Maison Crivelli - Hibiscus Mahajád

Hibiscus Mahajád opens with the tart snap of blackcurrant and pomegranate cut through by cool spearmint, then bleeds into a warm, faintly tannic heart where hibiscus and its steeped-tea counterpart meet Damask rose absolute and a thread of cinnamon. The base is deep and animalic: vanilla absolute and vanilla orchid laid over ambrette seed and leather, the whole thing settling into something bodily and long-lasting.

The Nose

Composed by Quentin Bisch for Maison Crivelli, also behind Ex Nihilo Fleur Narcotique, Carolina Herrera Good Girl and Parfums de Marly Delina.

Fragrance Character

The first minutes are vivid and high-pitched, the fruit acids bright and the mint almost medicinal before the hibiscus softens the edges. Cinnamon and rose absolute pull the composition inward and warmer through the heart, the floral turning almost jammy against the spice. On the skin it eventually becomes a close, skin-warmed presence of leather and dual vanillas anchored by the musk of ambrette, fading slowly and with real tenacity.

Best Worn

Made for cool-weather evenings and the kind of occasion that calls for something with presence and a faintly dangerous warmth; it suits someone who wears their fragrance as a deliberate statement rather than an afterthought.

Why the Hibiscus Mahajád Decant

The combination of enormous projection, animalic base notes, and that polarising ambrette-leather core makes this a fragrance worth living with on your skin before committing to a full bottle.

Official Notes

Blackcurrant · Pomegranate · Spearmint · Hibiscus · Damask Rose Absolute · Hibiscus Tea · Cinnamon · Vanilla Absolute · Ambrette Seed Absolute · Leather · Vanilla Orchid

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