Fragrance Couture
Armada Pour Homme
100 ml
$20
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From our own shelf: sold under its own name by the house that made it.
How it smells
Mapped on twelve accords, from the box.
We haven't put this one on skin yet — no scores, no measured numbers until we do. What the house publishes:
Fragrance Couture Armada Pour Homme, 3.4 oz (100 ml). A men's fragrance in the floral leather family. Top notes: Aldehydes, Bergamot and Gardenia. Heart notes: Cardamom, Jasmine and Orris Root. Base notes: Amber, Coconut, Leather and Musk.
Decoded from the note list the house publishes.
Top notes
First 15 minutesAldehydes
Aromatic / herbal
Listed by the house on the box.
Bergamot
Citrus
Bitter Italian citrus peel — bright, slightly floral, the classic opener.
Gardenia
Floral
Creamy white flower with a mushroomy-green edge.
Heart notes
The next few hoursCardamom
Spice
Green pod — cool, camphorous, slightly citrus.
Jasmine
Floral
White flower — indolic, heady, slightly animalic.
Orris Root
Floral
Aged iris root — powdery, rooty, expensive-smelling.
Base notes
What's left at the endAmber
Resin / balsam
Labdanum-and-vanilla accord — warm, sweet, glowing.
Coconut
Fruit
Creamy tropical fruit — milky and soft.
Leather
Leather / smoke
Tanned hide accord — smoky, dry, a little sweet.
Musk
Musk
Skin-warm base — soft, clean, radiant.
Note list as published by the house. Descriptions explain the raw material itself — not how this bottle performed on us.
What our shelf has learned
From 324 bottles and 21 logged wears in our own register.
How these notes have behaved on us across every bottle we've worn — not a measurement of this bottle.
- Bergamoton 99 of our bottles, 11 wornoften sits with Patchouli, Vanilla, Lavender
- Amberon 73 of our bottles, 5 wornoften sits with Vanilla, Patchouli, Sandalwood
- Muskon 93 of our bottles, 3 wornoften sits with Vanilla, Patchouli, Sandalwood
- Jasmineon 89 of our bottles, 3 wornoften sits with Vanilla, Patchouli, Cedar
- Cardamomon 27 of our bottles, 2 wornoften sits with Patchouli, Vetiver, Lavender
- Leatheron 27 of our bottles, 1 wornoften sits with Lavender, Patchouli, Mandarin
No measured longevity or projection logged yet.
Counted live from our register and wear logs.
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