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Femme Rochas
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Femme Rochas by Rochas is a fruity chypre fragrance for women. Launched in 1944, the nose behind this composition is Edmond Roudnitska. The top notes unfold with plum, peach, cinnamon, myrtle, Brazilian rosewood, bergamot, and lemon; the heart reveals cloves, carnation, ylang-ylang, rose, rosemary, iris, and jasmine; while the base notes settle on oakmoss, leather, benzoin, amber, patchouli, musk, and vanilla.
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The perfume, among others I always use besides Guerlain’s great classics, is a woman from the 1930s who smoked and rode horses in trousers and didn’t care about anyone’s opinion. She was, is, and will be my Muse, and above all, my Mother. Also, she was a pioneer in Gourmands; Femme was one of the first with its candied peach notes and volatile aldehydes… she used to explain to me her entire molecular process to elevate the weight of the essences and concretize the formulas, making the less odorous raw materials the main ones and the most intense fundamental ones, unlike today when they are reducing the concentration of base notes, the most expensive ones that give the body and fixation to the perfume.
I’ve used it occasionally as a substitute for Mitsouko since Femme is much cheaper. It’s very pleasant, although in my opinion it lacks the strength and brilliance of the other. Edited: 4.5 out of 5 for the original; I haven’t tried the reformulated version.
Marvelous… I only wear this perfume on very special occasions because I truly love it. Heavy, robust, fruity, and very sensual, it’s so glamorous that when I wear it, I receive many compliments about it 🙂
Well, I just bought it, glad I only got a sample bottle… it’s horrible, it smells like summer sweat on my skin, obviously. Without deodorant, it’s good for women who work in the fields or ride horses, but for urban city women, don’t even think about wearing this perfume; the scent is very ugly, nothing like floral or delicate perfumes… what a terrible smell.
A dense and very spicy perfume that reminds me of the style of Mitsuko by Guerlain and Bal à Versailles by Jean Desprez. It’s a historic fragrance, created by Marcel Rochas as a token of his love and wedding gift for Helene. It was later manufactured for commercialization by the Rochas house, becoming a sales success. I’d recommend it for cold weather, preferably for adults or spirited young people who want to show off their personality and elegance.
This is a dense, very spicy perfume that reminds me of the style of Mitsuko by Guerlain and Bal a Versailles by Jean Desprez. It’s a historic classic created by Marcel Rochas as a wedding gift for Helene before being launched commercially with great success. I recommend it for cold climates, ideal for adults or young people with character who want to show off their personality and elegance.
A delicate, exquisite, and elegant perfume. Worth noting that to enjoy it, you should shower, which avoids the ‘summer sweat’ smell mentioned in another comment.
Delicate, exquisite, and elegant. To enjoy it to the fullest, take a shower before applying it; that way you avoid that ‘summer sweat’ smell mentioned in other reviews, and it smells much cleaner.
For true lovers of special fragrances. My nose detects peach, cinnamon, leather, jasmine, and musk, all very well blended. I don’t have a taste limited to fresh, woody, fruity, or floral perfumes. I enjoy when a perfume unfolds over the hours and releases all its notes. It’s definitely very well crafted, not light, so if you have clean skin when applying it, you’ll enjoy all its components. It has a lot of personality; it’s not just for smelling good. It’s one of my favorites. I wore it 25 years ago when I was young and loved it; now at 45, I’ve bought it again.
A perfume I could describe as magnificent… it has the charm of 40s scents. The opening is very strong and spicy. After a moment, once it settles on the skin, the cinnamon takes center stage, offering a warmth that embraces… like a delicious cup of cinnamon coffee. After a while, the plum appears, lingering faintly. I detect the lime at the 5-minute mark; it adds a zesty touch that blends perfectly with the plum. It’s strong, but the sensuality of the vanilla makes it very special. Rochas has a characteristic, in my opinion, greatness… it has something that sets it apart. It’s memorable, nothing synthetic, intense, sensual, not cloying, penetrating yet adaptable. Some from that era are heavy, but for me, this one isn’t. It has that vintage delight, the greatness of Rochas, a delicious mix of fruits and spices. I have the vintage version, and it’s a jewel.
Spicy woods and potent spices… this perfume carries the hallmark of classic perfumery; it’s overwhelming at first, but paradoxically not as strong as it seems. I’m lucky to have the first reformulation (1989) in a 1991 bottle, now vintage, and I must confess it’s a thick, balsamic beast. The top is citrus with dense, sweet florals that then give way to clove, pepper, cinnamon, and a deep, smoky, animalic leather… delicious, sexy, and radical. I adore and treasure it as a classic, but on my skin the spices turn into curry or saffron that I struggle to wear. Lasts 5 hours with moderate sillage. I talk about this and other Rochas on my blog.
