Memo Paris · 2019
African Rose EDP
Longevity
Very long8-12 hours
Projection
ModerateFills your personal space
Polarising
Mixed
spicy
warm
confident
Snapshot
The full profile.
About This Perfume
Memo Paris African Rose comes across as spiced rose perfume with leathery oud warmth. It opens with cumin, geranium and saffron, moves into patchouli and rose and settles on leather, Oud and musk. It reads unisex.
This eau de parfum is best in spring, fall and winter and is an evening scent. A good pick for nights out. Released in 2019.
Wearers report that it lasts well into the evening, and projects to about arm's length.
Is it right for you?
- Best for: anyone after something spicy and warm for nights out.
- Sample first if: fresh spicy is new territory for you.
- Skip if: you dislike rose fragrances.
Around $660.
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Concentration
EDP
Occasion
Night out
Projection
Moderate
Gender lean
Leans unisex
The verdict
Best for
Best for
- Night out
Memo Paris is a French niche house founded in 2007 by Clara and John Molloy; the concept is that every fragrance is a place, a "postcard" from Marfa, Inlé, Cuir Nomade, Italian Leather, African Leather. Scendira lists 82 Memo Paris fragrances with 38 in stock, priced $128 to $660. The catalogue leans fresh-unisex on average, but the two most-loved lines are the Cuirs Nomades leather series and the Graines Vagabondes oud-woody series. Community top five in stock: African Rose (spiced rose-leather-oud, 2019), Ithaque (citrus-cedar-blackcurrant, 2023), Palais Bourbon (vanilla incense woods, 2024), Cap Camarat (apple vanilla florals, 2026) and Shams Oud (oud incense ginger, 2011). If you want the house at its most-cited: Italian Leather, Marfa, Irish Leather, Inlé and the newer Palais Bourbon. Bottle format is a shaped square with a fabric-labelled emblem for each place.
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It smells like spiced rose perfume with leathery oud warmth. It opens with cumin, geranium and saffron, moves into patchouli and rose and settles on leather, Oud and musk.
Wearers report that it lasts well into the evening, and projects to about arm's length.
It is best in spring, fall and winter. It is an evening scent. It suits nights out.
It reads unisex.
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