Low key it reminds me of the "rose answer" so-to-speak to Lush's Lord of Misrule's take on vanilla. I often describe it as "Vanilla but make it punk" or "Vanilla in a studded leather jacket". Its at its essence a very bright rose fragrance -the olfactory opposite of "powdery" which for me is great bc I don't prefer softer, soapier leaning rose fragrances. Before it settles it reminds me of like the flash of sulfur when you strike a match. Its almost jarring while still being over all pleasant but very quickly mellows out into the various layers of pepper/amber/saffron while the passionfruit comes thru on the back end for me bolstering the rose absolute. Very layerable as well. I find it goes well with Fenty Beauty's Hey Bouquet body spray, Floating Forest, and the new Cloud Reverie scent that made me have the trigger finger to add to my perfume selection. (Im mourning Armani Code's discontinuation w/ retail therapy) To use my Lord of Misrule analogy for anyone familiar with that scent I find the rose absolute to be as to the vanilla/tonka in the former, the saffron/amber as to the patchouli and they both have strong black pepper notes. So yeah. Idk smells are hard to define but this one is very hot pink yellow orange. I dont have a perfume pic handy but here's my cat in a cute crochet fancy man collar for tax