Thorn & Bloom
A rose with an edge — real Damask rose over oud and pepper, dark and modern, nothing old-fashioned about it.
₹6,500
Also available: 30ml — ₹4,500
The signature
The Performance
Built on real gulab — Damask rose attar from Pushkar, distilled the traditional way. Most rose fragrances use synthetics; this one carries the real petal, which is why it smells alive rather than soapy. IFRA-compliant · batch GC/MS-verified.
What these measures mean
Full ingredient list
Alcohol Denat., Parfum (Fragrance), Aqua (Water), Citronellol, Geraniol, Linalool, Citral, Eugenol, Farnesol.
The allergens named occur naturally within the essential oils — we declare them in full rather than hide behind “parfum.” IFRA-compliant and batch GC/MS-verified; the profile shifts a little with each harvest. More on how a scent is built →
Refill & save. Send back your empty ARKEN bottle and refill it for ₹5,200 — ₹1,300 less, and one fewer bottle made.
Posted anywhere in India. We credit the ₹250 back toward your full bottle.
Be sure before you buy — order a 2 ml sample first. Sealed bottles are returnable within 30 days.
Layers beautifully with After the Silence. The pairing guide →
Gulab is the Damask rose grown and distilled across northern India — fuller and jammier than the Bulgarian grade. We paired it with a dark oud-patchouli base and a snap of pepper so it reads contemporary and unisex, the opposite of a powdery, old-fashioned rose.
The rose from Pushkar, the patchouli and oud chosen to ground it. Real rose is expensive and fragile, but there is no faking the way it smells against skin.
For anyone — it is built unisex. To the throat and wrists, day or night. The oud base means it lasts and turns warmer as it dries down. Pairs well with skin in cool weather.
The arc
How it moves on skin.
Pink pepper and raspberry, tart and bright over the rose.
Real Damask rose blooms full and slightly jammy, peony keeping it fresh.
Oud, patchouli and sandalwood: a dark, warm base that turns the rose modern.
The specimen
Rose
The raw material of Thorn & Bloom, pressed and laid out like a herbarium plate — Rose · Gulab, before it becomes a fragrance.
Into the material archive →
The first wearers
What they say.
Honest notes from early-access wearers, before public launch — 4.5 average so far. Add yours.
A real rose — dark and a little thorny, never soapy.
Rose with backbone. Wears unisex on my husband too.
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Free shipping
Across India on every order, no minimum.
Try it first
Order a 2ml sample before the bottle. Unopened bottles are returnable within 30 days.
A 2ml sample, always
Tucked into every order — your next discovery, already chosen.
Gift, beautifully
A handwritten card and cap engraving at checkout.
Refill & return
Send the empty bottle back, refill for less, make one fewer.