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Editor’s note pending — every credited perfumer eventually gets a written profile here.
The compositions
Fleur De Figuier Eau De Parfum
Innamorata Lovely Rose
Perle Rare
Narciso Rodriguez Musc Oil for Him
Le Male Collector's Snow Globe
Le Male X-Mas Edition 2020
Garden Roses
Le Male Silver My Skin
Ultra Male
Ultra Male opens with a jolt of sweetness—candied pear and mint collide over lavender, creating something between a barbershop and a patisserie.
Tudor Rose
Le Parfum Eclat d'Or
Hawthorn Bloom
Reverie
Ellie Saab le Parfum l'Edition Argent
Le Male Eau de Toilette Airlines
Le Parfum Edition Feuilles d'Or
Enlevement au Serail
Le Parfum Eau de Parfum Intense
Orange blossom opens with a creamy, almost honeyed richness that feels more like nectar than citrus.
My Burberry Black Elixir de Parfum
Baccarat Rouge 540 Extrait de Parfum
The extrait amplifies what made the original Baccarat Rouge 540 so pervasive, trading airiness for intensity.
L'Extase Rose Absolue
The pepper opening feels almost abrasive—a sharp, dry heat that clears the air before anything sweet arrives.
My Burberry Black Parfum Limited Edition
Baccarat Rouge 540 Extrait Limited Edition
Le Male Love Actually
Le Male les d'Ete 2005
White Soul Gold & Diamonds
Miracle Homme
Miracle Homme stakes its character on an unusual premise: coffee as a structural note rather than a novelty.
Miracle Homme Lancôme
Miracle Homme opens on a notably earthy oakmoss note—unusual for an opening accord, it grounds the fragrance immediately in something green and mossy before you've settled into it.
Miracle Homme L'Aquatonic Lancôme
Miracle Homme l'Aquatonic
Soleil Matin
Le Parfum l'Edition Or
Dior Homme Cologne
Ma Dame Rose N Roll
Aquazur
Amyris Homme
Amyris Homme opens with a jolt of rosemary—green, medicinal, slightly camphorous—that clears the air before settling into something far stranger.
Fragile Eau de Toilette
The opening is a soft blur of raspberry and citrus, sweetened but not syrupy, with pink pepper adding a gentle prickle.
Rose Barbare
Rose Barbare opens with a heady rose so concentrated it borders on indolic—rich, slightly plummy, with an unexpected peach-like sweetness that softens the initial impact.
Fleur du Mâle
Fleur du Mâle strips the original Le Mâle down to hesperidic essentials, replacing vanilla and lavender with a focused study in bitter orange.
Elie Saab Le Parfum Eau de Toilette
The eau de toilette version of Le Parfum opens with a clearer, more crystalline presence than its parfum counterpart.
Classique Intense
The original Classique's voluptuous curve gets sharpened here with a darker, more insistent edge.
Eau Noire
Eau Noire opens with a rush of medicinal aromatics—sage and thyme that feel almost apothecary-sharp, bitter-green and unsweetened.
Fleur de Figuier Roger & Gallet
Fleur de Figuier opens with an unexpected cumin note that adds a dusty, savory edge to the bright grapefruit.
Fleur de Figuier
The opening is tart and slightly savory, grapefruit cutting through cumin's earthy warmth in a way that feels more Mediterranean garden than spice market.
Custo Man
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Armani Mania
Armani Mania opens with a bright jolt of pink pepper and blackcurrant, the citrus tempered by a berry sharpness that feels modern rather than sweet.
Fleur de Figuier Eau de Parfum Roger & Gallet
Aquasun
Fragile
Fragile opens with an unusual combination: ginger and star anise alongside Bulgarian rose and bergamot, the spice and citrus creating an almost culinary brightness before the florals reveal themselves.
Narciso Rodriguez For Her Eau de Toilette Limited Edition 2022
Le Parfum in White
Le Parfum in White opens brightly with orange blossom and bergamot — the citrus-floral signature Elie Saab has refined across the line.
Aqua Celestia Forte
Aqua Celestia Forte opens with a sharpened brightness—petitgrain and mint collide with lime in a way that feels less aquatic than electric.
Kenzo World Fantasy Collection Eau de Parfum Intense
Eikon
A La Rose
The first breath is startling—a pure, saturated rose that fills the room before it even touches skin.
Rose Extase
Carven l'Eau Intense
L'Eau Intense opens with a sharp medicinal quality—mint and grapefruit collide in a brisk, almost mentholated wave that feels deliberate and unapologetic.
Le Parfum Resort Collection (2017)
Cerisier en Fleurs
The first encounter is powdery and close—almond softened into a milky sweetness that recalls marzipan rather than raw kernels.
