Saint PetalFloral Green Extrait Extrême

Saint Petal by Born to Stand Out is a niche floral, green and woody Extrait Extrême, unisex, by Jordi Fernández. A crushed violet, damp and bitter, laid on a base of oud and leather.

A line aged for three months in Korean jars

Born to Stand Out is a Seoul-based house, launched in 2022 by Jun Lim, a former investment banker turned creator. Its slogan says it all: “Why fit in if you were born to stand out?” But the Extrait Extrême line goes further than the rest of the catalogue: the juices are concentrated between 55 and 62%, overdosed with natural oud, and above all aged for three months in onggi, the traditional Korean earthenware jars that have been used for centuries to ferment kimchi and sauces. This slow maceration in porous pottery is a method the house claims as unique. The line was presented at Esxence, in Milan, in February 2025; Saint Petal is one of its latest additions. 50 ml bottle.

An opening of orange blossom, cumin and dust

Orange blossom and bergamot first give a clean, almost polished brightness. But cumin and a note of dust keep it from being entirely clean: from the very first seconds, something warm and slightly dirty hides behind the petals.

A heart of violet leaves, jasmine sambac and coffee

The violet leaves then unfold. Obtained by extraction from the fresh leaf of the sweet violet, they bring a damp, earthy greenness, somewhere between a cut stem, wet soil and cucumber skin. Jasmine sambac thickens on the skin, coffee darkens the whole, incense adds its dry, resinous smoke, and akigalawood a woody facet.

A base of amyris, vetiver, oud and leather

Amyris and vetiver lay down dry woods, cistus its resin. Then oud and leather stay close to the skin: the house describes a finish of smoke, dry woods and something almost burnt, settled into the crushed flower.

The house's signature

The subject is not a violet, it is a violet that has been trampled. The house starts from an image: a small, perfect flower fallen to the ground and stepped on. The petals crumple, the stem breaks, the leaves tear and release a green sap. And that is where the flower becomes interesting: damaged, damp, darker and more bitter than in its intact form. Jun Lim sums up the idea this way: flowers that look perfect but, once crushed, reveal something else entirely. Hence the choice to work with the violet leaf rather than its flower: it is the greenness of the broken stem, not the sweetness of the bouquet, that carries the fragrance. Jordi Fernández also signed Purple Stain, Melón Malo and Drunk Lovers Extrait Extrême in the same line.

For whom, for what occasions?

Floral, green and woody, this extrait is for those who love flowers as long as they have some bite. Its damp greenness makes it striking by day, its depth of oud and leather carries it into the evening. Highly concentrated, it should be applied sparingly and is worn equally well by women and men.

With Saint Petal Born to Stand Out, Jordi Fernández crushes a violet to release its sap.