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Editor’s note pending — every credited perfumer eventually gets a written profile here.
The compositions
Tender
Into The Oud
Jubilation 40 Man
Chypre Palatin
Chypre Palatin is a declaration of intent — a traditional chypre that doesn't apologize for its architecture.
Jubilation XXV Man
Jubilation XXV Man opens with a ceremonial density—frankincense and labdanum meet blackberry's dark sweetness, creating an atmosphere that feels both religious and indulgent.
Aedes de Venustas L'Artisan Parfumeur
Aedes de Venustas
Fahrenheit 0 Degree
Desir Infini
By Night White
Lothair Penhaligon's
Lothair opens with a crisp fig-leaf bitterness cut through by cardamom and citrus, a green-spiced introduction that feels more herbal garden than fruit bowl.
Lothair
Lothair opens with a rush of green fig leaf and bergamot that feels both fresh and slightly medicinal, sharpened by cardamom's resinous bite.
Oud Shamash
Spectre 575 149 Shadows of Bergamot
Spectre 575 - 149 Shadows Of Bergamot Alûstre
Oud for Love
Sartorial
Sartorial opens with a brisk snap of ginger and black pepper, tempered by cool violet leaf—like stepping into a tailor's shop where bolts of fabric meet morning air.
Sartorial Penhaligon's
Sartorial opens with a starched crispness—violet leaf and aldehydic neroli create that just-pressed linen sensation, while ginger and pepper add a dry, spiced warmth.
Dia Man
Dia Man opens with Amouage's characteristic ceremonial incense — frankincense and labdanum arriving together with cardamom adding spiced warmth and a slight citric edge.
Acqua di Parma Colonia Assoluta
The opening is bright citrus tempered by a warm cardamom haze, more rounded than the house's original Colonia.
Ostara
Ostara opens with a bracing clarity—mint and violet leaf create an almost green, crystalline brightness, tempered by bergamot's citrus warmth and the subtle rasp of pink pepper.
Ostara Penhaligon's
A green spring morning crystallized in scent, Ostara opens with a bright clash of mint and violet leaf that feels almost herbal—cool, vegetal, and slightly sharp.
Baklava Royale
Copal Azur
Copal Azur opens with a pale, resinous smoke — not the dark church incense of frankincense, but something cooler and almost mineral, like sun-warmed tree sap cracking open.
Esprit du Roi
Esprit du Roi Penhaligon's
Jardin Humanistes
Ice Yasmill
Ice Yasmill Francesca dell'Oro
Traversee du Bosphore
The pomegranate opening arrives tart and translucent, its wet seeds catching light before a smoky veil descends.
Traversee du Bosphore L'Artisan Parfumeur
**Traversée du Bosphore** opens with tart pomegranate, bright and slightly medicinal, before quickly settling into a smoky leather accord tinged with saffron's metallic warmth.
Paestum Rose Eau D'Italie
Despite its name, Paestum Rose delivers incense and resin rather than florals.
Paestum Rose
The first breath is bright pink pepper—almost fruity, slightly numbing—cut with black pepper's sharper bite.
Baume du Doge
Baume du Doge Eau D'Italie
Baume du Doge opens with a spiced citrus accord that reads as immediately Mediterranean — bergamot and orange providing the base brightness, cinnamon and cardamom layering in a dry, aromatic warmth that suggests the spice markets behind the perfume's Venetian name.
Comme des Garcons Series 5 Sherbet: Rhubarb
Noir Exquis
Noir Exquis opens with orange — a bright, zesty entry that doesn't linger long before orange blossom takes over in the heart, transitioning from fresh citrus to the richer, more narcotic floral.
Noir Exquis L'Artisan Parfumeur
Noir Exquis opens with orange — a bright, zesty entry that doesn't linger long before orange blossom takes over in the heart, transitioning from fresh citrus to the richer, more narcotic floral.
Comme des Garcons Series 5 Sherbet: Peppermint
Fahrenheit Summer
Mure et Musc Extrait de Parfum
Mure Et Musc Extrait de Parfum L'Artisan Parfumeur
La Belle Helene
The opening is pure, honeyed pear—not the candy-sweet version, but a ripe, slightly bruised fruit with a golden, almost fermented quality.
