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The compositions
Oriental Zinc
Jaguar Classic Red
Mademoiselle
Eau des Baux L'Occitane en Provence
Eau des Baux opens with a sharp, resinous bite—pink pepper and cardamom crackling over something darker beneath.
Eau des Baux
Eau des Baux opens with a dry, resinous warmth—pink pepper's gentle bite softened by cardamom's green-woody sweetness.
Chypre Silver
Ombre Noire
The opening arrives cool and almost medicinal—peppermint and bergamot flash bright before fig leaf adds a bitter green snap.
Une Historie d'Homme Irresistible
Figuier Osmanthus
Figuier & Osmanthus L'Occitane en Provence
Gucci Pour Homme II
The violet leaf opens cool and green, almost metallic, softened by a whisper of bergamot that keeps the introduction from feeling too austere.
Lalique White in Black
White in Black opens with a bright collision of grapefruit and frankincense, the citrus lifted by resinous smoke rather than crushed beneath it.
Ambre Santal
Rosemary and bergamot open with an herbal brightness — clean and Mediterranean, the kind of opening that suggests a sunny hillside rather than a perfumer's lab.
Ambre & Santal L'Occitane en Provence
The opening is herbal and luminous — bergamot providing a clean citrus note while rosemary adds a sharp, aromatic quality that keeps the composition from leaning too sweet out of the gate.
Aequalis
État de Grace Grès
Etat de Grace
Extrême Pureté Grès
Extreme Purete
Faconnable Royal Eau de Parfum Façonnable
Faconnable Royal Eau de Parfum
Calanques
Calanques L'Occitane en Provence
Fleur d'Or Acacia
Fleur d’Or & Acacia L'Occitane en Provence
Roses et Reines
Roses et Reines L'Occitane en Provence
Cèdre & Oranger L'Occitane en Provence
Cedre Oranger
Eau de Cade L'Occitane en Provence
Eau de Cade
Sensuel
The Vert & Bigarade L'Occitane en Provence
The Vert Bigarade
Just Cavalli Her
Just Cavalli Her opens with a crisp, spiced apple note over bergamot — the cinnamon giving warmth from the start rather than building slowly.
Neroli Orchidee
Neroli-Orchidée opens with a bright burst of orange that quickly softens into something rounder and more floral.
Néroli & Orchidée L'Occitane en Provence
Néroli & Orchidée opens with a bright hesitation—orange blossom water rather than zest, translucent and slightly green.
Plume Blanche 1901
Mauboussin Elixir Pour Elle
Elixir Pour Elle follows a reliable arc — bright fruity-spice opener, classic trifecta floral heart, richly gourmand base — but executes each phase with more precision than the typical accessible-luxury formula allows.
Nuit Tatami
Bizarre Brandy
Gentleman Society Eau de Parfum Extrême
Gentleman Society Extrême is built around an iced coffee accord — and Karine Dubreuil-Sereni makes the concept work through genuine contrast rather than novelty.
Gentleman Society
Gentleman Society is a modern aromatic fougère that trusts its green register.
Vice Versa
004 Gin Mandarine Musc
Narcisse
Vanille & Narcisse L'Occitane en Provence
Vanille & Narcisse opens with a tart brightness—blackcurrant sharpened by bergamot—that quickly gives way to the perfume's floral center.
Vanille Narcisse
Vanille Narcisse opens with a tart brightness—black currant and bergamot cutting through before the floral heart reveals itself.
Stile
Eclat d'Arpege Tropical Flower
Une Histoire de Femme Sensuelle
Mauboussin's Une Histoire de Femme Sensuelle works with a deliberately short palette: praline, freesia, rose, white musk — four notes, nothing more.
Eau de Cedrat
Eau de Cedrat L'Occitane en Provence
Arlesienne
Arlesienne L'Occitane en Provence
Rose Osmanthus
Rose & Osmanthus L'Occitane en Provence
902 Armagnac, Blond Tobacco, Cinnamon
Illusion Captive
Mer Mistral
Mer & Mistral L'Occitane en Provence
Cerisier Rouge Eau Intense
Cerisier Rouge Eau Intense L'Occitane en Provence
Ginza
002 Neroli, Jasmin, Ambre Blanc
Oud & Rose L'Occitane en Provence
Oud Rose
Paris Nights
Blue Charm
Eclat d'Arpege Gourmandise
Infinite Rush White Edition
Magnolia Mure
Magnolia & Mure L'Occitane en Provence
Jasmin & Bergamote L'Occitane en Provence
Petitgrain and bergamot open together with a tart, citrus-green freshness — petitgrain contributing a woody brightness that keeps bergamot from reading as purely citric.
Jasmin Bergamote
Bergamot and petitgrain open in tandem — both contribute freshness from different angles, bergamot with a rounded citrus warmth, petitgrain with a sharper, woodier edge.
Aqua Allegoria Pivoine Magnifica
Luluforever
Luluforever opens with a sparkling citrus burst—yuzu and bergamot create an immediate brightness that feels youthful without veering childish.
Eclat d'Orient
A bright citrus rush opens *Éclat d'Orient*, led by yuzu's tart green acidity and softened by freesia's soapy floral whisper.
103 Tiare Flower, Jasmine, Hibiscus
The opening is a brief citrus flash—bergamot without lingering—quickly overtaken by neroli that dominates the heart.
Iris Bleu Iris Blanc
Iris Bleu & Iris Blanc L'Occitane en Provence
Promise Me
Les Petites Folies 00:10
Envy Me
The opening is a candied fruit cocktail—pineapple syrup, peach flesh, lychee sweetness—cut through with pink pepper's metallic snap and a spray of jasmine.
Beautiful Day Bonheur
Floral Bronze
Incanto Shine
Incanto Shine opens with a bright burst of pineapple and bergamot—crisp, juicy, and immediately cheerful.