Byredo · 2021

Young Rose

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Spicy Sichuan pepper and musky ambrette seed over iris and Damask rose, drying to soft musk and salty ambergris-like woods.

A shop’s page says

You’ll smell Ambrette Seeds, Sichuan Pepper, iris (orris), Damascena Rose (oil), musks and Ambroxan.

More from Byredo’s description

It also mentions Ambrette seed, Rose, Iris and Musk.

The shop’s page

The drawn Young Rose bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Young Rose’s scent picture, a draft: ambrette, sichuan pepper, iris, rose, musks, ambroxan (ambergris) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Young Rose, top notes: Ambrette, Sichuan pepper

Heartas it settles

Young Rose, heart: Iris, Rose

Dry-downwhat stays

Young Rose, dry-down: Musks, Ambroxan (ambergris)

What’s inside it

What the label names

5 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender2 florals

Herbs & lavender1

5 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Fleur de PeauDiptyque · shares ambrette, orris, rose, cashmere knit and 1 more$260 for 75 ml
IrresistibleGivenchy · shares ambrette, orris, rose and cashmere knit$167 for 80 ml · about half of Young Rose’s $235
Radio BombayD.S. & Durga · shares ambrette, orris, cashmere knit and ambergris$300 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.