Matière Première · 2026 · Aurélien Guichard

Metal Lavender

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Matière Première asks about $280 for 100 ml
50 mlabout $191
100 mlabout $280

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Herbal lavender and lavandin with a bright bergamot edge, over a soft, woody musk.

Matière Première says

You’ll smell lavender (organic lavandin essence from grasse), Lavender Absolute from Provence, Cashmeran and musk.

The house’s page

The drawn Metal Lavender bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Metal Lavender’s scent picture, a draft: lavender, cashmeran (cashmere wood), musk, bergamot, coumarin (new-mown hay), geraniol (rose) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Metal Lavender, top notes: Lavender, Bergamot

Heartas it settles

Metal Lavender, heart: Geraniol (rose)

Dry-downwhat stays

Metal Lavender, dry-down: Cashmeran (cashmere wood), Musk, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Matière Première names

Lavender (organic lavandin essence from grasse)Lavender Absolute from ProvenceCashmeran (cashmere wood)Musk

What the label names

14 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.

4 citrus6 herbs & lavender2 florals1 sweet1 spices

Citrus4

Bergamot oilLimoneneTerpinoleneCitral

Herbs & lavender6

Lavender oilPineneCamphorLinalyl acetateLinaloolTerpineol

Florals2

Geranyl acetateGeraniol (rose) (rose)

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices1

beta-Caryophyllene
3 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell3

AlcoholWaterBHT (keeps it fresh)

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

CloudAriana Grande · shares lavender, Cashmeran and cashmere knit$75 for 100 ml · about a quarter of Metal Lavender’s about $280
Shams Al Emarat Khususi Iced PetalArd Al Zaafaran · shares lavender, Cashmeran and cashmere knit
CarbonAjmal · shares lavender, Cashmeran and cashmere knit$24.99 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Metal Lavender’s about $280
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.