L’Eau Rosée

Miu Miu now builds L’Eau Rosée on three stages: a lychee accord at the top, a lily of the valley accord at the heart, white musks at the base. Lily of the valley is the house’s signature, the one of its first perfume.

The 2018 composition was different. The house then described a lily of the valley and blackcurrant buds tightly wrapped in musks, and Now Smell This also listed gardenia, bergamot, tuberose, jasmine, white pepper, honeysuckle, ginger and cedar.

What the label declares

Behind the alcohol, fragrance and water, the list names many natural oils: bergamot, bitter orange peel, geranium flower, ylang-ylang, patchouli, jasmine and rose. It also names an ultraviolet filter and four colorants, two reds, one violet and one yellow.

What the list adds

The list carries neither lychee nor lily of the valley under their own names. It does, however, reveal what the house leaves unsaid: rose, jasmine, ylang-ylang and geranium, bergamot and patchouli, and vanillin.