Roma Imperiale
Mon Numero 10
The opening carries a spiced warmth that refuses to shout—cinnamon and cardamom tempered by fennel's anise-green coolness and pink pepper's soft heat.
Mon Numero 10 L'Artisan Parfumeur
From L'Artisan's limited Mon Numero series — a spiced leather-floral of unusual depth.
Jardin du Poete Eau D'Italie
Jardin du Poete
Timbuktu L'Artisan Parfumeur
Timbuktu opens with a dusty whisper of pink pepper and cardamom that feels less like spice and more like warm air moving through an old stone building.
Timbuktu
Timbuktu opens with the warmth of cardamom and a faint pink pepper shimmer, immediately smoky and dry rather than spiced in the conventional sense.
Splendeur Absolu
Prima Rugiada
La Ravissante
Sublime Blossom
Rosmenthe
Rosmenthe Francesca dell'Oro
Woody Mood
The opening flares bright and resinous—bergamot cut with saffron's metallic warmth, ginger adding a dry heat rather than sweetness.
Tralala
Tralala Penhaligon's
Nous Sommes Amants M D
Nous Sommes Amants. M.D. D’ORSAY
Chocolate Queen
Faces of Francis
By Night Black
Faberlic by Valentin Yudashkin
I miss Violet
Carte Blanche
Dzongkha L'Artisan Parfumeur
Dzongkha opens with an unexpected pairing — peony's watery floral softness alongside cardamom's warm spice — before the composition reveals its true character: incense and vetiver pressing together in the heart, cedar adding a woody resinous scaffold.
Dzongkha
Dzongkha opens with an unexpected pairing — peony's watery floral softness alongside cardamom's warm spice — before the composition reveals its true character: incense and vetiver pressing together in the heart, cedar adding a woody resinous scaffold.
Acqua di Parma Blu Mediterraneo - Cipresso di Toscana
The opening is a brisk walk through a Tuscan herb garden after rain—petitgrain and rosemary cut through citrus, grounded by sage's earthy bite.
Nuit de Tubereuse
Pink pepper opens alone — sharp, slightly fermented, cutting through what follows.
Nuit de Tubereuse L'Artisan Parfumeur
Pink pepper opens alone — sharp, slightly fermented, cutting through what follows.
Vaara
Vaara opens with saffron's leathery warmth, an unusual introduction that feels more exotic pantry than traditional floral bouquet.
Vaara Penhaligon's
Vaara opens with saffron's distinctive warmth—not the leathery intensity found in some orientals, but a softer, almost honeyed thread that quickly gives way to a generous floral heart.
Orange Blossom
Penhaligon's Orange Blossom is a classic British feminine floral — structured, generously layered, and built to last.
Orange Blossom Penhaligon's
Penhaligon's Orange Blossom opens with unusual tension: violet leaf's cool, waxy edge meets neroli's sunlit freshness, with pink pepper introducing a light, almost fizzing spice.
Eau sans Pareil
Eau Sans Pareil Penhaligon's
Hidden on the Rooftops
Seville a l'Aube L'Artisan Parfumeur
Séville à l'Aube is named for Seville at daybreak — the moment when orange blossom hangs in the air alongside tobacco smoke and incense from all-night celebrations.
Seville a l'Aube
Séville à l'Aube is named for Seville at daybreak — the moment when orange blossom hangs in the air alongside tobacco smoke and incense from all-night celebrations.
Patchouli Patch L'Artisan Parfumeur
The opening is crisp and oddly clean for patchouli—star anise lends a cool, herbal clarity that scrubs away the usual earthiness, while white musk sits above it all like a veil of laundry dried in winter air.
Patchouli Patch
A soft, almost powdery take on patchouli that sidesteps the typical earthiness.
