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Bella Rouge Eau de Parfum by Riffs Perfumes
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Riffs Perfumes

Bella Rouge Eau de Parfum

100 ml

$27.99

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How it smells

Mapped on twelve accords, from the box.

We haven't put this one on skin yet — no scores, no measured numbers until we do. What the house publishes:

Riffs Perfumes Bella Rouge Eau de Parfum, 3.4 oz (100 ml). A fragrance in the gourmand floral family. Top notes: Bergamot, Orange, Orange Blossom and Mandarin. Heart notes: Ylang-Ylang, Turkish Rose, Jasmine and Mimosa. Base notes: Opoponax, White Musk, Vanilla, Tonka Bean, Patchouli and Vetiver.

Floral3
Vanilla / Tonka2
Woody2
Citrus1
Sweet / Gourmand1
Amber / Resin1

Decoded from the note list the house publishes.

Top notes

First 15 minutes

  • Bergamot

    Citrus

    Bitter Italian citrus peel — bright, slightly floral, the classic opener.

  • Orange

    Citrus

    Sweet orange peel — juicy and round.

  • Orange Blossom

    Floral

    White flower — honeyed, soapy-clean, citrus-adjacent.

  • Mandarin

    Citrus

    Soft, sweet small citrus — gentler than lemon.

Heart notes

The next few hours

  • Ylang-Ylang

    Floral

    Banana-sweet, custardy white flower.

  • Turkish Rose

    Floral

    Petal-rich flower — honeyed, green, sometimes jammy.

  • Jasmine

    Floral

    White flower — indolic, heady, slightly animalic.

  • Mimosa

    Floral

    Powdery yellow flower — honeyed and soft.

Base notes

What's left at the end

  • Opoponax

    Resin / balsam

    Sweet myrrh — balsamic and honeyed.

  • White Musk

    Musk

    Laundered-linen musk — clean and soft.

  • Vanilla

    Sweet / gourmand

    Cured pod — sweet, creamy, balsamic.

  • Tonka Bean

    Sweet / gourmand

    Almond, hay and vanilla in one bean.

  • Patchouli

    Wood

    Leaf — earthy, damp, slightly camphorous.

  • Vetiver

    Wood

    Grass root — earthy, smoky, rooty-dry.

Note list as published by the house. Descriptions explain the raw material itself — not how this bottle performed on us.

What our shelf has learned

From 324 bottles and 21 logged wears in our own register.

How these notes have behaved on us across every bottle we've worn — not a measurement of this bottle.

  • Bergamoton 99 of our bottles, 11 worn
    often sits with Musk, Lavender, Lemon
  • Vanillaon 114 of our bottles, 8 worn
    often sits with Musk, Sandalwood, Amber
  • Patchoulion 86 of our bottles, 6 worn
    often sits with Cedar, Amber, Musk
  • Vetiveron 39 of our bottles, 4 worn
    often sits with Lemon, Pink Pepper, Sandalwood
  • Mandarinon 37 of our bottles, 4 worn
    often sits with Lavender, Cedar, Musk
  • Jasmineon 89 of our bottles, 3 worn
    often sits with Musk, Amber, Cedar

No measured longevity or projection logged yet.

Counted live from our register and wear logs.