Rose Kabuki Dior for women and men

I love love love this scent but the sillage and longevity is very poor. At the 1 hour mark, it is pure skin scent on me. Performs as poorly as Dior Sakura. Dior Lucky is slightly better performing. These three are my favourites from the Privee collection. I love light fresh florals and these are often so fleeting. I love rose scents and Rose Kabuki is my favourite because of how dewy/fresh/aquatic the rose is even though it may not be the most accurate representation of a true rose scent. The dry down is a lot more woody than powdery. But it is a light and soft woody scent - like the Kabuki theatre.

So nice, inoffensive rose, with a bit of soft powder. I can totally imagine dew drops in this…Delicate and beautiful.

Just acquired a partial bottle of rose Kabuki and it's beautifully done, smooth soothing cottony rose. The musk is balanced and sits in the background not being prominent unlike some dupes or alternative which are very heavy and musky. I have on hand an alternative named Rose Musk from Ard Al Zaafaran under their Private Couture Collection and realized this dupe isn't close at all so skip this clone just get the beautiful smelling rose Kabuki og.

I don't think I've ever been so let down by a fragrance that isn't actually bad... I can only blame myself for building up my expectations too high for this one, but... yeah. Rose Kabuki is pleasant enough, but it quite literally makes me feel nothing. I'm painfully indifferent.

As for the scent itself, "dew drop" is accurate. It's only slightly green, not at all bitter like Jo Malone Red Roses or any other rose fragrance that tries to capture the whole plant rather than just the petals. I also agree with other reviewers that this smells like it has peony in it. This is a strange one for me, because it lives in its own liminal space - it doesn't smell very realistic, but it isn't overtly synthetic either. It's perfectly functional, but has no character. As I said, it makes me feel nothing. It simply exists.

This review is coming off far more negative than I intended it to be... Rose Kabuki is pretty! It's inoffensive! Office friendly, etc. It sits in that perfect in-between of not being a skin scent but also not being a "performance monster" either. Also, since I've seen it mentioned I'll say I actually think this is quite different to MFK L'eau a la Rose! That one has no greenery to it at all, and is more aquatic. It also reads as more "perfume-y" IMO, though it also has the benefit of being a little more complex than Rose Kabuki.

Trying this was the final stop in my long, long, loooooong journey in trying to find my perfect "rose water" scent. I still haven't found it, but I'm conceding for the time being and crowning Diptyque Eau Rose EDT my winner. It's close enough, for now. But the search continues still...

It's very delicate and very pretty, but so so faint, I can't even feel it that properly to describe. Slightly, very softly fruity, dewy, shy, ephemeral rose.
Less soapy/detergent than Blooming Bouquet.
Less fresh and less lasting than MFK's L'Eau a la Rose.
Not similar to Rose des Vents, as LV is quite a strong, forceful perfume and much more fruity. They could be comparable if Rose des Vents was toned down like 10 times.
Not similar to A la Rose at all, Rose Kabuki has no significant citrusy side to it.
Not similar to Rose N'Roses too, as that one is a very different, bolder rose, filled with geranium, it's almost sexy, whereas Rose Kabuki is a modest rose.
Forever and Ever seems to be even more generic and it is not all rose concentrated.
Chloe Rose is also a different version with some zingy-citrusy-green-aromatic side.
Rose Kabuki, as a rose centered fragrance, stands on its own. It's different from the perfumes it is compared to. It is an absolutely safe, polite, dainty rose. A nighttime going to bed fragrance, a K-Beauty type of fragrance. In my humble opinion, very overpriced for what it offers, although extremely pretty.

Update: So I sprayed this around 10 times or more and only now I can find some resemblance to Rose des Vents. At this concentration they both smell like rose petals that already lost their vitality left around in water.

The prettiest and most feminine rose (and I don't like rose fragrances)!

I'm surprised that peony isn't listed in one of its notes. My nose is picking up peonies and maybe another white flower in the first initial spray. I would like to wear this on hot summer days and I could see myself buying a whole bottle for this fragrance. This was suggested to me by one of the fragrantica users I came across who is an avid lover of rose notes. I'm so happy to have consulted her. Kind of picking up Miss Dior Blooming Bouquet older version scent in here though, which then dries down to a powdery rose.

Rose Kabuki by Maison Christian Dior
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Rose kabuki was staying in my declutter shelf
for a big while, it kinda hang in there.
I was instant loving the scent but next time
It just a little bit screechy, clueless why it arounds.
And I also own the another two the always get compare,
Rose Des Vents (RDV)and La Colle Noire (LCN)
I do sniff test again, just to justify the thought of my own.

I kinda discovery something in Air truly effect a few scent from this house being Lucky and Rose Kabuki. It seems need some either heat or humidity to bloom beautifully.

