Matière Première · 2020 · Aurélien Guichard

Radical Rose

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Matière Première asks about $282 for 100 ml
50 mlabout $192
100 mlabout $282

VersionEau de Parfum

A dark, peppery rose lit with saffron and allspice berries, deepened by earthy patchouli and resinous labdanum.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Radical Rose’s scent picture, a draft: rose, saffron, black pepper, patchouli, labdanum, allspice drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Radical Rose, top notes: Black pepper

Heartas it settles

Radical Rose, heart: Rose, Allspice

Dry-downwhat stays

Radical Rose, dry-down: Saffron, Patchouli, Labdanum, Coumarin (tonka)

What’s inside it

What the label names

10 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 & lavender3 florals1 sweet2 spices1 powder

4 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

Spicebomb ExtremeViktor&Rolf · shares saffron, black pepper, cistus and allspice$155 for 90 ml
Overture 41Amouage · shares rose, saffron, patchouli and cistus$550 for 100 ml · about twice Radical Rose’s about $282
OutlandsAmouage · shares rose, saffron, patchouli and cistus$475 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.