Rubus Rose vs Sparkling Opal

Shared character

Both Rubus Rose and Sparkling Opal feature a combination of rose, cedarwood, sandalwood, musk, guaiac wood, and saffron. They both share woody, powdery, and warm spicy accords.

How they differ

Rubus Rose is characterized by raspberry and unique accords of fruity, sweet, metallic, musky, and rose. In contrast, Sparkling Opal contains jasmine, pepper, ciste labdanum, elemi, vanilla, iris/orris, leather, incense/olibanum, nutmeg, cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, oud/agarwood, cedar, labdanum, frankincense, amyris, orris root, and elemi resin. These ingredients contribute to unique accords in Sparkling Opal such as leather, spicy, oriental, creamy, resinous, balsamic, fresh spicy, iris, and vanilla.

Who each suits

Rubus Rose suits those who prefer fruity, sweet, and metallic profiles. Sparkling Opal suits those who prefer leather, spicy, oriental, creamy, resinous, balsamic, fresh spicy, iris, or vanilla profiles.