Rose kabuki when face certain type of Air, seems to be the most beautiful. Green rose on powdery bed. This powdery note is something I would not describe as powdery sandalwood or Iris. It reminds me of natural talcum powder (rice/wheat to be specific) by the way it smell, but combination with rose, Is so neat. It’s the least offensive than another two offering. However, in a same time when I use in Winter that Powdery was so dry.
It makes me thirsty.

In comparison, RDV is powdery feel by Iris so it is a bit denser.
Wile LCN is amber/sandalwood it provide difference feel.
Both also, have a more fruity like (black current syrup) than RC that almost pure rose.

Is rose kabuki hold up(?), I have no idea.
All of this are modern powdery rose, and rose kabuki kinda a bit faint the most but it certain setup it can also be appreciated. Also, you can find the base of LCN to be identical to Rose Kabuki when it dried down a bit maybe it is the same musk/rose.
Just less powdery more fruity nuance.

I found this most beautiful in hotter month when the air is not dry probably focus more on Asian market where thinner, closer scent are appreciated than screaming one.

Should you must own 3.. boy I have no idea.
All of this are so similar yet difference in details.
They are not the same after all but I don’t think it justify to own 3 fragrances that too similar.

After actualizing, I kinda feel I don’t really need it.
RDV are more luxurious while LCN is more handsome.
Rose Kabuki is most safe and neat.
However, I would like to bring Eau Rose (EDP) as another stronger contender.
For the Safe / Neat Rose, yet additional element of Elegant.

It’s sure can be a great filler to rose arsenal
but how many time would you reach when you have too many rose lie around?

Score 7/10
Projection : moderate soft/soft


Classification : unisex leans femme
Summary : The Shy Rose one from MCD.
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Edit January 11, 2023

As the scent progress 2 hours post wear, the powdery merge and stay in front cover
The Rose, which really starting to whisper. Even overall feel is fairy dew. but in somewhat also dry. (?) La Colle Noire still hold up quite good and at the same time, this rose - can easily be replaced with Eau Rose by Diptyque. It is very Whisper, too soft.

This might be truly a few one that deserve a deculturation.

It slightly reminds me of YSL Parisienne. Clearly this wasn't intended to be Dior's pearl in the crown - like Dune or Dolce Vita. I like the concept of a rose served in a "greenish" way - but on me it doesn't smell like a morning dew. Again - the mind says YES, the body says NO:)

Rosey, powdery and musky. A pleasant and delicate feminine fragrance. Personally I think it is overpriced. It becomes more powdery as time goes on. It doesn't really last long and it's a little weak. If you're looking for an equally expensive, but much better performing dupe: A La Rose by MFK.

Such a pretty rose! Fresh, crisp and natural, I definitely smell the dewy green note and I love it. Oh I could bathe myself in this and make it my signature. Early morning pink roses, with dew still clinging to its petals and leaves from last night’s rain. It’s a simple scent but brilliant in its simplicity. I don’t even care that it only lasts 3-4 hours. It’s perfect for daytime warm weather and gives me a cooling sensation when I wear it. It’s out of my budget right now, but someday it will be mine, the largest bottle of it! I’d decant into a travel size bottle to refresh throughout the day.

This is so much like LV Rose des Vents, i like the scent.

Just no. I love the scent - a fresh sharp rose - but it stays for literally 3 seconds, than its gone. Good think I got a sample first. Atp just go get Delina La Rosee.

I am sometimes really fond of rose scents, and Rose Kabuki is my favourite rose scent. It is very special because it has a unique character and unique base. It smells like fresh roses that bloomed in a French garden with the morning dew still on the roses and their leaves.

Tried a sample .

Nothing outstanding , mainstream generic and way too expensive for those reasons.

Despite being a floral lover , I have noticed that I’m not really fond of predominantly rose scents.

A rose with a slight sourish hint. Likable. A bit like the rose in A la Rose.

The opening of this is the most beautiful, dewy, juicy (not fruity) rose I have smelled in a very long time. Unfortunately, at least on paper, it dries down to some sort of medicinal salve that I strongly dislike, I'll have to go to the store again and test this on my skin.

I normally stay away from ROSE fragrances like hell. I generally dislike them and a rose fragrance has never WOW-ed me. But this is something so pleasant, I don't see how anyone can hate on it.
I like it and recommend trying it. It's nice, clean and kind of addictive in its simplicity.

If you like Rose Kabuki and don't want to spend the £220, you can get Wind by Abaco Paris for £15 from TK Maxx, like I did, and you won't be able to tell the difference. Even the bottles look the same.
It's basically your straightforward delicate rose scent that has been done many times before. Nice but nothing special.

It is a tween sister of Rosa Galore Attar Collection! Unfortunately it is nothing special, missing a character and unique base. Fresh, aquatic rose... So light that after one hour need to re-spray it.

