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PARAPHRASE

GILDED

Name: GILDED
Brand: PARAPHRASE
Price: 162.00 $
Availability: InStock

Eau De Parfum

Unisex

Sizes

Starting

$162

Description

Gilded by Paraphrase is a rich, mysterious unisex Eau de Parfum that evokes innocence and ritual through a captivating blend of sticky spices and sweets. Brown sugar, cardamom, and cinnamon bark open with spicy-sweet allure, transitioning into mellow resins like orange blossom, olibanum, immortelle, and opoponax, grounded by a pale wood accord for profound depth. This complex fragrance marries earthly pleasure with holy reverence, ideal for colder months with its warm, incense-infused sensuality. Created by Joshua Smith for unisex.

Scent Profile

Spicy

Sweet

Resinous

Woody

Incense

Notes

Top Notes

Cardamom

Cinnamon

Ginger

Middle Notes

Orange Blossom

Immortelle

Brown Sugar

Base Notes

Frankincense

Opoponax

Pale Woods

About PARAPHRASE

Paraphrase Perfume is an independent North American fragrance house founded in 2014 by Joshua Smith, an ex-forester turned designer who creates handcrafted perfumes in Canada. The brand philosophy centers on using scent as a means of retelling stories and exploring the subtle beauty of nature, with a focus on slowness, mindfulness, and sensory exploration. Paraphrase rebranded from its former name Libertine Fragrance in 2025, shifting from a rebellious aesthetic to one emphasizing creation, community, and the transformative power of fragrance in connecting people to natural landscapes and their inner selves.

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Perfumer

Joshua Smith

Joshua Smith is a self-taught perfumer from the Canadian prairies, formerly a forester and industrial designer, who founded Libertine Fragrance in late 2014 while studying design and later rebranded it to Paraphrase. He hand-blends immersive unisex perfumes using high-quality natural and synthetic ingredients, with notable creations including Sex & Jasmine—an animalic jasmine ode—Gilded, a spice-laden incense scent, and Fin de Siecle, a modernized rosy chypre. His work emphasizes sensory exploration, slowing down to connect with one's emotions, and reinterpreting personal stories through scent.

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Reviews

4.8

Excellent64 reviews

PARAPHRASE

4.8/5 • 64 reviews

Community Insights

Reviewers rave about Gilded's wonderful depth and complexity, praising its spicy-sweet profile that remains balanced without overwhelming stickiness. It's hailed as perfect for fall and winter, with solid 6-8 hour longevity. No significant negatives noted in available feedback.