Collection Rouge No2 M. Micallef for women

this smells just like something else that I own that is less expensive. A vanilla/amber scent that is warm and rich with a hint of fruit. Derivative. Quality.

It's such a shame that some people dismiss this beauty so easily. It's definitely something very different from the usual floral-fruity scents out there and it's not for everyone for sure. It has a red and loud character, a sort of look-at-me kind of style. But it really surprised me as I was looking for a scent with a summery vibe which was not too distinctively fruity nor floral.

It has a gourmand and juicy vibe, but you can't say what it is for sure. It has a grown-up sweetness and somewhere in the middle, there is a yummy leather-like touch which I understand is castoreum. Very chic and outstanding IMO.

And the bottle with those gorgeous Swarovski crystals is just to die for. Event the box is one-of-a-kind, signed and painted by Martine Micallef herself. So many beauties all together. I fell in love instantly and got a bottle.

She's daring, she's loud, she's eye-catching, SHE'S ROUGE!

Alright disclaimer: I didn't like this perfume, what I'm going to say below will be negative.
I got a bunch of samples from lucky scent and this was one of them. This is one of the vary few perfumes where I actually pulled a disgusted face after putting it on, I really want to wash it off but I decided I will keep it while writing this just to make sure what I'm smelling.
The smell brings me right back to changing a baby's diaper. I'm sorry to all those who like it, I'm sure it's just my body chemistry but that is it. The whole experience, the dirty diaper (baby poo/sour milk) the baby powder and the clean diaper..with a vanilla candle burning somewhere close by.
I'm glad I kept it on because it is changing a little. The diaper changing aspect is fading for more vanilla/Amber. It might get pleasant eventually but I would never get it because of that opening. I would have to smell like pure heaven and angels and put me in utter zen to make that opening worth while

To put it simply Rouge No. 2 is a fancy mix of an oriental and fruity-floral, that's sweet enough in its initial stages to be ranked as a gourmand oriental but not tooth-achingly so. It starts with bushels of luscious ripe berries that are turned into a mouth-watering fruit and caramel dessert, the sweetness held in check by a tangy cassis. The scent leaves the gourmand territory as it dries and goes down a darker resinous path, ending as a powdery warm amber with a tinge of dark musk, that is suggestive without reeking of sex. Rouge No. 2 has a very potent opening which wanes to become a skin scent by around the fifth hour wearing it.

I have been playing with Rouge 2 for many months now. Initially I didn't get its gourmand sensibility, it was confusing: transparent yet edible, smoothly sensual then almost carnally animalic. Burnt sugar and vanilla somehow projecting a floral caramel with incredible lasting power. What is this? How is this rouge? Perhaps it's a metaphor. Literally I'll guess that it is the blackcurrant tempering the sweetness of the base with its fruit--the tart rouge softly coloring the golden and burnt edges of the base, keeping it from being too sweet, making it elegant. I have finally succumbed. It smells delicious. It invites contemplation. It develops along what seems like ought to be a linear trajectory--but it's not. It's the stages of a dessert delicately flavored with flowers and fruit. The last bites are the pastry cream left on the edges of the plate. This perfume is satisfying. It is for me--and a bottle is on its way.

No lie this scent on the tops smells like a sweet Dr Pepper.. then as it dries down the sweet cherry black currant part subsides and you smell the spices and powder...there is something in this i have never smelled before its got to be the Oud..very nice scent!

To my nose, this is a rose, ambery and oud scent. I'm not sure what castoreum is, but it smells a lot like a light basenote of oud. Well done, but not my taste.

Martine did it again! These collection are very unique. The Rouge No2 is very interesting scent: creamy, sweet and softly warm a tiny metallic epilogue. On my skin not powerful the powderly accord. Soft, low sillage is enough to sweet my days.