Matiere Premiere Radical Rose EDP

Description

Radical Rose is Matière Première's most audacious rose, an overdose of Rose Centifolia Absolute grown organically on Aurélien Guichard's own Grasse fields, sharpened with saffron and pepper berries and grounded by patchouli and labdanum. Reviewers often set it against Frédéric Malle's Portrait of a Lady for its spice-and-rose intensity, though Radical Rose stays drier and more resinous rather than jammy-sweet.

How It Differs From the Extrait

• Radical Rose EDP (this bottle). The original 2020 release: fresher and more versatile, a floral-fresh-sweet rose.
• Radical Rose Extrait: the 2024 concentrated edition, enriched with Croatian immortelle absolute. Darker, spicier, and more mineral, with meaningfully longer staying power.
• Choose the EDP for daytime versatility, the Extrait for evening depth and maximum longevity.

Scent Character

• Smoky & Resinous: 50% (patchouli/labdanum base. This house has no true agarwood note in the formula)
• Floral: 25%
• Spicy: 25%

Translation: an overdosed rose wrapped in smoky, resinous patchouli and labdanum, sharpened with saffron and pepper, not a sweet rose.

Fragrance Pyramid

Top: Saffron, Pepper Berries

Heart: Rose Centifolia Absolute

Base: Patchouli, Labdanum

Performance

• Longevity: Strong, 7–9 hours.
• Sillage: Strong and loud. This one fills the space around you.
• Projection: 3+ ft for the first hour, settling to a still-noticeable close trail.

Best Occasions & Season

• Fall and winter. The spice and resin read as cold-weather notes.
• Evening, night out, and date night.
• Skip for: hot summer days or quiet daytime office settings. The sillage is deliberately loud.

Unisex.

Concentration & Provenance

Concentration: Eau de Parfum
Perfumer: Aurélien Guichard
House: Matière Première, Paris
Launched: 2020

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FAQ

Is Radical Rose for men or women?
Unisex. Built around the rose material itself, not a gendered concept.

What's the longevity like?
Strong: 7–9 hours is typical.

How does it project?
Loud: this is a full-sillage fragrance, not an intimate skin scent.

How does the EDP compare to the Extrait?
The EDP is fresher and more versatile; the Extrait (also carried by Venba) is darker, spicier, and longer-lasting thanks to added immortelle absolute.