The Story
Why it exists.
The beginning
Roos & Roos launched I Love My Man in 2014, a year into the brand's life. Fabrice Pellegrin composed it for a house built on the collaboration between Chantal Roos, industry veteran, and her daughter Alexandra, an artist and musician. The name is a statement. The fragrance is its proof.
What makes this composition work is the doubling of rose. Bulgarian rose brings density, a dark honey warmth. Centifolia adds a softer, almost waxy quality, the rose absolute you'd find in Grasse at dawn. Carnation is the bridge: aromatic, slightly clove-like, pushing the floral away from sweetness and toward something with more backbone. Sandalwood and tonka don't compete. They settle underneath, turning the whole thing warm and close.
The evolution
The opening hits with rose immediately, no preamble, no citrus softening it. Bulgarian rose fills the first twenty minutes, dense and a little medicinal in the best way. Carnation arrives quietly, threading spice through the floral. By the hour mark, centifolia has softened the edges and sandalwood has begun its slow cream. The drydown is where it earns its name: tonka and sandalwood together, powdery-warm, intimate. On fabric it lingers until morning. On skin, six to eight hours depending on your chemistry.
Cultural impact
I Love My Man sits in the quieter corner of niche rose fragrances. It lacks the animalic punch of some Orientals or the fresh start of modern florals. Instead, it offers something specific: a rose experience built for the long wear, the close encounter. Not a statement fragrance. A companion one.
