Sebastian Carine Roitfeld by Carine Roitfeld

Sebastian Carine Roitfeld

Unisex
Eau de Parfum
Year: 2019

At a glance

Is Sebastian Carine Roitfeld worth trying?

Sebastian by Carine Roitfeld is a Oriental Floral fragrance for women and men.

Best match
Evening, Special Occasion wear in Fall, Winter
Performance feel
Very Good longevity with Strong sillage
Signature profile
tuberose, warm spicy, white floral with Tuberose, Immortelle, Sandalwood
tuberose warm spicy white floral

The first impression

Sebastian by Carine Roitfeld is a Oriental Floral fragrance for women and men. Sebastian was launched in 2019. The nose behind this fragrance is Pascal Gaurin.

What shapes the scent

tuberose 100%
warm spicy 85%
white floral 70%
herbal 60%
sweet 50%
woody 40%
vanilla 35%
powdery 30%
animalic 25%
tobacco 20%

The perfumer behind it

Pascal Gaurin

Pascal Gaurin

Pascal Gaurin is a prolific perfumer whose work spans luxury and mass-market brands, including Amouage, Avon, and Christian Lacroix. His catalog features Love Delight for Amouage, as well as numerous Avon creations such as 300 Km/h Supersonic, Black Suede Dark, Christian Lacroix Noir, Christian Lacroix Nuit, Maxima, U By Ungaro For Him, and Unscripted. Gaurin's style is versatile, ranging from opulent florals to bold, modern masculines.

Notes pyramid

All Notes

Complete scent profile

Tuberose Tuberose
Immortelle Immortelle
Sandalwood Sandalwood
Vanilla Vanilla

The mood it creates

The Alchemist Archetype: Portrait of Sebastian Carine Roitfeld

Essence

Sebastian is the Alchemist, a master of transformation who turns the raw into the sublime. Tuberose and immortelle, heady and narcotic, meet sandalwood and vanilla’s golden warmth, creating a potion that blurs the line between poison and elixir. They are a conjurer of moods, wielding scent like a spell.

Style & Aesthetic

Their wardrobe is a cabinet of curiosities: vintage brocade coats, shirts unbuttoned to the sternum, rings that catch the light. They favor opulence with an edge-white florals that verge on indolic, fabrics that cling just a little too close. Every choice feels like a dare.

Philosophy & Values

They believe in the power of excess, in the idea that pleasure can be a form of transcendence. The vanilla’s sweetness, cut by tobacco’s roughness, reflects their conviction that truth lies in intensity, not moderation. Life, to them, is an experiment in sensation.

Relationships

They draw people into their orbit with magnetic charisma, though few can keep pace. Lovers are intoxicated by their ability to make the mundane feel illicit-a shared glance across a crowded room, a whispered secret in the dark. Their connections burn bright but often brief.

Lifestyle

Their nights are a blur of dimly lit bars and impromptu gatherings, always chasing the next alchemical reaction-a perfect cocktail, a stolen kiss. Mornings might find them sketching perfumes or pressing flowers, already distilling memories into new creations.

Shadow

Their pursuit of transformation can become a refusal to settle, a fear of being ordinary. The animalic undertones hint at a restlessness that mistakes novelty for depth, leaving them always hungry, never satisfied.

Conclusion

Sebastian is for those who see the world as a laboratory, turning every encounter into an experiment in desire and decay.

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