Raphael

It opens with cardamom and pink berries, and rhubarb adds a green, tart edge that cuts through any sweetness. The heart moves into something floral and powdery, with iris leaning rooty, magnolia and honeysuckle around it, and nutmeg bringing warmth. The base is long and dry: Haitian vetiver, Atlas and Virginia cedar, and patchouli, over a base of white musks, cashmeran and ambroxan that keeps it close to the skin. Vanilla softens it without making it sweet.

Raphael is a musky, woody, floral extrait de parfum by SORA DORA, the French house, and it came out in 2026. The brand presents it as the portrait of a miner working underground and builds it with discreet materials, the kind that stay on the skin without announcing themselves. That is where the day-part progression the house describes comes from: violet in the morning, iris in the afternoon, and musk as the sun goes down.

As an extrait, it calls for a small amount and stays close. The house says it belongs to no particular season, although the dry base shines more in the cold. In SORA DORA, Mallow shares that powdery violet register and takes it into gourmand territory, and Vanuatu goes for sandalwood and spice if you want the same dryness with more body.

What does Raphael from SORA DORA smell like?

Raphael opens with cardamom, pink berries and rhubarb, moves through a heart of iris, magnolia and honeysuckle with nutmeg, and finishes with vetiver, cedar, patchouli and white musks with cashmeran and ambroxan. It is dry, powdery and stays close to the skin.

Who is the Raphael of SORA DORA?

Raphael gives its name to the SORA DORA perfume and was an underground miner. The house tells his portrait through discreet materials and divides the day between the violet of morning, the iris of afternoon and the musk of dusk.

Is Raphael from SORA DORA a unisex perfume?

Raphael is a unisex perfume. Fragrantica classifies it for men and women, and SORA DORA does not assign it a gender: its musky woody floral profile works equally well on anyone.

Is Raphael from SORA DORA an iris perfume?

Iris is at the center of Raphael, but it does not stand alone: the house supports it with magnolia and honeysuckle and grounds it on vetiver, cedar and white musks, so the iris comes across earthy and dry rather than floral and cold.

Alcohol Denat, Fragrance, Aqua, Cedrus Atlantica Oil/Extract, Citral, Juniperus Virginiana Oil, Rose Ketones, Coumarin, Pogostemon Cablin Leaf Oil, Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, Vanillin, Alpha-Isomethylionone, Pinene, Alpha-Terpinene, Terpineol, Beta-Caryophyllene, Cinnamyl Alcohol, Limonene, Geranyl Acetate, Linalol, Linalyl Acetate