L'eau À la Rose
The pear arrives vivid and cool, almost transparent—barely sweet, more like morning dew on fruit skin than syrup.
L'Eau a la Rose
L'Eau à la Rose opens with a burst of clean, aqueous pear that feels more like dew on petals than actual fruit.
Narciso Rodriguez For Her
The musk arrives first—not powdery or sharp, but a radiating warmth that feels almost tactile.
Le Parfum
Le Parfum opens with a bright rush of orange blossom that quickly softens into a radiant jasmine heart—creamy, indolic, almost honeyed.
My Burberry Black
My Burberry Black opens with a plush jasmine that carries more weight than brightness, immediately signaling something richer and more grounded than its predecessor.
Ferre Rose Diamond Limited Edition
Le Male
Le Male opens with a sharp jolt of mint and lavender—barbershop brisk, but warmer than expected.
Acqua di Parma Iris Nobile
The first spray delivers a flash of bright bergamot and orange laced with star anise—a licorice-tinged sweetness that frames the iris before it fully arrives.
Aqua Universalis Forte
Aqua Universalis Forte opens with a burst of sharp bergamot that feels almost citric-white, like sunlight through steam.
Le Parfum Lumière
Cologne Blanche
Empyreal
Reserve Exclusif
Lily Chic
L'Eau Couture
L'Eau Couture opens with magnolia's creamy brightness, that particular green-tinged whiteness that hovers between floral and soapy without committing to either.
Promesse de l'Aube
Narciso Rodriguez for Her Eau de Parfum
The signature arrives as a soft declaration: white musk, more skin than soap, paired with a barely-there rose that feels abstract rather than floral.
Lolitaland
Lolitaland opens with a bracingly tart citrus quartet—lime and grapefruit lead, sharp and juicy, with a subtle peachy roundness softening the edges.
Lady Vengeance
Lady Vengeance opens with a sharp lavender-bergamot strike that feels almost cologne-crisp, but the brightness doesn't last long.
Burberry Her Intense
Burberry Her Intense doubles down on the original's fruity-floral premise and deepens it through concentration.
Cuir Sensuel
Amyris Femme
Amyris Femme opens with a translucent pear note that feels more like light through fruit than fruit itself—cool, faintly sweet, almost watery.
Chant d'Extase
The opening is bright and slightly prickling—pink pepper and ginger create a warm, fizzy sharpness softened by raspberry's sweet-tart juice.
Kenzo World Fantasy Collection Eau de Toilette
My Burberry Blush
My Burberry Blush opens with a bright citrus snap—lemon zest cutting through the air before pomegranate adds a tart, juice-stained sweetness.
Aqua Celestia
A blast of mint and lime jolts the senses awake, cool and sharp as a wet stone.
Aqua Vitae Forte
The opening fizzes with citrus and pink pepper, bright enough to feel like sunlight on water, but there's an immediate warmth underneath that keeps it from turning sharp.
Rose de Siwa
Narciso Rodriguez For Her Pink Edition
Burberry Her
The opening is a soft-edged fruit basket—raspberry and strawberry mostly, with a faint tartness from currant and blackberry that keeps it from turning into candy.
Ungaro 2007
A perfume that leads with warmth rather than the expected floral flourish.
Monsieur Eau du Matin
Ma Dame Eau Fraiche
The opening is bright citrus with teeth—orange and grapefruit that feel less spa-fresh and more like a deliberate slice through sweetness.
Mr. Burberry Indigo
The opening is bracingly citric, all cold lemon rind and grapefruit pith sharpened by aromatic rosemary.
Miss Dior Parfum (2024)
Miss Dior Parfum opens with a plush, almost syrupy embrace of apricot and peach, ripe enough to feel indulgent but held in check by the formulation's weight.
Le Parfum Resort Collection
Le Parfum Resort Collection opens with a sunlit fig and orange blossom pairing that feels crisp and honeyed at once, like walking through a Mediterranean garden in late morning.
Baccarat Rouge 540
The opening is a luminous clash—saffron's metallic warmth meets jasmine's indolic sweetness, creating something neither floral nor spicy but strangely airborne.
Aqua Celestia Cologne Forte
The opening bursts with bright bergamot and tart blackcurrant, a vivid citrus-fruit pairing that feels almost effervescent against the skin.
Mr. Burberry Eau de Parfum
Mint and tarragon kick open with herbal freshness that would read as summer if the cardamom didn't arrive immediately and steer things warmer.
Eau de Fleur de Yuzu
Ferre Rose
Ferre Rose opens with bruised peach and pomegranate, a soft fruit accord that feels ripe rather than candied.
