Philadelphia
Philadelphia opens with cherry and blackcurrant over cardamom, the fruit notes darker than expected, cardamom adding spice that apple sharpens into something bracing. Then cannabis, salt, and saffron arrive in the heart and the composition pivots completely: the cannabis note is raw and green, saffron adding metallic warmth, salt giving the accord a minerality that geranium keeps from becoming too abstract. Tobacco in the base deepens the cannabis register, sandalwood and guaiac wood giving the drydown a dry, smoky warmth that Nathalie Feisthauer extends well.
Why We Carry This
Philadelphia is RDZ Parfums naming a fragrance for their adopted city and delivering something genuinely gritty to honor it. The cannabis-saffron-tobacco arc is compositionally ambitious, and Nathalie Feisthauer brings the technical execution to match. Not a fragrance for people who prefer their niche safe.
Scent Profile
Top notes: Bergamot, Lemon, Petitgrain, Grapefruit
Heart notes: Lavender, Geranium, Rosemary, Jasmine
Base notes: Cedarwood, White Musk, Sandalwood, Amber
Character
Accords: Fresh, Aromatic, Citrus, Clean, Woody, Musk
Perfumer: Nathalie Feisthauer
Launched: 2024