A woman must be breathed before she is seen. What an astonishing creation. From the start, you feel leather and fruit juices with clove and cinnamon. There are so many notes, so well-articulated and unique. It’s intoxicating, captivating, and narcotic. Compared to Mitsouko, it’s darker and more mysterious; the plum and smoked leather give it character. Over time, the plum and peach shine on that cinnamon-touched leather. It’s sweet, semi-bitter, warm, and suggestive. I love Femme in all three versions; it drives me crazy how the pure fruit works, that sensuality like Mae West’s hips. This review is for the vintage; the 2010 version seemed more woody and the fruit lost its magic, though it’s not bad.
I bought Rochas Femme blind, guided by reviews; my bottle was from May 2011. I wanted to try it because of the plum note, which I like in other perfumes. It’s elegant and well-made, but the aroma didn’t captivate me: it projects too much spice, and the other notes get muted. When it dries down, it becomes powdery. The sillage is medium, but the longevity is spectacular. I’d wear it at night for its opulent, warm feeling. Greetings from Chile!
I bought this blindly at my usual perfumerie because of the great reviews and my curiosity about the plum note I love in other scents. The bottle is from May 2011. It’s a good, elegant, quality perfume, but on my skin it becomes very spicy and mutes the other notes; once it dries down, it feels powdery. The sillage is moderate, but the longevity is spectacular. I’d wear it more at night because it gives an opulent and warm vibe. Greetings from Chile!
How can I forget this perfume! My mom wore it at every special event; I associate it with her lovely, put-together image. It was a scent that marked my childhood. It’s a surprise to realize it’s still available in online stores. Great perfume!
Is there a perfume that ages better than Femme? This creation by Roudnitska is disorienting when you try it today; it doesn’t smell like anything old. It’s a cornucopia of honeyed fruits and velvety, satin sweet woods. It has more followers than it deserves. It doesn’t smell old or like a trunk of memories, but pure desire: soft leather, fruit jams, dry moss, and spicy cinnamon. It could be the father of the fruity oriental perfumes of the nineties. It’s happiness.
Can there exist a perfume that holds up better against the passage of time than Femme? This undervalued creation by Roudnitska is disorienting when you try it today because it doesn’t smell like anything old. Femme is a completely timeless fragrance, and this must be seen from a broad perspective, not as a personal note, which sometimes I can be a bit of a show-off… saying Femme is timeless is an understatement. I’m sure that in a blind test, almost no one would say it’s from the forties. To put it simply, a cornucopia of honeyed fruits and sweet woods, sinuous, velvet, and satin that leaves you breathless… Femme has more followers than it deserves, because many don’t even know they are fans since it’s not too well-known outside the circle of enthusiasts. It’s a perfume that must be tried at least once in a lifetime, not to satisfy our encyclopedic egos, but to hook new users, because it deserves it. It doesn’t smell old, it doesn’t smell outdated, it doesn’t smell like what you pull out of the dusty trunk like with other titan perfumes that make you visualize wafer stands, barrel organs playing a chotis, and coal distributors (some very old Guerlains, for example). Femme smells like something that will never go out of style: desire. A soft, well-worn leather that melts into your skin, drunk on fruit jellies with pits, slashes of dry and leathery moss trying to escape the sweet fruit paste, when you least expect it, good cinnamon, not the kind that smells like cheap candles, spicy and aromatic cinnamon with a taste of esoteric rituals from ancient East, lifting the previous mixture to a level of natural, erotic, orgiastic sweetness. And finally, a sexy, woodsy, and spiced bed, cozy. Femme could be the unrecognized father of hundreds of fruity orientals born in the nineties with memories of magical fires, exotic dancers, arabesques, and One Thousand and One Nights. My memories are based on a bottle from the nineties. I’m sure there were better formulas before, but this one contained an excellent perfume, the notes enter and exit like actors in a theatrical performance, almost you can feel the dust they raise with a step, although more than dust, it’s something slower and sweeter. I have no idea about the quality of current Femme; it’s a perfume with terrible distribution compared to others with more fame; if they have it, they’ll hide it behind the horrible updates of Eau de Rochas. If Femme isn’t more famous, it’s because Rochas hasn’t bet on it in recent decades. It was visionary, a perfume from the forties that went its own way… the myth of Lilith enclosed in a bottle, although of course, from this legendary girl, it only takes the seduction and eroticism, nothing ugly or demonic; Femme is happiness. I love this quote by Alex, it defines its essence very well: ‘It’s fruity; a nature in decomposition, almost rotting, honeyed, and it’s the most erotic ripe fruit accord in modern perfume history’. P.S. As you rightly say, it’s an evolved and modern formula of Mitsouko’s fruits; I don’t like Guerlain at all, and I’ve tried it a thousand times; at some point, when it dries, I get a tone like a waxed door with more layers of paint than wax in France, a taste of old, dry wood eaten by termites, which I suppose comes from the mixture of pepper and amber handled by Guerlain… P.S. II. For this Femme, as well as the Eau de Rochas and the exquisite green woody Madame, any house would kill for them. Each one of their father and mother, all three perfect. Rochas didn’t know how to sell itself as a global brand starting from the seventies, although they continued releasing good perfumes intermittently. The current situation of the brand is a disaster with terrible communication. It pains me to see how a brand with a history of tear-jerking perfumes releases today advertising campaigns and perfumes that seem to announce the new season of swimsuits at Carrefour.
