Saffron is one of the world’s oldest and most precious aromatic materials, used for over 3,000 years in dyes, medicine, and ritual. In perfumery, saffron brings a warm, leathery, and slightly metallic scent unlike any other. Its eye-watering price is due in part to how it’s harvested: each tiny, crimson stamen of the Crocus sativus flower must be picked by hand.
For their newest parfum extrait, Maison Crivelli invites us to explore this fascinating note as only they can; through a surprising encounter with a saffron field drenched in fog. Safran Secret is the first in a new series of the brand’s Olfactory Mysteries – and is as evocative as it is addictive.
Read on to explore this exciting new scent, as well as a few of our other favourite saffron fragrances.
NEW RELEASE: A NEW KIND OF SAFFRON
Maison Crivelli
“Perfume is all the more beautiful when there is a touch of mystery.”
A deep, sensual composition, contrasting the brightness of comforting saffron with a warm fog of highly-diffusive woods.
THE SPICE JAR: OTHER SAFFRON FAVOURITES
Matiere Premiere
Showcasing a rare Greek saffron oil, this perfume spotlights the sparkling, elusively edible facets of the note in a minimalist composition anchored with Somalian incense and white musk.
Atelier Materi
Saffron is particularly magical when paired with resins. In Ambre Papier, it electrifies the formula’s top-shelf benzoin resin into a luscious dance of texture and warmth.
Vilhelm Parfumerie
Evoking Expressionist painter Francis Bacon’s memories of Tangier, saffron and grilled pistachio are an oddly delicious pairing in this highly original woody gourmand.
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