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Santal Pao Rosa
Eau de parfum
A powerful sandalwood, softened with rose petals.
Santal Pao Rosa sets wood and flower face to face: a powerful sandalwood, softened by rose petals. Cardamom, fresh and piquant, gives the start.
Oud and myrrh then darken the base. The name looks back to Guerlain's history: in 1877, Aimé Guerlain had created a Pao Rosa, which also paired wood and rose.
Fragrance notes
- NotesThe materials named
The house names its notes without sorting them into top, heart and base. Notes as published by the house. official source (new tab)
Main accords
Volute’s reading: the intensity of each accord.
Seasons
- Spring
- Autumn
- Winter
Moments
- Day
- Night
Santal Pao Rosa in detail
Santal Pao Rosa belongs to Guerlain's L'Art & La Matière collection. Its name draws on the house archives: in 1877, Aimé Guerlain signed a Pao Rosa that already married wood and rose. Today's fragrance takes up this dialogue between two opposites, the strength of a wood and the tenderness of a flower.
Guerlain cites its notes in the text, without tiers. Cardamom opens the composition, fresh and piquant. Powerful sandalwood then covers itself with rose petals, before a darker base where oud and myrrh mingle.
Santal Pao Rosa can be worn from spring to winter, by day or by night, whenever wood and flower feel right together.
Three woody fragrances in our catalogue come close: Oud Noir Intense by Fragrance Du Bois shares cardamom, rose, sandalwood and oud; Oud Wood by Tom Ford pairs oud, cardamom and sandalwood; Decision 42 by Amouage finds cardamom, myrrh and sandalwood again in a smoky register.
Text written with the help of AI, based on official information from the fragrance houses.