Frédéric Malle · 2024 · Suzy Le Helley

Acne Studios par Frédéric Malle

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

A fizzy burst of aldehydes and peach skin over rose and violet, settling onto creamy sandalwood, vanilla, incense and musk.

Frédéric Malle says

You’ll smell peach, aldehydes and incense.

More from Frédéric Malle’s description

It also mentions Rose, Vanilla, Sandalwood, Musk, Violet, Orange blossom, Vanilla accord, Peach accord and Frankincense.

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The drawn Acne Studios par Frédéric Malle bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Acne Studios par Frédéric Malle’s scent picture, a draft: peach, aldehydes, frankincense, rose, vanilla, sandalwood drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Acne Studios par Frédéric Malle, top notes: Peach, Violet

Heartas it settles

Acne Studios par Frédéric Malle, heart: Aldehydes, Rose, Orange blossom

Dry-downwhat stays

Acne Studios par Frédéric Malle, dry-down: Frankincense, Vanilla, Sandalwood, Musk, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

7 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 & lavender2 florals1 sweet1 spices1 powder

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

Not for the smell8

AlcoholWaterOctinoxate (a UV filter)Octisalate (a UV filter)Vitamin EBHT (keeps it fresh)Citric acid, not in Ingredients yetPentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

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Dia WomanAmouage · shares peach, frankincense, rose, vanilla and 3 more$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Acne Studios par Frédéric Malle’s $470
BlancheByredo · shares aldehydes, rose, sandalwood, cashmere knit and 2 more
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.