Marc-Antoine Aldebaran is a 2025 release that is a tuberose explosion with the half-life of plutonium. Created by Quentin Bisch, this loved and hated unisex fragrance has notes of tuberose, paprika, mate and tonka bean. Marc-Antoine Aldebaran is an EDP, eau de parfum.
From the brand - "It's a white light in the dark. A mysterious clarity radiating a nocturnal clearing. The caress of the moon on a field of tuberous, immaculate petals reflecting the glow of the star like a mirror. It is a star, ALDEBARAN, one of the brightest in the sky; the second star of the floral constellation imagined by the designer Marc-Antoine Barrois and his accomplice, the perfumer Quentin Bisch. "A fragrance like no other. ”
Reviews of Marc-Antoine Aldebaran
Fragrantica - "Let's just start there by saying this stuff is eternal... nuclear. Filling the room, your nostrils, and all the corners of your soul. To review this scent, you have to talk not about hours the perfume changes and lasts but days. DAYS. So on day 3, I like this perfume the most. That is what shocked me the most. DAY 3.... Not like an hour later, on the dry down, 8 hours later... No. DAY 3. And it is still going strong. My jacket is radiating Aldebaran like literally RADIANTING. I am not complaining because I get quite lovely attention... 'Who smells so good?' ME! Yes, that is me.... RADIATING. So my favorite day is day 3 because I get the most tuberose and tonka bean on that day. From that day the scent starts to become creamy a tiny, tiny bit lactonic and sweet. If you can imagine tuberose milk dusted with tonka powder, that might explain the sensation. The scent does not feel airy and super floral, but quite opulent, rich and dense."
Fragrantica - "questioning my life choices in general, spraying this on my arm was one of those things to not repeat in life. i do not know how to get out of this smell, it is like poisonous ivy in a fairy cartoon: taking over the space, filling it up with itself, some green toxic spikes destroying life around. it reminds me of a construction site, that has been abandoned and covered in weeds, yet, some dust is still evaporating in the air. after a few hours there is some soft flower coming through, like an attempt of sunshine to go through the enchanted forest where the sleeping beauty is waiting for her prince, but the weeds are still winning to keep the darkness. if i would need a perfume gift for someone i really hate, this would be the choice."
Fragrantica - "To describe Aldebaran as a fragrance starring the narcotic flower par excellence would be extremely reductive. Here we are in front of a creation by Quentin Bisch (and yes, I love him), which strips itself of pleasingness and heads towards an extremely artistic dimension. A not-so-obvious tuberose, which to its heady notes adds the mate grass (it seems to perceive it in powder form), with nuances that I perceive almost metallic, very particular. I had to smell it on my skin several times to understand it, because it has a really not obvious construction, and it becomes a real sensory journey. Go and smell it, it's really particular, it comes out of the box, and you will realize that you will be more and more intrigued by its uniqueness."
Fragrantica - "Shocked no one connected this Rogue Flor Mortis or SL’s Tubereuse Criminelle- the melting mentholated coolness is so obvious. I personally love this idea of a bone white, luminous tuberose- she’s stark and demanding alone without an audience. You are dowsed with light from outer space- this is not a romantic moonlight. The associated imagery is spot on. I love an odd tuberose, so this one is a win."
Fragrantica - "Back in my car, I applied three dabs on the back of my hand - I admit I was taken aback by the aggressive tuberose opening but enticed by the mix of Ambroxan + Iso E super supporting it. And as I couldn’t scrub it off, I went on with the rest of my day and drove to run other errands. It all started to make sense and wowed me after about an hour in when the camphorous side had subsided and everything else balances beautifully. I’m not gonna pretend that I can smell every note in it but to me, it’s a very healthy dose of Ambroxan, Iso E Super and some clean musk on which sit the rest of the composition with the tuberose and other components and the mate hovering quietly in between - And the genius is in the masterful mix of it all - Also, to me, there is a small part of Tillia in there.
Fragrantica - "Beautiful. Indistinguishably Bisch. Take the raw, green and milky tuberose of Hiram Green’s Moon Bloom, tinged in the playdoughy almond of Dior Hypnotic Poison, and a soft touch of suntan lotioned suede a la Rabbane’s One Million Parfum, and voila! Longevity and projection are insane; I don’t know how he makes these beast-mode scents that are ever so persistent. The key of this one is to let it dry down. The initial blast is very green and somewhat astringent; but settles into a comforting milky suntan-lotion beachy tuberose."
