New Wave is the extrait de parfum that Merit launched on October 22, 2026, the brand’s second fragrance after Retrospect. Dominique Ropion and Meabh McCurtin open pink pepper and angelica onto orange blossom and ylang-ylang, above an amber base of benzoin, labdanum, olibanum, tobacco and vanilla.
Dominique Ropion and Meabh McCurtin open New Wave with pink pepper and angelica seed. The heart brings together orange blossom and ylang-ylang, in a honeyed floral accord. The very rich base assembles benzoin, labdanum, olibanum, patchouli, a tobacco accord, vanilla and tonka bean, with ambroxan, musk, cypriol, vetiver, cedar and oakwood.
The brand sees in it a balance between bright optimism and a deep, sensual base: green aromatic notes accompany the pink pepper at the opening, and incense, woods and vanilla settle the fragrance.
An amber floral
Sephora places it among warm florals. Britt Fallon of NewBeauty reads it as an amber floral with a smoky, resinous warmth, softened by vanilla and tonka bean.
What the label declares
The list published by Sephora in the United States opens with denatured alcohol and fragrance. It declares cananga oil or extract, Virginia cedar oil, bitter orange flower oil and patchouli oil, vanillin, and regulated allergens: coumarin, linalool, limonene, benzyl benzoate, farnesol, benzyl salicylate and geraniol.
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