Myrrhe Mystère

Scent Profile

Top notes: Incense, Elemi, Cardamom

Heart notes: Myrrh, Labdanum, Cistus

Base notes: Sandalwood, Amber, Oud, Benzoin

Why We Carry This

Myrrhe Mystere is the Private Blend release that most rewards patience. The absinthe-myrrh opening is unusual enough to require a second wearing before the structure becomes clear, and once it does, the leather-sandalwood base proves the initial complexity was earned. It sits at the darker end of our Tom Ford selection deliberately.

Character

Accords: Amber, Woody, Smoky, Warm Spicy, Balsamic, Oud

Perfumer: Sonia Constant

Launched: 2022

Absinthe is not a note that belongs in most oriental fragrances, and Flores-Roux uses it here to cut through the expected sweetness of myrrh with something bitter and slightly medicinal. The myrrh itself is layered, a resin accord that reads as both dry and balsamic, jasmine threading through the heart with a quiet richness. Sandalwood and leather in the base give Myrrhe Mystere its dark, dry finish, vanilla arriving late to soften the edges rather than sweeten the whole.