rosendo mateu
Editor’s note pending — every credited perfumer eventually gets a written profile here.
The compositions
Kajal Homme Ii
Aquaflore
Fresh Oud
Sybaris
Sport Man
Tenere
La Nuit
La Nuit opens with a brisk herbal jolt—basil and bergamot together feel more aromatic than citrus-sweet, almost medicinal in their clarity.
Zegna Pour Homme
Pull & Bear
Sweet Rose
Herrera For Men
Herrera for Men opens in the established aromatic-fougère tradition — lavender and rosemary making up the aromatic backbone, lemon adding citrus brightness, neroli lending a slightly feminine orange-blossom character that distinguishes it from more straightforwardly masculine compositions.
1970
Rosendo Mateu Nº 6 Jasmin, Sandalwood, Oriental Musk
Rosendo Mateu Nº 5 Floral, Amber, Sensual Musk
The fifth fragrance in Rosendo Mateu's numbered collection opens with a soft musky veil that feels closer to skin than perfume.
Les Belles de Ricci Delice d'Epices
The opening is a crisp, sunlit clash of orchard fruit—sharp apple and citrus that reads more tart than sweet.
Rosendo Mateu Nº 7 Patchouli, Oud, Vanilla
Rosendo Mateu Nº 1 Bergamot, Tea Leaf, Sandalwood
1968
XS Extreme
Incense Wood
Herrera Aqua
Memoire d'Homme
Kajal Homme
NO 1 Bergamot, Tea Leaves, Sandal Wood
NO 3 Neroli, Iris, White Musk
Black XS (2018)
The 2018 reformulation opens with a bright sage-and-lemon greeting that quickly gives way to the fragrance's true character: a warm cinnamon-praline core that dominates the middle development.
Zara For Him 2005
XS (2018)
XS (2018) leads with a compressed trio of bergamot, lemon, and mint — the mint clean rather than clinical, reading as shoreline freshness rather than toothpaste.
Xs
The opening is a bracing herbal jolt—mint and tarragon crash together with the medicinal clarity of rosemary, softened only slightly by citrus.
Flore
Agua Brava
Agua Brava opens with a rush of sage and lavender that feels almost medicinal—sharp, green, and unapologetically masculine in the old Spanish style.
Paco Energy
Rosendo Mateu Nº 3 Neroli, Iris, White Musk
Rosendo Mateu Nº 4 Saffron, Oud, Vanilla
Dahab
Dahab opens with a clean bergamot spark that quickly settles into something warmer and more grounded.
Rosendo Mateu Nº 2 Citrus, Wood, Suede Leather
Agua de Luna
212 Sexy Men
The opening is a quick citrus flash—bergamot with a bite of black pepper—that gives way almost immediately to cardamom's warm, aromatic pull.
Paco
Paco opens with a bracing burst of mint over bright citrus — orange, lemon, bergamot all at once, clean and sharp in the way mid-nineties masculines announced themselves.
Ch
The opening is bright citrus—grapefruit and bergamot—cut with a shadow of earthiness that announces itself immediately.
212 Sexy
A brash, unapologetic floral that announces itself with the prickle of pink pepper against bright bergamot, then dives headfirst into the creamy thickness of gardenia and rose.