Flowerbomb Extreme: the identity card of the explosive bouquet, 2025 version. Genesis and creative vision. The floral explosion pushed to its paroxysm. Twenty years after the launch of the legendary Flowerbomb, Viktor & Rolf rewrite their floral manifesto with Flowerbomb Extreme Eau de Parfum, revealed in early 2025. Conceived as the ultimate detonation of the flower bomb, this new interpretation intensifies the gourmand sensuality by injecting a raspberry-tea accord that blows up the original composition. The Dutch designers entrusted the score to the historic quartet Domitille Michalon-Bertier, Olivier Polge, Carlos Benaïm and Dominique Ropion, already the authors of the original juice, in order to preserve the DNA while elevating the signature toward a creamy-oriental voluptuousness.
Composition: raspberry explodes, tea sets Flowerbomb Extreme ablaze
A “Floral Oriental Gourmand” signature revisited by the founding quartet
To push Flowerbomb to the paroxysm of pleasure, noses Domitille Michalon-Bertier, Olivier Polge, Carlos Benaïm and Dominique Ropion keep the jasmine-rose-patchouli DNA, but enrich it with a raspberry–black tea accord that energizes the opening and extends the freshness in a juice concentrated at 20 percent essences. The result: a more is more fragrance where fruity gourmand quality lightens the oriental opulence without betraying Viktor&Rolf's couture signature.
Detailed olfactory pyramid
1. Top notes: crisp raspberry and smoking black tea
The opening combines a juicy raspberry extracted by supercritical CO2, a subtly smoky Assam black tea and a burst of Calabrian bergamot that injects citrus brightness into this red jam.
2. Heart notes: incandescent white bouquet
The heart bursts into a floral quartet: sambac jasmine, centifolia rose, freesia and orange blossom. The jasmine brings sun-kissed sensuality, the rose its honeyed voluptuousness, the orange blossom a creamy facet, while the freesia offers a pear-peppery touch that carries on the fruity freshness.
3. Base notes: couture patchouli and extreme vanilla bean
The base is rooted in an Indonesian patchouli softened by Peru balsam and an overdosed vanilla bean absolute, responsible for the crème brûlée facet that lingers on skin for more than ten hours.
Family and sensory profile
Classified as Floral Oriental Gourmand, Flowerbomb Extreme oscillates between the opulence of great orientals (vanilla plus patchouli), the lushness of a white bouquet and the modernity of a raspberry–black tea coulis. Projection exceeds one meter during the first hour, before turning into a creamy halo that lasts until the next day.
Sourcing and sustainable development
• Patchouli: fair-trade supply chain in Sumatra, local distillation reducing the carbon footprint.
• Vanilla bean: Rainforest Alliance certified pods from Madagascar, slow infusion.
• Black tea: ethical plantations in Assam, smoked absolute without combustion.
Development on skin and layering tips
0 to 2 hours: bright raspberry and bergamot, club-like projection;
2 to 6 hours: creamy floral heart, 80 cm halo;
6 hours plus: vanilla-patchouli, intimate sillage.
To enhance the gourmand character, layer with a vanilla-cocoa body lotion; to lighten the opening, spray a green tea mist before Extreme.