Rose de Mai Grasse - Candle

At first light in Grasse, the air is cool, the fields still shimmering with dew. Rose de Mai Grasse distills this fragile, luminous moment - when Centifolia roses open to the sun and release their most tender, natural perfume.

Perfumer Aurélien Guichard captures this awakening with a fragrance that feels fresh, airy, and quietly radiant. The scent is a pure expression of the iconic Grasse rose: velvety but transparent, floral yet softened by the stillness of dawn.

As the candle burns, it fills the room with the impression of walking through early-morning rose fields - petals brushed by sunlight, the earth warm beneath your feet. A serene, natural elegance that turns any space into a breath of morning in the South of France.

OLFACTIVE NOTES

Rose de Mai

ABOUT MATIERE PREMIERE

Matière Première—French for “raw material”—is built on a simple yet radical idea: each fragrance is composed around one central natural ingredient, used in its highest possible concentration. From Paris to Grasse, Founder and Perfumer Aurélien Guichard reveals the purest expression of these raw materials, sculpting their texture, nuance, and radiance into modern, immediately readable compositions.

Excellence is at the core of the house. Ingredients are sourced from the finest ethical and organic producers around the world, and each formula is crafted to deliver exceptional sillage—an emotional signature that lingers long after the moment has passed. The meticulous ageing process, from maturation to maceration, ensures depth, clarity, and an unmistakable quality.

Matière Première fragrances contain 85–92% natural ingredients, and are entirely vegan, phthalate-free, and free of colorants.

Uniquely, Aurélien Guichard is the only master perfumer to grow his own ingredients: on his family farm in Grasse, he cultivates thousands of tuberose and centifolia rose plants, which illuminate creations such as Radical Rose and French Flower.

Matière Première stands at the intersection of innovation and authenticity—contemporary French perfumery devoted to the beauty of a single, extraordinary raw material.