Rose & Cuir

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Rose & Cuir

Frédéric Malle · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 2019

≈ $270 · approx. retail

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Jean-Claude Ellena's minimalist take on rose and leather, using peppery black currant and geranium to sketch the leather accord around a spare, dry rose sitting atop cedar and vetiver.

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Best for

SpringSummerFallDailyOfficeEvening

Perfumer

Jean-Claude Ellena

French · 56 in collection

Jean-Claude Ellena is a celebrated French perfumer and author, Grasse-born and Givaudan-trained, who served as Hermès's exclusive in-house perfumer from 2004 to 2016. Famed for his minimalist, transparent, watercolour-like style, he created Hermès's Terre d'Hermès and the Jardins collection and has also composed for Bvlgari, Cartier and Frédéric Malle.

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