# The Moon

**Brand:** Frederic Malle · **Perfumer:** Julien Rasquinet · **Year:** 2019
**Rating:** 4.7 / 5 (3 ratings) · **Popularity:** #156

## Notes
**Top:** Blackberry, Litchi, Framboise, Safran, Fraise
**Heart:** Oliban \(encens\), Baies rouges, Groseille rouge, Rose, Violet
**Base:** Bois d'Agar \(Oud\), Ambre, Bois de cèdre, Huile de cypriol ou Nagarmotha, Cuir, Patchouli, Bois de santal

## About Frederic Malle
Frederic Malle est une marque de parfums réputée, célébrée pour son savoir-faire artisanal et sa créativité avant-gardiste. En collaboration avec les meilleurs parfumeurs, Malle crée des senteurs uniques qui évoquent l'émotion et l'art, transformant les parfums en chefs-d'œuvre olfactifs qui résonnent profondément.

## Top reviews
- ★5/5 — "Amazing perfume, with an arresting, dazzling opening. One of my favourite ouds."
- ★5/5 — Fall, Winter — "The Moon is a fabulous representation of a fruit oud perfume. Raspberry is one of my most hated notes of all time, in fact I hate almost all raspberry fragrances and could probably count the ones I do like on one hand - this is one of them. Whilst it’s not my favourite of the Desert Gems, it is gorgeous. The raspberry is intensely sweet and ripe, almost sugary like a purée, accompanied by other re…"
- ★4/5 — "One of the strangest olfactory experiences I can recall from recent times fantastical and awful in equal measure.  With my sensible hat on this is a loud, brash overly harsh, fruity oud mess.  The opening flits between exotic but entirely unnatural fruits I thought kinda resembled red berries, mango and even pineapple at times. Not surprised to see all the fruits listed and perhaps lychee is exact…"

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