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The Art of Contrast

Rosa Carnivora Dries Van Noten 2022

7.3 / 10 57 Ratings

A perfume by Dries Van Noten for women and men, released in 2022. The scent is floral-spicy. It is being marketed by Puig.
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Main accords

Floral

Spicy

Green

Fresh

Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Rosa centifolia

Damask rose

Pink pepper

Heart Notes

Floral notes

Haitian vetiver

Base Notes

Cistus

Indonesian patchouli

Perfumer

Daphné Bugey

Ratings

Scent

7.357 Ratings

Longevity

7.136 Ratings

Sillage

6.144 Ratings

Bottle

8.351 Ratings

Value for money

5.427 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone · last update on 02/05/2026.

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Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the The Art of Contrast collection.

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Reviews

5 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/27/2024

5Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

Byrehoe
212 Reviews

Byrehoe

2

dowager rose

Chewy, musky black rose that is decidedly sugar-free. There’s also something that rings of anise or hard liquorice to me. Not like Redvines liquorice, but the hardtack Swedish stuff that punishes you for eating it. I know the goal for this scent was a raw, thorny rose but I just couldn’t shake the dank, mulchy soil notes. I also felt it was a bit too “mature” for my taste – I distinctly recall smelling a similar rose on my bisnonna.

Longevity: at least 6h; I couldn’t take any more and had to bubble bath it off

Mental Snapshot: Rain falls heavily, drenching the procession as they forge through your well-topiaried garden. However, you remain dry as old Egbert’s ashes. On your left: Leonie, the delicious estate attorney, clutching your arm. On your right: Waldemar, your winsome manservant, holding your umbrella. A shame your husband accidentally died… on purpose.

Tl;dr: must be worn with a mink and cigarette holder.

02/04/2026

6Scent 6Longevity 4Sillage

Sandalocloud
178 Reviews

Sandalocloud

1

Prickly creamy rose

Opens up as a spicy almost pungent pink rose. It settles into a creamy rose that has the dustiness of vetiver and a lot of comforting creaminess. I find this to be elegant, but also really easy-going and since the spice from the pepper tones down a lot on clothing, the fragrance becomes creamy like lotion and soft. Also, I think I know where carnivora comes from… there is an animalic finish on the skin many hours later. Haven’t seen many mention this, but it turns dirty on skin, not clothes.

Nicely put together, nothing out of the ordinary imo.

Updated on 02/05/2026

01/16/2025

10Scent 7Longevity 4Sillage

Connie
336 Reviews

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Connie

Helpful Review 4

Shyness can be so attractive..

A beautiful, very feminine, slightly peppery but unfortunately very soft rose scent. The fragrance is very classic and very elegant with a bit of edge from pink pepper and citron.

Vetiver is usually a big no-go for me. Vetiver has ruined so many perfumes for me, but miracles happen, because here vetiver is very soft and beautifully integrated, fitting like a glove to this delicate elegant rose.

The centifolia. It is so beautifully delicate. Almost transparent, it shimmers in the dawn. It is very bright, almost see-through, and has large dewdrops on its petals. In the background, vetiver grows, and with the gentle wind, it occasionally receives a green, soothing breeze from it. At the base, patchouli grows, slightly green and mild. The patchouli is mild and only slightly earthy.

In short, a very elegant rose scent that has a hint of aquatic quality. The fragrance is relatively unsweet and lightly dry with a bit of spice. The longevity is quite good, but it is a very close-to-skin and almost shy rose, yet perhaps that is what makes it so attractive and beautiful.

Updated on 01/28/2025

10/27/2022

8Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

GratWanderer
228 Reviews

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GratWanderer

Helpful Review 3

Well-composed, spicy-fresh rose scent

Oh, I’ll say it right away: The opening is amazing. I’m not a rose person, but this rugged rose, interpreted in various ways, herbaceous-green, dry, and then this striking pink pepper, a brilliant combination. The contrast between romantic and wild is really interestingly staged.

15-20 minutes in, unfortunately, the pepper fades away fairly quickly, but that’s okay, a beautiful, rugged vetiver takes its place. Alongside the dry rose from the start, other subtle, matte flowers emerge, a hint of jasmine and maybe even iris, beautifully shifting with the herbaceous vetiver and a tiny remnant of pepper. Overall, it’s now a bit less edgy, no longer as boldly contrasting as in the top note.

In the dry down, there’s a yellowish, slightly musty-dried cistus rose, but also a continuing greenish-herbaceous rose from the heart, a violet-green, rather fresh patchouli, natural, slightly sweet.

Overall, for me, it’s a truly top-notch rose scent, exciting facets, great contrasts, good transitions, nothing artificial. Beautifully composed and structured, only the pepper could have lasted a bit longer. For me, it’s still fairly unisex wearable due to the spiciness and green notes.

[tested on skin]

12/01/2024

7Scent 6Sillage

Maris
110 Reviews

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Maris

1

no gong strike

It's not to my taste, even though it's good. The sample was given to me by the saleswoman. I wouldn't have chosen it myself, a) because of the vetiver, which I know I don't like, and b) because of the bottle, which I don't find appealing, so I would never buy it.
The scent is quite good, hence the 7 points, but it somehow feels too watery to me, watery rose, and then with pepper or cardamom, it reminds me exactly of cardamom, and somehow woody. But not dry, warm, full wood and not ethereal forest wood, rather like dry twigs - maybe with a bit of leaf green attached. It also smells somewhat "green," but for me, it's indefinable what kind of green; it could also be leaves and stems of flowers in a flower shop, which might fit the cistus that is supposed to be included, although I don't know what cistus smells like.
As I said, it is indeed well made and quite elegant. The vetiver here is also not so dusty dry and hitting hard like it often is, so it can be tolerated well even if you are not a vetiver fan. That works. I have to wash off other vetiver scents after thirty minutes because I can't stand them on my arm, but that's not the case with this one. For those who are only so-so with vetiver, this scent is definitely worth a test.
The sillage is very moderate - if you don't spray too much. However, I wouldn't wear it to a meal because I find it too dominant in its scent direction for that - it distracts.
Somehow this scent doesn't connect with me or with the surroundings. Even after half an hour, it still only seems to be localized at the spot where I sprayed it, and it feels foreign and not warm at all. That's also one of the reasons why it doesn't go beyond 7 points for me. It doesn't create an aura and remains distant. Overall, I find it a bit boring. It doesn't disturb and doesn't overwhelm its surroundings, like the first scent from Agent Provocateur did - which, by the way, it reminds me of - and is therefore more wearable than Agent Provocateur was. But for that very reason, it is also less interesting. You either loved or hated Agent Provocateur; it was interesting, it was a gong strike, this one is not.

Updated on 12/01/2024