Bread & Roses is a floral fruity gourmand fragrance created by Alie Kiral. Initially, a limited edition fragrance for Holiday 2022, Bread & Roses became Pearfat’s best-selling fragrance. Because of this, it will now be a permanent edition available year-round. It smells like cracking into a warm, fresh, baguette, soft red rose petals and familiar warmth. It features notes of fresh bread, cocoa, labdanum, rose, nutmeg and sweet orange. It is an eau de parfum, edp.
PEARFAT PARFUM BREAD & ROSES REVIEWS
Fragrantica: Wow - have been wanting to try this forever - to me (or on me?) it's a straightforward, photorealistic tea scent . like a chai variant maybe, definitely a bit milky and definitely on the sweeter side. i detect a slight rose underneath that... pleasant, not sure if i want to wear it .. definitely feels like getting a reasonably indulgent sweet treat, like a jammed toast with tea ... i want to play with this more , gourmand for a gourmand hater
Fragrantica: Well, I can confidently say Up North and Bread + Roses were my 2 favorites of the bunch. The opening of this one made me say out loud, “OHHH! THIS IS NICE!” The rose is a very green rose, the bread is freshly baked and it’s just unlike anything I’ve ever smelled. It’s sweet from the cacao, a little spicy from the nutmeg, I can detect the labdanum (a little bit leathery) only in the background, and it kind of just holds everything else together. I get moderate projection, others nearby can smell me, but it’s not massive (none of Pearfat’s offerings are). This is such a fun and different perfume!
Fragrantica: Fresh, funky toasted sourdough topped with orange jelly and candied roses. The rose accord in this puts Lush's Rose Jam to shame! Wearing this perfume feels like stepping into a tiny local cafe that knows your order by heart and sprinkles extra cinnamon and cocoa on the top of your lattes. Describing it as cozy does not do this scent justice, few smells have ever made me actively want to curl up in a blanket to take a nap and I think this one takes the cake.
Fragrantica: This is coming from a certified rose hater, this is a very very lovely rose scent! The opening of this has a very sweetly candied rose aroma which I was worried about but it quickly turns into a freshly green and stemmy aromatic rose. You also get a hint of that orange but it’s a bitter orange. Then you get the bread, and wow is it a lovely note! It’s like a rye bread, it’s dry, it’s earthy, it’s doughy and it’s warm. Mixed with those green roses it’s such an odd combination that really works to smell like a loaf of bread with roses baked into it and there’s virtually no sweetness here, but again it works. Now the dry down has some of that cocoa mixed in and this is where you do get some hints of sweetness as it offers a very powdery chocolate dusting above the loaf of rose bread. Such a lovely, lovely scent profile that I’d love to upgrade to a full bottle.
Fragrantica: Warm, yeasty, jammy. The opener was a slightly salty, rich bakery aroma, but it very quickly was swept up into a strong, fruity rose. On my skin, the rose rapidly became much more prominent than the bread, which was a little disappointing, since I love gourmands and this ended up being more of a fresh, warm floral. As is the usual with Pearfat, the heart was fruity without being sugary, and it had a rich, full body behind the rose, with hints of cacao. As someone who normally doesn't like roses because they're typically too sweet and simple, I really like the green, hearty rose in this one, and I can see myself wearing it on a chilly day. If you like roses, you will love this. I wish there was more of the bubbly, toasty bread note that I'm craving here, though that seems to just be my skin chemistry.
Fragrantica: Opens with YEAST, not in an unpleasant way - kind of like rising bread or beer foam. settles into a cozy warm carby flower - like if lush’s rose jam was savory instead of sweet. my kinda gourmand.
Fragrantica: There’s a level of comfort present in this scent akin to sitting by the fireplace during the holidays & sharing freshly baked bread and jam w loved ones. perfect for gloomy days and longing for cold weather.
Fragrantica: Opens very “bready” indeed! Quite salty on my skin, which I LOVE, but fades after a few minutes. Dries down more rose dominant with a fruity accord I realized was the orange after looking at the notes. Results are a fresh clean fruity sweet rose scent, though that may change with different chemistries. I do wish the bread/salty opening lasted longer, it’s sooo good! I very much enjoy the rosy dry down even though I’m getting much less of a bread vibe from it. This is 100% a “can’t stop sniffing myself” scent. As addictive as carbs. Love it!
Fragrantica: This smells like the holidays incarnate. A warm and decadent mixture of warm fresh bread, red wine soaked jammy rose, and dry nutmeg and cocoa. Warmth and good tidings in a bottle. Then as it slowly dries down on my skin the rose begins to take a rose water like property as the booziness dissipates. The booze being replaced with this lovely sweet orange water soak for the bread. All the while, the cocoa and nutmeg keep it dry and powdery. It’s so deliciously beautiful that I keep reaching beck for it again and again on my arm. This is 100% a winter or fall fragrance, it is very strong on my arm and I can see this scent profile being cloying in the heat. This is one of those fragrances I really like the smell of but don’t think I’ll ever buy a bottle. I have never had the real urge to wear gourmand fragrances, and I don’t think this one will change my mind but I absolutely love my sample. If you are looking for an interesting and lovely rose gourmand to add to your collection: this one is for you. At least for now though, I’ll enjoy this early holiday celebration.
