Matière Première · Aurélien Guichard

Crystal Saffron

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Dry saffron and smoky incense over salty ambergris-like woods and a clean, skin-close musk.

The drawn Crystal Saffron bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Crystal Saffron’s scent picture, a draft: saffron, habanolide musk, ambroxan (ambergris), frankincense, alpha-isomethyl ionone (violet) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Crystal Saffron, top notes: Frankincense

Dry-downwhat stays

Crystal Saffron, dry-down: Saffron, Habanolide musk, Ambroxan (ambergris), alpha-Isomethyl ionone (violet)

What’s inside it

What the label names

3 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.

1 citrus1 herbs & lavender1 powder

3 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

Dylan Blue Pour HommeVersace · shares saffron, clean linen, ambergris and frankincense$129 for 100 ml · about a third of Crystal Saffron’s $320
ExistenceAmouage · shares clean linen, ambergris and frankincense$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Crystal Saffron’s $320
GuidanceAmouage · shares saffron, ambergris and frankincense$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Crystal Saffron’s $320
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.