shares rose, saffron, amber and incense with Tom Ford Café Rose. Oud, labdanum and myrtle give Castiamanti greater resinous, woody depth, while Café Rose has distinctive coffee and patchouli facets.
How does Spice Must Flow compare with Tom Ford Café Rose?
Spice Must Flow also centres rose, incense, amber and patchouli. Cinnamon, cumin and ginger make it more boldly aromatic and spice-led than Tom Ford Café Rose, while Café Rose balances its warmth with coffee, saffron and sandalwood.
How does Ta’if compare with Tom Ford Café Rose?
Ta’if shares rose, saffron and amber with Tom Ford Café Rose. Its pink pepper creates a fresher, brighter and more radiant character, offering a lighter interpretation of the warm saffron-rose theme.