Xerjoff Wardasina Eau de Parfum The rose that smokes. Dark, sensual, and deeply unforgettable. Wardasina by Xerjoff is a bold, deeply seductive oriental floral fragrance launched in 2019 and created by Chris Maurice — the same perfumer behind Opera and More Than Words — and a fragrance that takes the most classical of all floral ingredients and gives it a dark, smoky, tobacco-laced character that makes it feel simultaneously ancient and completely modern. “Wardas” is derived from the Arabic word for rose — and this fragrance is a rose unlike any other: not the fresh, dewy rose of Delina La Rosée, not the opulent, velvety rose of Delina, but a rose that has been touched by smoke and shadow, that carries the warmth of tobacco and the depth of patchouli in its petals, and that reveals its beauty slowly, intimately, and completely on its own terms. It opens with a cool, slightly green freshness — clean and immediately inviting — before the heart reveals the fragrance’s true character: Bulgarian rose, saffron, patchouli, and cedar creating a warm, richly complex floral accord of extraordinary depth. The Bulgarian rose — the finest rose variety in the world — is the heart’s defining note, but rendered here with a warmth and a darkness that makes it feel more intimate and more complex than any other rose fragrance in the collection. Saffron adds a warm, slightly metallic, deeply exotic spice; patchouli a rich, slightly earthy depth; and cedar a cool, slightly woody structure that keeps the richness of the rose and saffron beautifully in balance. The dry-down is the fragrance’s most extraordinary and most distinctive moment: tobacco, musk, and vanilla — warm, slightly smoky, and deeply skin-close — creating a base that makes the Bulgarian rose feel simultaneously more beautiful and more dangerous than it has any right to be. Fragrance Pyramid Top Note: Green Notes Heart Notes: Bulgarian Rose, Saffron, Patchouli, Cedar Base Notes: Tobacco, Musk, Vanilla Key Features Unisex oriental floral fragrance — dark, sensual, and deeply seductive Created by Chris Maurice for Xerjoff in 2019 — the perfumer behind Opera and More Than Words Bulgarian rose and tobacco — a pairing of breathtaking beauty and dark, smoky depth that defines Wardasina’s unique character 100ml / 3.4 oz Eau de Parfum Wardasina is for those who find beauty in darkness — and who understand that the most captivating roses always have thorns.
