Frédéric Malle · 2005 · Dominique Ropion

Carnal Flower

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Juicy melon and leafy greens opening onto a lush, milky tuberose with a cool camphor edge, over clean white musk.

Frédéric Malle says

You’ll smell watermelon, tuberose and musk.

More from Frédéric Malle’s description

It also mentions Water fruits (melon), Vegetal notes, Tuberose (fresh aspect), Tuberose (milky aspect), Melon, White musk, Milky notes, Tuberose absolute, Camphor and Spices.

The house’s page

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The drawn Carnal Flower bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Carnal Flower’s scent picture, a draft: watermelon, tuberose, musk, melon, white musk, milk drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Carnal Flower, top notes: Watermelon, Citral (lemon)

Heartas it settles

Carnal Flower, heart: Tuberose, Melon, Milk, Eugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Carnal Flower, dry-down: Musk, White musk

What’s inside it

What the label names

9 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 florals2 spices1 powder

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

Not for the smell5

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoateBenzyl alcoholPentaerythrityl 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

Blanche BêteLiquides Imaginaires · shares tuberose, cashmere knit and milky notes$285 for 100 ml
OrianaParfums de Marly · shares cashmere knit, clean linen and milky notes$410 for 75 ml · about the same as Carnal Flower’s $470
Musc InvisibleJuliette Has a Gun · shares cashmere knit and clean linenabout $162 for 100 ml · about a third of Carnal Flower’s $470
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.