Fragrance Couture
Maria for Women
Eau de Parfum · 100 ml
$25.99
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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 Maria for Women Eau de Parfum, 3.4 oz (100 ml). A women's fragrance in the woody family. Top notes: Bergamot, Lime and Marine. Heart notes: Peach, Jasmine and Rosemary. Base notes: Patchouli, Musk and Cedar.
Scored by us, on skin.
Top notes
First 15 minutesBergamot
Citrus
Bitter Italian citrus peel — bright, slightly floral, the classic opener.
Lime
Citrus
Zesty lime peel — sparkling and a little bitter.
Marine
Aquatic
Calone-type accord — melon-salt sea air.
Heart notes
The next few hoursPeach
Fruit
Fuzzy stone fruit — creamy, lactonic, sweet.
Jasmine
Floral
White flower — indolic, heady, slightly animalic.
Rosemary
Aromatic / herbal
Resinous herb — sharp and pine-adjacent.
Base notes
What's left at the endPatchouli
Wood
Leaf — earthy, damp, slightly camphorous.
Musk
Musk
Skin-warm base — soft, clean, radiant.
Cedar
Wood
Dry pencil-shaving wood — clean and sharp.
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 Vanilla, Lemon, Lavender
- Patchoulion 86 of our bottles, 6 wornoften sits with Vanilla, Amber, Pear
- Muskon 93 of our bottles, 3 wornoften sits with Vanilla, Amber, Sandalwood
- Jasmineon 89 of our bottles, 3 wornoften sits with Vanilla, Amber, Rose
- Cedaron 57 of our bottles, 3 wornoften sits with Vanilla, Amber, Sandalwood
- Rosemaryon 16 of our bottles, 1 wornoften sits with Lemon, Oakmoss, Vetiver
No measured longevity or projection logged yet.
Counted live from our register and wear logs.
