MATIERE PREMIERE
French Flower Hand & Body Lotion
Perfumed Lotion
Unisex
Sizes
Starting
$80
Description
Matiere Premiere's French Flower Hand & Body Lotion offers a delightful way to experience the brand's modern take on tuberose. This easily absorbed lotion leaves skin feeling satin soft and beautifully scented with the white and green floral notes of Grasse tuberose. It captures the essence of the French Flower fragrance, which is a lush and intoxicating tuberose, artfully balanced with hints of fresh ginger and green pear. The perfumer aimed for a natural, contemporary style, moving away from overly 'fatal' or 'dressed up' tuberose interpretations. Perfumer: Aurélien Guichard
Scent Profile
Floral
Green
Fresh
Spicy
Creamy
Notes
Top Notes
PearNigerian Ginger
Middle Notes
Tuberose
Orange BlossomChinese Tea
Base Notes
AmbroxanAbout MATIERE PREMIERE
Matière Première is a luxury fragrance brand founded by Aurélien Guichard, a perfumer who uniquely grows his own fragrance ingredients including Rose Centifolia, Tuberose, and Lavandin in the Grasse region of France. The brand's philosophy centers on revealing the raw beauty of natural materials by building each fragrance around one central natural ingredient used in high concentration (85-92% natural ingredients), creating bold, linear, and immediately identifiable signatures with lasting sillage.
Perfumer
Aurélien Guichard
Aurélien Guichard, born in Grasse, France, is a seventh-generation perfumer from a family of flower growers and perfumers, including his father who was also a perfumer. He trained at the Givaudan school and built a distinguished 20+ year career creating blockbuster fragrances like Gucci Guilty and Tom Ford’s Soleil de Positano, while working for companies such as Givaudan and Takasago. In 2016, he established an organic Rose Centifolia farm in Grasse, founding Matière Première in 2019 to champion farm-to-fragrance luxury perfumery using his own cultivated ingredients.
Reviews
5.0
Excellent2 reviews
MATIERE PREMIERE
5.0/5 • 2 reviews
Community Insights
Reviewers generally praise French Flower Hand & Body Lotion for its modern and elegant interpretation of tuberose, often noting its creamy yet fresh and green character. Many appreciate its impressive longevity and projection, making it a standout in the white floral category. It's frequently described as a sophisticated scent that avoids the heavy, old-fashioned aspects sometimes associated with tuberose.
Pros
Performance excellence: The fragrance is exceptionally long-lasting, with a rare power of diffusion that can last until the next wash on skin and almost all day.
Quality composition: Reviewers highlight the superb blending and the full-figured, lush tuberose that doesn't compromise on quality or quantity, resulting in a natural and effortlessly beautiful scent.
Versatile appeal: It's considered an elegant and unisex option, suitable for both casual wear and office environments, exuding a sense of class.
Cons
Specific limitation: Some find the fragrance to be quite pushy or heavy in its initial hours, with a few reviewers noting it can be borderline headache-inducing.
Situational drawback: The sweetness and intensity of the scent might be too much for hot climates, making it less ideal for summer wear.
Comparisons
Similar to Fracas (Piguet): Reviewers suggest it's a modern, streamlined take on the classic, unapologetic femininity of Fracas, making it a contemporary alternative for tuberose lovers.
Vibe & Emotions
Elegant and sophisticated: It evokes the feeling of an elegant bouquet and is described as both elegant and sophisticated.
Sensual and intoxicating: The lotion provides an enveloping and sensual fragrance, offering a full-on, fleshy explosion of quivering white floral sensuality.
Fresh and luminous: It's perceived as a luminous spirit, embodying a young Parisian tuberose that is fresh and bright.
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