Beautiful You

Beautiful You by Louis Cardin, released in 2024, is a fresh, green vegetable musk for women, cooler and more unusual than the name suggests. Musky is the word everyone uses; about half also call it green, fresh, aromatic, amber-like and citrusy.

Grapefruit opens it with a bitter, juicy zest, and peppermint with mint adds a cool, clean, almost icy lift. The heart is where it becomes distinctive: cucumber for a watery, green, crisp freshness and carrot for an earthy, slightly sweet, root-vegetable note that reads close to iris, with rose adding a soft floral touch. The base is musky and dry: ambrette for a natural, slightly vegetal musk, ambroxan for a mineral, ambery warmth and oakmoss for a damp, bitter green depth.

It wears as a clean, modern daytime scent that suits spring and summer and warm afternoons, kept close by the musk. It suits someone who likes green, cucumber-fresh fragrances with a soft musky finish and wants something crisp rather than sweet.

Beautiful You — for women fragrance by Louis Cardin (released 2024). Notes: Ambrette, Ambrette (Musk Mallow), Ambroxan, Carrot, Cucumber, Grapefruit, Mint, Oakmoss, Peppermint, Rose. — Parfica open fragrance database