Mahni Cassonade
Soir Exclusif
Tender Light
Vanilla Vice
Bois d'Ombrie
Bois d’Ombrie Eau D'Italie
Bois d'Ombrie opens with an emphatically unusual set of top notes: cognac and whiskey give boozy, fermented warmth; carrot contributes a woody, earthy quality; calamus a reedy sweetness.
Dark Indulgence
Al Oudh L'Artisan Parfumeur
Al Oudh opens with a flicker of pink pepper and cardamom that quickly gives way to something darker and more textured.
Al Oudh
Al-Oudh opens with a distinctive cardamom-dusted orange blossom, the pink pepper adding a glittering sharpness that cuts through the sweetness.
Dubai Reverie
Gardez Moi
The opening accord of Gardez Moi is startling: black pepper and tomato leaf create an intensely green-peppery-vegetal impression that reads almost like a crushed stem held close.
To My Father
To My Father opens with a crisp citrus spark—bergamot and grapefruit—that quickly gives way to warm, resinous amber and the gentle rasp of leather.
Ambrosia Imperiale
The opening is a boozy wallop—dark rum, uncut and unapologetic, with a faint drift of saffron threading through the sweetness.
Amaranthine Penhaligon's
Amaranthine opens with a sheer freesia veil punctuated by cardamom's green spice—an airy introduction that quickly gives way to something richer.
Amaranthine
Amaranthine opens with a bright snap of freesia tempered by cardamom's resinous warmth, bypassing the usual citrus fanfare for something more deliberate.
Eau D'Italie Eau D'Italie
Eau d'Italie
Chypre Shot
Leather Shot
Irupe Francesca dell'Oro
Irupe
Amarige d'Amour
Cherry Prive
Rappelle Toi
Rappelle-Toi opens with a single snap of pink pepper before gardenia takes over — a heavy, heady floral made stranger by the incense and frankincense that share the heart.
Rappelle-Toi L'Artisan Parfumeur
Rappelle-Toi opens with a single snap of pink pepper before gardenia takes over — a heavy, heady floral made stranger by the incense and frankincense that share the heart.
S T Dupont pour Femme
The melon and blackcurrant arrive cold and dewy, brushed with galbanum's green bitterness—a fruit-forward opening that nods to the late nineties without tipping into pure nostalgia.
S.T. Dupont pour Femme S.T. Dupont
A perfume that bridges the melon-heavy aesthetic of late nineties feminines with a surprisingly green, somewhat formal foundation.
Incognito
Pont d'Or
Pont d'Or opens with a sharp citrus clarity—grapefruit and bergamot that cut clean and bright before giving way almost immediately to softer territory.
Sienne l´Hiver Eau D'Italie
Sienne l'Hiver
Dance Among The Lace
Onde Sensuelle L'Artisan Parfumeur
Onde Sensuelle
Virtus
Into The Oud Astrophil & Stella
Lost in a Dream
Fleur de Liane L'Artisan Parfumeur
The first breath is crisp and green, like stepping into a conservatory at dawn.
Fleur de Liane
The name suggests something climbing, twisting—and the perfume unfolds with that same sinuous movement.
Царевна Лебедь
The name evokes Bilibin's Swan Princess — a figure of luminous grace from Russian folklore — and the fragrance holds some of that lightness.
Carevna Lebed
The name evokes Bilibin's Swan Princess — a figure of luminous grace from Russian folklore — and the fragrance holds some of that lightness.
Crème Exquis
Citrus Batikanga
Lune De Miel
Vanilla Shot
Frescoamaro
Signature S.T. Dupont
Signature
Amour Infinite
Comme des Garcons Series 5 Sherbet: Cinnamon
Havana Vanille (Vanille Absolument) L'Artisan Parfumeur
The opening is warm and immediate—a boozy vanilla laced with clove, like the interior of a tobacco shop that doubles as a rum bar.
Havana Vanille Vanille Absolument
The opening is a plush wave of vanilla sharpened by clove—warm and almost narcotic, with none of the timid sweetness that defines lesser vanilla scents.
Mur Mur
1697
The opening is unmistakably boozy—dark rum sweetened with a prickle of pink pepper, like standing near oak barrels in a cellar where cognac has aged for generations.