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Frederic Malle

Frederic Malle Synthetic Nature

Fresh
Floral
Jasmine
White Floral
Green
Woody
Patchouli
EDP · 2024 · unisex

Frederic Malle is known for working with master perfumers to create distinctive fragrances that prioritize raw materials and olfactory innovation over marketing trends. The house has built its reputation on releasing thoughtful compositions that challenge conventional fragrance categories.

Synthetic Nature opens with a sharp, herbaceous blast of basil and black currant, anchored by lily of the valley's green floral quality. The heart expands into a lush floral bed of hyacinth, jasmine, and ylang ylang that feels both classic and slightly unsettling in its intensity. Patchouli grounds the fragrance in the base, adding a woody, earthy density that prevents the florals from becoming too pretty or powdery. The overall composition is a deliberate tension between refined florality and raw, slightly rough-edged woods and earth -- uncompromising rather than comfortable.

This is best suited to someone who appreciates florals with substance and doesn't shy away from challenging scents. It works well for cooler seasons when the heavier patchouli base feels appropriate, though the brightness of the top notes keeps it from feeling oppressive year-round. If you're drawn to complex florals with a prickly edge, explore The Mystic, The Cipher, and The Maverick.

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Main Accordsreported by community
Fresh
29%
Floral
100%
Jasmine
80%
White Floral
90%
Green
70%
Woody
100%
Patchouli
100%
Earthy
100%
Sweet
24%
Fragrance Notesbrand verified
Top · 0–30 min
Basil
Basil
Sweet, spicy, and vividly herbal, basil has a green freshness with slightly anise-like and peppery facets that make it more complex than most culinary herbs. In perfumery it adds a lively, Mediterranean quality and pairs beautifully with citrus and woody notes. An underused note that rewards those who seek it out.
Black Currant
Black Currant
Lily Of The Valley
Lily Of The Valley
Crisp, green, and dewy, this spring flower smells like rain on cool grass with a clean, soap-like clarity. It's one of perfumery's most requested scents despite being nearly impossible to extract naturally, so it's almost always recreated synthetically. The result is fresh, tender, and timelessly elegant.
Heart · 30 min – 3 hrs
Hyacinth
Hyacinth
Intensely green and floral with an almost sharp, piercing sweetness, hyacinth is one of spring's most assertive flowers. It has a cold, watery quality alongside its floral richness that makes it feel fresh and slightly dangerous. Polarising in perfumery because of its strength, but magical when well handled.
Jasmine
Jasmine
Intoxicating, heady, and slightly animalic, jasmine is one of the few flowers that smells as rich in a bottle as it does climbing a garden wall at dusk. It has an almost fleshy, indolic quality that stops it reading as purely 'clean.' Jasmine is a workhorse in both feminine and masculine perfumery, adding depth and soul.
Ylang Ylang
Ylang Ylang
An exotic tropical flower with a dense, almost rubbery sweetness that can border on overwhelming, but in careful hands it adds an unmistakable lushness. It has banana-like and slightly medicinal facets that make it distinctive rather than generically pretty. A staple of heady oriental and vintage-style florals.
Base · 3–12 hrs
Patchouli
Patchouli
Dense, earthy, and darkly sweet, patchouli is the scent of damp soil and dried herbs with an almost chocolatey richness. It polarizes people because in high concentrations it's overwhelming, but as a supporting note it adds depth and longevity that almost nothing else can match. The backbone of countless oriental and chypre fragrances.
Who Wears ThisScent DNA matches
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The MysticBest match85% match
You wear what others can't place — and that's exactly the point.

Warm incense, dry resins, airy woods, smoke with softness. Never obvious.

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The Cipher83% match
Barely there. Never forgotten.

Airy, cool, abstract, almost invisible. Sheer musks, iso e super, ethereal woods.

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The Maverick83% match
You do what works for you. That's always been enough.

Fresh, bold, abstract, dry. Metallic notes, experimental musks, architectural woods with presence.

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Warm incense, dry resins, airy woods, smoke with softness. Never obvious.
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Scent Profile
Fresh29%Floral100%Jasmine80%White Floral90%Green70%
Fragrance Family
Floral
EDP
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Frederic Malle is known for working with master perfumers to create distinctive fragrances that prioritize raw materials and olfactory innovation over marketing trends. The house has built its reputation on releasing thoughtful compositions that challenge conventional fragrance categories. Synthetic Nature opens with a sharp, herbaceous blast of basil and black currant, anchored by lily of the valley's green floral quality. The heart expands into a lush floral bed of hyacinth, jasmine, and ylang ylang that feels both classic and slightly unsettling in its intensity. Patchouli grounds the fragrance in the base, adding a woody, earthy density that prevents the florals from becoming too pretty or powdery. The overall composition is a deliberate tension between refined florality and raw, slightly rough-edged woods and earth -- uncompromising rather than comfortable. This is best suited to someone who appreciates florals with substance and doesn't shy away from challenging scents. It works well for cooler seasons when the heavier patchouli base feels appropriate, though the brightness of the top notes keeps it from feeling oppressive year-round. If you're drawn to complex florals with a prickly edge, explore The Mystic, The Cipher, and The Maverick.
What are the notes in frederic-malle Frederic Malle Synthetic Nature? +
Top: Basil, Black Currant, Lily Of The Valley. Heart: Hyacinth, Jasmine, Ylang Ylang. Base: Patchouli.
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frederic-malle Frederic Malle Synthetic Nature belongs to the Floral fragrance family. It is an EDP.
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Grey market retailers sell authentic fragrances sourced through unofficial distribution -- typically excess inventory from authorized distributors. The product is real and identical to retail. FragranceNet (est. 1997), Jomashop, and MaxAroma are well-established with millions of verified reviews.

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