Volcano is a luxurious complex scent, an oriental spicy blend in which resins bathe in sweet rose sending spicy splashes in every direction (like a fuming Volcano).
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
This is a fragrance for close quarters and decisive entrances: a dim room, a low voice, a jacket still carrying the day’s heat. Its smoky sweetness feels most compelling when the air is cool and the setting is intimate enough for the resinous trail to unfold slowly.
How to wear
Best in autumn and winter, or on cool evenings when its resins and incense can breathe without turning heavy. Two to four sprays are usually enough; on skin it feels warm and enveloping, while on fabric it projects a darker, longer-lasting smoky sweetness.
Who it’s for
For wearers who like spicy-woody fragrances with resinous depth, smoky incense and a touch of sweetness. It suits someone drawn to bold, textured scents with a dark, elegant profile rather than airy freshness.
Release year
2018
The nose
Jordi Fernández. A Barcelona-based Givaudan perfumer, Fernández is known for polished, expressive compositions that balance texture, contrast and strong diffusion. His work often moves between spice, woods, resins and modern sensuality, with a clear architectural sense of progression. For Volcano, he builds a dramatic rise and fall around the idea of eruption: a spicy-floral opening, a smoky resinous core and a deep, lingering base. The result fits his style well, showing his ability to turn a conceptual brief into a fragrance with both movement and presence.
Collaborators
Sara Carner shaped the concept and creative brief, drawing on Catalonia’s volcanic heritage and the Black Collection’s Mediterranean storytelling. Jordi Fernández translated that vision into the finished formula, using contrast and progression to evoke eruption, ash and renewal.
CARNER’s story
Carner Barcelona builds its identity around Mediterranean culture, local craftsmanship and a strong sense of place. Founded by Sara and Joaquim Carner, the house treats perfume as storytelling, with each composition rooted in Barcelona’s spirit and made with an emphasis on quality materials and artisanal detail.
Volcano’s concept
Volcano was created in 2018 for Carner Barcelona’s Black Collection, inspired by Sara Carner’s connection to Catalonia’s volcanic landscape. The composition was conceived as a sensory eruption, moving from lush spice and resin into a darker, drier, more scorched terrain before settling into a lasting woody trail.
Extra info
Volcano is the fourth fragrance in Carner Barcelona’s Black Collection. The house also suggests layering it with Cuirs through its Perfume Fusion program, and the bottle follows Carner’s signature solid, wood-inspired design language.
Volcano is a luxurious complex scent, an oriental spicy blend in which resins bathe in sweet rose sending spicy splashes in every direction (like a fuming Volcano).
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
This is a fragrance for close quarters and decisive entrances: a dim room, a low voice, a jacket still carrying the day’s heat. Its smoky sweetness feels most compelling when the air is cool and the setting is intimate enough for the resinous trail to unfold slowly.
How to wear
Best in autumn and winter, or on cool evenings when its resins and incense can breathe without turning heavy. Two to four sprays are usually enough; on skin it feels warm and enveloping, while on fabric it projects a darker, longer-lasting smoky sweetness.
Who it’s for
For wearers who like spicy-woody fragrances with resinous depth, smoky incense and a touch of sweetness. It suits someone drawn to bold, textured scents with a dark, elegant profile rather than airy freshness.
Release year
2018
The nose
Jordi Fernández. A Barcelona-based Givaudan perfumer, Fernández is known for polished, expressive compositions that balance texture, contrast and strong diffusion. His work often moves between spice, woods, resins and modern sensuality, with a clear architectural sense of progression. For Volcano, he builds a dramatic rise and fall around the idea of eruption: a spicy-floral opening, a smoky resinous core and a deep, lingering base. The result fits his style well, showing his ability to turn a conceptual brief into a fragrance with both movement and presence.
Collaborators
Sara Carner shaped the concept and creative brief, drawing on Catalonia’s volcanic heritage and the Black Collection’s Mediterranean storytelling. Jordi Fernández translated that vision into the finished formula, using contrast and progression to evoke eruption, ash and renewal.
CARNER’s story
Carner Barcelona builds its identity around Mediterranean culture, local craftsmanship and a strong sense of place. Founded by Sara and Joaquim Carner, the house treats perfume as storytelling, with each composition rooted in Barcelona’s spirit and made with an emphasis on quality materials and artisanal detail.
Volcano’s concept
Volcano was created in 2018 for Carner Barcelona’s Black Collection, inspired by Sara Carner’s connection to Catalonia’s volcanic landscape. The composition was conceived as a sensory eruption, moving from lush spice and resin into a darker, drier, more scorched terrain before settling into a lasting woody trail.
Extra info
Volcano is the fourth fragrance in Carner Barcelona’s Black Collection. The house also suggests layering it with Cuirs through its Perfume Fusion program, and the bottle follows Carner’s signature solid, wood-inspired design language.