A cotton puff dunked into rose water. A pretty and hazy pale pink fragrance - like a ballerina. Would be perfect for a (British) debutante ball, if those still existed.

This kind of reminds me of Jo Malone's Peony&Suede Blush, although it doesn't have a peony note, but a watery rose one. It might also be a better alternative to Mugler's Angel Nova, which I found much more generic and synthetic/cheap smelling. This kind of perfume is best suited for spring. Overall, this is another "filler" perfume in the Dior line, that appeared only to satisfy a certain segment of the crowd who would like a rose fragrance. Another similar one is Lucky, which has lilly of the valley (also a nostalgic crowd pleasing flower) as the predominant note. Not sure this is really a niche release but then again MFK also has A la rose, which is another subdued and unmemorable rose that you can splash yourself with and go to work without offending. Delina La Rosee is another one in the same vein but probably the best among them.

It has a similar feel to Lucky (a scent of lily of the valley), also by Maison Christian Dior.
It also smells like sweet berries.

Rose N'Roses has been mentioned as a similar perfume, but it is not similar at all.
That one is a musky rose and not as sweet as this one.

I think it is a weak and harmless fragrance.
I don't think it's worth the price and I don't feel the "Kabuki" element.

Very similar to A la Rose MFK,
This is a synthetic rose, A la Rose is more natural and fresher
I have both and I prefer MFK way better.
This for a synthetic rose is way over priced imo.

Ok i had to completely change my review, I initially was very disappointed and wanted to return the fragrance, but it turned into lovely feminine beauty. I still think performance is a joke, but the scent is so lovely and elegant. I absolutely love it and glad i didnt return it. You do have to bath yourself in it to get any sort of performance but its pretty. Its sweet and slightly powdery but yet still fresh.

Sorry this is a harsh review.
Wow this is bad. Off putting. Like a generic rose with a fishy note. It smells like an old woman is passing a fish dish around during a family dinner. If I smelled this on someone I would think they use some old body cream, an expired perfume and have a naturally unappealing body odor.
2/10

Rose petals floating in a bowl of water. Pink tea roses. Rosewater. Meh. Safe, pretty. It reminds me of other Dior roses. Rose n Roses, Addict To Life, Forever and Ever. It's like they put the same stuff in different bottles. It reminds me of Addict To Life A LOT... the berry notes are not listed, but I smell raspberry here, also lily of the valley and jasmine. OK, the opening is fresh...but then it settles, there's a barely there note that's like an old-fashioned rose scented powder compact from the 80s, like Lancome classic face powder... but still dewy, so it doesn't go retro or dated. Now I get it, Kabuki theater makeup, face powder. But fresh??
You will get compliments...
Compliments from men especially...I think this is the type of fragrance they like to smell on a woman. Very feminine.
If light, fresh rose soliflores and rosewater are your thing, check this one out. Moderate, polite performance. $250? No, I don't think so. I miss my Addict 2 Life, but $250 is too much for the rose scented water. Photorealistic modern tea rose.

-Opening notes are very sharp to me.
-A friend said they picked up floral notes, but my nose detects more of a sharp alcohol scent.
-Middle notes are nice and floral.
-Projection: low
-Longevity: low.
-On skin, it lasts nowhere as long as La Colle Noire
(LCN is easily my fav from the Maison Dior lineup. It lasts 10-12 hours as a skin scent.)
-Dry-down shares DNA of all other Maison Diors fragrances.
-Overall: Too generic.
-Not fbw. (-)

Rose Kabuki is a bright, sheer rose. It smells like fresh rose buds in a Japanese garden with the morning dew still on the roses and their leaves. It's a fresh, dewy, slightly green rose that smells sheer and fresh. There is hardly any development, it's pretty linear. Very pretty but it becomes a skin scent after an hour. However, if you spray Rose Kabuki on your clothing, it will smell lovely for hours.

This has a really dry rose smell. Don’t get me wrong, it is not an offensive smell if you enjoy the non synthetic natural smell of roses but I like my perfumes to be a bit more bright and not so bitter. The minute I smelled it I was reminded of a perfume I have smelled in the past that I absolutely detest, Marc Jacobs Lola. It’s not as awful as Lola but still the reminder isn’t pleasant.

A simple rose with a green facet and a touch of white musk at the drydown. Honestly, there is nothing to write home about.

There are tons of alternatives in the market so I don't see why anyone would definitely have to own this rose scent.

I’ve no doubt this is a lovely fragrance, but Dew Drop?

Really?

Notes seem to be becoming more and more conceptual these days. In the past few years we’ve had “concrete” and “edamame peas”.

What next? Expensive Tap Water?

I have been to counter at london, tokyo and qatar dutyfree but never see this one before. Does anyone know if itis exclusive in some country?