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Frédéric Malle · Est. 2003

Rose Tonnerre

The rose here announces itself with a roar rather than a whisper.

ConcentrationFragrance
Forunisex
Released2003
Statusenriched
2003 · Fragrance
ros·hon·pat·vet
Rating
4.1
2.0k reviews
Fig. 01

The scent fingerprint

Visualization — constellation
basehearttopcitrusfloralfruitygourmandpowderyamberywoodysmokychyprearomaticgreenaquaticspicy

Weighted by intensity across 6 accords.

Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.

  • Rose
    75
  • Honey
    50
  • Patchouli
    40
  • Vetiver
    35
  • Leather
    30

By the editors · 2 min readThe rose here announces itself with a roar rather than a whisper. Honey thickens the petals immediately, turning what might be delicate into something almost feral—sticky, warm, borderline animalic from the start. This is rose as living matter rather than garden ornament.

As it settles, vetiver and patchouli carve out shadowy earth beneath all that nectar and bloom. The castoreum adds a leathery, skin-like hum that makes the whole composition feel worn and lived-in, like a velvet coat passed down through generations. The musk softens the edges without cleaning anything up.

This suits someone who wants their florals dense and unapologetic, with dirt still clinging to the roots. Not a polite rose for afternoon tea—more like roses left overnight in a closed room, their scent turned heady and strange by morning.

Filed: Frédéric MalleSillage · vol. I
Fig. 02

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap