Geranium Nefertum

Geranium Nefertum, a 2019 fragrance from Molton Brown, is a green floral built around geranium, the plant whose leaves smell of rose with a minty, peppery edge. Everyone who describes it calls it green and floral, and about half add woody, resinous and citrus.

The opening is fig leaf and bergamot: the fig leaf brings a bitter, milky, sappy greenness, the bergamot a bright citrus lift. Geranium is the heart, rosy and herbal at the same time, with jasmine adding a creamier, more conventional floral warmth that softens the geranium's sharpness. The base turns warm and slightly earthy: labdanum gives a resinous, leathery amber, sandalwood a smooth, milky wood, and oakmoss a cool, damp, forest-floor depth that ties the green opening to the warm finish.

It is worn by anyone. The green-rosy character suits spring and summer and daytime wear, and a person who likes rose but prefers the leaf to the petal.

Geranium Nefertum — unisex fragrance by Molton Brown (released 2019). Top notes: Fig Leaf, Bergamot. Heart notes: Geranium, Jasmine. Base notes: Sandalwood, Labdanum, oak moss. — Parfica open fragrance database