Carven Le Parfum
Carven Le Parfum opens with a flash of apricot that feels both candied and faintly tart, like biting into fruit preserved in syrup.
Burberry Her Blossom
A lighter, softer evolution of the original Her flanker, Burberry Her Blossom leads with a gentle spark of pink pepper that quickly softens into blooming peony.
Muse
Muse Joop!
Baccarat Rouge 540 Extrait Limited Edition 2021
Green Tea
A crisp, transparent fragrance built around the astringency of green tea rather than the sweetness of white florals.
L’Eau de Toilette
The peony opening is soft and watery, like cut stems dripping on a marble counter.
Aqua Media Cologne Forte
The opening is a burst of bergamot so vivid it feels almost aqueous, like citrus peel squeezed over cold water.
Collection Été
My Burberry Eau de Toilette
The opening is crisp and green, like rain-soaked linen drying on a spring morning—bergamot cuts through with a tart clarity before peony and freesia unfold in soft, airy waves.
L'Extase Caresse de Roses
L'Extase Caresse de Roses opens with a soft wash of pear and bergamot that feels more like sweetened air than fruit—translucent, immediate, gone within minutes.
Le Male Stimulating Body Spray 2006
L’Extase
The opening announces itself immediately: bright pear and peach warmed by pink pepper's subtle bite, creating a juicy sweetness that feels modern but not cloying.
Elie Saab Le Parfum Rose Couture
Orange blossom and bergamot lift the rose at the opening, bright and lightly soapy, with peony adding a sheer, watery dimension that keeps the first impression from feeling too dense.
Cool Water Woman Wave
My Burberry Limited Edition
My Burberry
My Burberry opens with a bright citrus trio—lemon, grapefruit, bergamot—that quickly gives way to the heart of the composition: a soft, powdery gardenia flanked by peach and freesia.
Rumeur
Rumeur opens with a sheer magnolia that feels more like filtered daylight than floral density—pale, clean, slightly watery.
Jesus Del Pozo In White
In White opens with a whisper of bergamot that barely announces itself before dissolving into a soft floral haze.
Carven l'Absolu
Eau de Fleur de Prunier
Ma Dame
Ma Dame opens with a bright jolt of orange that quickly softens into pink pepper, a warm spice that feels more like velvet than heat.
Purplelight
Carven Pour Homme
Amethyst Fatale
Amethyst Fatale opens with a dusky sweetness that quickly gives way to its heart of iris and rose—not fresh-cut florals, but something more powdered and remote, as if glimpsed through gauze.
724
Zeste de Vigne
Ma Dame It
Mr. Burberry
Mr.
Kenzo World Intense
Kenzo World Intense opens with a tart, fleshy plum that's more jammy than fruity—something darkly candied rather than orchard-fresh.
Reflets d'Ambre
Brit Rhythm for Her Floral
Brit Rhythm for Her Floral opens with a juicy, sun-warmed peach that feels summery and immediate, layered with citrus brightness.
Kenzo World Eau de Toilette
The opening is bright and juicy, led by a pear note that feels fresh rather than syrupy, tempered by a whisper of bergamot.
Apparition
Apparition announces itself with a plush, slightly medicinal raspberry that recalls vintage French candies—tart beneath the sweetness, more serious than juvenile.
Bebe
Exalt Nuit
Le Beau Male
Le Beau Mâle opens with a rush of cold mint that feels almost medicinal in its clarity, sharpened by a flicker of cardamom heat.
Guess Night
Eidola
Baccarat Rouge 540 Scented Hair Mist
Jeans Couture Glam
Le Male Pirate Edition
Aqua Vitae Cologne Forte
A bergamot study stripped to its essentials — zesty, slightly floral, underpinned by a whisper of sandalwood that keeps it from feeling like simple cologne.
Guess Night Access
Lovely Blossom
Iced Green Tea
Spiced Green Tea
Kenzo World
Kenzo World opens with a bright, almost chemical transparency—peony handled in a way that feels stripped down and modern rather than traditionally floral.
Aqua Universalis Cologne Forte
Aqua Universalis Cologne Forte distills its mission into four notes and asks nothing more of itself: bergamot provides the citrus lift, mock orange and sweet pea give a sheer white-floral brightness that reads more like clean light than identifiable flowers, and white musk closes the circuit into something close and skin-like.
Le Male Xmas Limited Edition
Bonne Étoile Baby Dior
New Look 2024
Le Mâle Pride Collector
A vibrant spin on the classic Le Male structure, this limited-edition release opens with a vivid burst of mint and lavender that feels both bracing and playful.