Primrose & Rye 2018
Primrose & Rye, from the 2018 English Fields collection, opens on an unusual top: corn, soft and almost crunchy, with a creamy edge that sets up the gourmand-floral direction.
The scent fingerprint
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The note pyramid
- Corn
- Mimosa
- Primrose
- Vanilla
- Rye
- Ylang-Ylang
By the editors · 2 min readPrimrose & Rye, from the 2018 English Fields collection, opens on an unusual top: corn, soft and almost crunchy, with a creamy edge that sets up the gourmand-floral direction.
Primrose carries the heart with a powdery, slightly green floral tone, rounded by mimosa's pollen sweetness. The rye in the base reads as a dry cereal note rather than a smoky one — bread crust more than whisky — anchored by a quiet vanilla.
The whole composition stays close to the body and reads as a fall harvest cologne: warm, edible without being dessert, and quieter than its concept suggests. A weekend scent for cool, overcast days.
Scent twins
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