Café Rose — Tom Ford
Tom Ford

Café Rose

  • Unisex
  • Eau de Parfum
  • 2012

Café Rose, signed Tom Ford, is a generous and sunny floral fragrance. It opens on pepper, coffee and bergamot, reveals rose, damask rose and turkish rose at its heart and rests on a base of amber, patchouli and white musk.

Main accords

Pyramid & evolution

Unofficial sources Data drawn from unofficial sources, not from the house: this pyramid (like the year and gender shown) may contain discrepancies.

  1. Opening First minutes

    Pepper · Coffee · Bergamot

  2. Heart ~30 min to 2 h

    Rose · Damask rose · Turkish rose

  3. Base Several hours

    Amber · Patchouli · White musk

What its composition says

  • 3 materials on top, 3 in the heart, 3 in the base: the three stages are of comparable size.
  • Turkish rose: a niche material, declared by only 2 of the 1,980 perfumes analysed in the catalogue.
  • White musk: conversely, one of the most widely used materials in the catalogue — 50% of the analysed perfumes contain it.
  • Floral, spicy, amber, woody, gourmand, musky and citrus: 7 registers of raw materials share its palette, with floral supplying 3 of 9.

Frequencies measured on the Olfact catalogue only.

Scent profile

Estimates derived from the composition — not measured.

Wear time Good
7 to 9 h estimated on skin
Projection Powerful
a trail that arrives before you and lingers after

Ideal seasons

  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter

Time of day

  • Day
  • Evening

At ease in mild weather, 15 to 22 °C (59 to 72 °F).

Ideal occasions

  • Evenings & nights out A present trail that holds its own when the light drops.

Avoid if…

  • you like to stay discreet or work in a confined space.

Our picks

  • Montale Intense Café Coffee Gourmand Floral Eau de Parfum · 2012

    Shares 3 accords, including coffee.

  • Carlisle — Parfums de Marly Parfums de Marly Carlisle Warm spicy Floral Amber from €310.00

    Shares 2 accords, including floral.

  • Swiss Arabian Rose Malaki Floral Amber Woody from €50.00

    Shares 2 accords, including floral.

  • Diptyque Oud Palao Woody Amber Floral Eau de Parfum · 2015

    Shares 2 accords, including amber.

Pit Café Rose against its rivals

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