Abbey Perfumery 2020 EDP

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Kindled Rose

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Abbey Perfumery Kindled Rose is an Eau de Parfum launched in 2020. Kindled Rose opens with Clove, settles into a heart of Rose and Praline, and dries down to a base of Dark Chocolate, Oud, and Tobacco. Abbey Perfumery's Kindled Rose carries an Acquired verdict, a spicy-led wear.

Clove over damask rose and praline, on oud, tobacco and dark chocolate. The heaviest thing Abbey Perfumery makes and the one least likely to suit everyone.
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Kindled Rose Eau de Parfum bottle

Scent Profile

Composition

Timeline

Showing: Overall Blend
Topas listed
Clove100%
Heartas listed
Rose58%
Praline42%
Baseas listed
Oud44%
Tobacco31%
Dark Chocolate26%

Top, heart and base are the brand's own listing, not a timing claim - the industry classifies a note by its character as much as by how fast it fades. Each curve here is modelled from that material's own volatility, so groups can overlap when a house lists long-lasting materials in its heart.

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Performance & Mood

Performance

Longevity
Beast (10+h)
Projection
Strong
Intensity
Potent

Mood

Mood Energising
Calming
Character Playful
Serious
Sentiment Uplifting
Brooding

When To Wear

Best Seasons

Best For:
Fall Winter

Oud, tobacco and clove over a sweetened rose is unambiguously cold-weather territory. Winter is its season and summer is close to unwearable.

Best Occasions

Best For:
Date Formal

Evening and date wear. Too heavy and too sweet for an office, and entirely wrong for sport.

Declarable allergens

We derive these from the materials behind this fragrance's notes, not from the bottle. Each one is likely, not confirmed. The list is partial - the box can name others.

In standard patch-test panels

  • Geraniol from Rose

Other declarable allergens

  • Clove Eugenia Caryophyllus Flower Oil from Clove

The large name is the everyday one. The small name is the INCI form on the box, so you can compare the two. Reactions differ between people. A patch-test panel is not a ranking of risk. How we derive this

Ethics and formulation

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  • Cruelty-free Brand-stated Abbey Perfumery says so · no third-party certification found · Read the claim

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About

Kindled Rose is the densest composition in the range and the founder's own stated favourite. Clove opens it, sharp and medicinal in the way clove always is for the first few minutes, before damask rose takes over as the centre. That rose is treated as a dark material rather than a fresh one, and praline sitting alongside it in the heart pushes it towards something jammy and confected. The base is where it commits: oud, tobacco and a chocolate note the brand calls chocolate noir, which together produce the faint cocoa-and-smoke reading the brand claims for it. That combination is genuinely polarising. Read generously it is rich and enveloping; read unsympathetically it is heavy, sweet and slightly medicinal all at once, and there is no version of this that reads as light. It is the strongest performer in the range and projects accordingly, so restraint with the atomiser is advisable. Winter is its season and evening its time; it is a poor choice for an office or for warm weather. Note that the brand has signalled Kindled Rose is being retired, so availability is finite.

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