Frédéric Malle and perfumer Edouard Fléchier discuss Rose Tonnerre, née Une Rose. (The Malle website says the fragrance itself has not changed.)
Not many head-turners
...I love what Serge Lutens has done – Feminite du Bois, for instance, is a great perfume. There are not that many at the moment. I don’t want to sound like a grandfather but when I started in this business I remember going down the stairs to Les Bains Douche, a nightclub in Paris – it was the first time that I smelled Angel. I remember thinking, “Holy shit, what’s this? This is very interesting.” So I went up to the girl that was wearing it and asked her, which I always did, but now I don’t...There are not many head-turners anymore.
—Frédéric Malle, quoted in Frédéric Malle on the History, Future and Misconceptions of Perfume at AnOther.
A dreamlike jungle
Frédéric Malle and Anne Flipo talk about Synthetic Jungle.
Frederic Malle Synthetic Jungle ~ new fragrance
French niche line Frédéric Malle has launched Synthetic Jungle, the brand’s first fragrance from perfumer Anne Flipo…
You really smell the tuberose
It has an unusually high concentration of straight tuberose, but is also instantly recognizable as a contemporary work. Partly this is on account of the fresh ripped leaf scent, and [Dominique] Ropion plays the flower’s powdery aspect at a very low volume, which makes the whole thing clearer: You really smell the tuberose.
— Chandler Burr on Frédéric Malle Carnal Flower. Read more in 52 Fragrances and How to Think About Them at The New York Times.