Crystal Emerald Eau de Parfum

Frankincense is not what anyone expects to find in a pink fruity floral, and it is the reason Versace Crystal Emerald Eau de Parfum is worth more than a passing glance. It arrived in 2025. The opening is conventional and attractive. Bergamot gives the citrus lift, peach a soft fuzzy sweetness and pink pepper a rosy spark, and for the first ten minutes the fragrance behaves exactly as the bottle suggests it will.

The middle holds rose and jasmine with raspberry pressed against them, so the flowers come across as fuller and jammier than they would on their own. Still familiar, still easy to like, and still some way short of being the reason to buy the bottle. Then the base changes the argument. Frankincense brings smoke and a cool dry resin, which is a serious material to put under fruit, and tonka bean adds a powdery sweetness that softens the join while white musk keeps the whole thing clean. The result is a scent that starts like a crowd pleaser and finishes with something to say for itself.

It holds on well at eau de parfum strength and projects moderately rather than aggressively. It reads feminine, belongs to autumn and to evening wear rather than to high summer, and will appeal to anyone who has worn the lighter fruity florals for years and wants more depth from one.

A Milan house since 1978, Versace works across fashion, fragrance, interiors and hospitality, and Donatella Versace has been at its head since her brother died. Perfume is one of the places where the house has stayed consistent for decades, and this is a recent example of it taking a small risk inside a very familiar format.