I was eager to try it after reading the reviews. Since I don’t have the previous version to compare, on my skin the cinnamon (which doesn’t fade) and cloves stand out a lot, maybe because I use them often in the kitchen and my nose distinguishes them well. After some time, I smell a beautiful worn leather with the cinnamon still present. It doesn’t last long and doesn’t have much sillage. It’s timeless, but it doesn’t feel dense to me; I think someone else might like it, but simply, it’s not for me.
I wanted to try it after reading so many reviews. On my skin, the cinnamon and cloves stand out, perhaps because I use them a lot in the kitchen and my nose distinguishes them well. After some time, I smell a very nice worn leather. It doesn’t last long and has little sillage. It’s timeless, but it doesn’t feel dense to me. It might suit someone else, but simply put, it’s not for me.
I gifted a July 2011 Femme Rochas to my wife and daughters. Their first impression was excellent: a tremendous aroma. I see this as a perfume for women of character, the brave and commanding; whoever wears it won’t smell like the crowd. It’s hard for another woman to wear it and smell the same. I’ll wait to see what they say about its longevity and sillage. Blessings!
In an abandoned corner of Paris, Edmond Roudnitska created something eternal: La Femme. After decades of exoticism, he returned to the essentials with an offering of seasonal fruits ripened to honey—plums and peaches like a mirabelle tart with cinnamon and honeycomb. Roudnitska dressed her in velvet and moss, declaring anathema to despair. The 1990s version remains imperative in these times of happy decline and eroticism, far removed from perfumes that have been botoxed.
Subtle aldehydes that, to my nose, remind me of stale orange furniture polish with a hint of mold and honey. Just when I think I can’t stand it, a touch of Cointreau saves the day. The original Rochas hooks me; Interperfums has something of Guerlain but is drier and still valid. I like both: one for day, the other always. The original smells like high-end cuisine with a smoky musk note.
Femme de Rochas was my mom’s perfume when I was a kid back in the early eighties. It was the big gift my dad would buy her: every time it ran out, he’d buy a new one. My younger brother accidentally threw it away once, the perfume soaked into the carpet and invaded the whole house for months. I remember the fragrance as if I’m smelling it right now. I wouldn’t wear it because it’s not my style; I only like it because it reminds me of my mom.
Femme by Rochas was my mom’s perfume back in the eighties; my dad would buy a new bottle every time we ran out. My brother once threw it away, soaking the carpet and filling the house with the scent for months. I can still smell it on that rug right now. I wouldn’t wear it myself since it’s not my style, but I cherish it as a memory of my mom.
By pure luck, I found a vintage atomizer of Rochas Femme Parfum de Toilette—a museum-quality piece in perfect condition that I won’t see on eBay again. It smells sweet with an intense leather and plum base so strong it feels almost alcoholic. It’s incredibly beautiful, lasting 7-8 hours, though subtle; ideal for winter. As Ramsey, the ultimate vintage expert, says, pre-war feminine fragrances make today’s pseudo-masculine perfumes tremble: they had more guts than what they’re pumping out for men now.
I have the vintage Parfum de Toilette in an atomizer, a well-preserved museum piece I luckily found on eBay since I won’t find another one like it. It’s sweet with a leather base, and that plum note is so intense you can almost taste it, almost alcoholic. It’s incredibly beautiful with good longevity, about 7-8 hours, though very discreet, making it perfect for winter. As Ramsey, that YouTuber and true vintage expert, says, old women’s fragrances could make modern men’s versions tremble. It’s incredible that the old ones had more guts than what they pump out today for ‘men’.