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Essential Parfums

The Musc

NewAdded June 9, 2026

100ML / 3.4FL OZ - EAU DE PARFUM

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Amber, Musk & Animalic

Smells like

Red GingerLavandin GrossoBeeswaxNirvanolide MuskSandalwood

$130

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The Story

At once fresh, honeyed, and warm, The Musc is a subtle blend of captivating scents. It opens with red ginger from Laos and natural lavandin grosso from France. Natural and sustainable beeswax brings a creamy sweetness to the heart, paired with a pure note of Nirvanolide musk. Australia’s natural sandalwood punctuates the blend with warm, woody tones.

“I imagined this fragrance as a cloud of enveloping and comforting musk. A delicious musk blended with red ginger, lavender, a radiant floral heart and soft, woody tones of a sublime sandalwood album from Australia.”

— Calice Becker

The House

Essential Parfums is the Paris house Géraldine Archambault founded in 2018, after three decades in the industry, to push back against everything that makes fine perfumery opaque. Her manifesto is simple: put the fragrance and the perfumer first, and credit the perfumers — not the brand — as the real artists. She strips away superfluous packaging, marketing, and middlemen, builds sustainability into every composition, and prices the results so haute parfumerie isn't a privilege.

The Perfumer

Calice Becker