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Matière Première Encens Suave
Black, carnal incense with coffee and vanilla
The brand calls Encens Suave a pleasure incense, generous in scale, and sums it up as black and carnal. Its central material is incense oil from Oman, and Aurélien Guichard places labdanum, benzoin, Venezuelan coffee and Madagascar vanilla around it. It is an Eau de Parfum of 100 ml, with no pyramid published.
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The composition
Notes
The house lists its notes without a pyramid.
- Incense oil (Oman)
- Labdanum absolute (Andalusia)
- Benzoin absolute (Sumatra)
- Coffee extraction (Venezuela)
- Vanilla absolute (Madagascar)
- Character
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On the skin
How it unfolds
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Incense from Oman
Incense oil from Oman is the central material, and it sets the tone: dry, smoky-resinous, a little lemony and cool at the edges, as incense oils often are. This is the church-like side of the note, kept dark rather than airy. Everything else on the list is there to warm and deepen it.
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Resin and sensuality
Labdanum and benzoin, both resins, deepen what the brand calls the sensual side of the incense. Labdanum brings a leathery, ambery darkness and benzoin a balsamic, vanillic warmth. Together they thicken the smoke into something soft and skin-like, closer to warm resin than to dry ash.
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Coffee and vanilla
Venezuelan coffee and Madagascar vanilla add what the brand calls an unexpected warm, gourmand edge. Coffee gives a roasted, bitter-dark note that suits the incense, and vanilla rounds off the bitterness. The result is darker than sweet, a gourmand touch inside a smoky frame rather than a dessert.
Wearing it
When, who and why
How to wear it
Encens Suave is generous, so start with two sprays and add a third only in cold weather. Chest and neck work well, because warmth lifts the resins. It belongs in autumn and winter, in the evening or on a quiet dark day, and fits indoor settings where a soft, close scent is welcome.
Who it is for
Lovers of incense who want it warm and sensual rather than austere, and people who like coffee-and-vanilla warmth but need smoke to keep it grown-up. The house calls all its fragrances gender neutral. It suits dinners, theatre evenings and cold weather; less so a hot office or a summer afternoon.
Why choose Matière Première Encens Suave
It takes a note that is often austere and makes it approachable without removing the smoke. The list is short and open about origins, from Oman to Andalusia, Sumatra, Venezuela and Madagascar. Matière Première works with one central material per perfume, and here that material is easy to identify.
At a glance
- House
- Matière Première
- Perfumer
- Aurélien Guichard
- Year
- 2019
- Size
- 100 ml
- For
- Unisex
Questions
Frequently asked
Is Encens Suave only incense?
No. Incense oil is the central material, but labdanum, benzoin, coffee and vanilla are listed as well, and the brand points to a warm, gourmand edge inside the smoke.
Will the coffee note be obvious?
The brand names Venezuelan coffee as an unexpected edge, not as the main subject. Expect it to add roasted warmth to the incense rather than to read as a cup of coffee.
Is it a good first incense perfume?
It can be: the resins and vanilla soften the smoke, and the brand describes it as generous and sensual. Anyone who dislikes smoky scents entirely may still find it too dark.
What are the concentration and size?
Eau de Parfum, 100 ml. That is the house's core concentration, and with this many resins it sits warmly on skin and stays present.
The house
About Matière Première
Matière Première is a French house built around the perfumer Aurélien Guichard, who signs every product page and whose first fields, planted in 2016, are where the project began. Each perfume is built on an overdose of one central natural raw material, from Finnish birch tar oil to Greek saffron oil and French rose centifolia absolute.
- A French house; Aurélien Guichard is founder and house perfumer
- The project grew from the first fields Guichard planted in 2016
- Own Ecocert-certified fields in Grasse; each harvest goes into one perfume
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