Fragrance Couture
Parfum de Rois France for Men
Eau de Toilette · 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 Parfum de Rois France for Men Eau de Toilette, 3.4 oz (100 ml). A men's fragrance in the woody family. Top notes: Blood Orange, Blue Lemon and Juniper. Heart notes: Pimento, Geranium, Lavender and Clary Sage. Base notes: Cedar, Patchouli and Vetiver.
Decoded from the note list on the box.
Top notes
First 15 minutesBlood Orange
Citrus
Sweet orange with a deeper, jammier edge.
Blue Lemon
Citrus
Cold-pressed lemon peel — sharp, clean, very short-lived.
Juniper
Aromatic / herbal
Listed by the house on the box.
Heart notes
The next few hoursPimento
Aromatic / herbal
Listed by the house on the box.
Geranium
Floral
Rosy-green leaf — minty and sharp.
Lavender
Aromatic / herbal
Distilled herb flower — clean, camphorous, barbershop-dry.
Clary Sage
Aromatic / herbal
Herb with a sweet, tea-like, ambery edge.
Base notes
What's left at the endCedar
Wood
Dry pencil-shaving wood — clean and sharp.
Patchouli
Wood
Leaf — earthy, damp, slightly camphorous.
Vetiver
Wood
Grass root — earthy, smoky, rooty-dry.
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.
- Patchoulion 86 of our bottles, 6 wornoften sits with Vanilla, Jasmine, Bergamot
- Lavenderon 48 of our bottles, 5 wornoften sits with Bergamot, Amber, Cinnamon
- Vetiveron 39 of our bottles, 4 wornoften sits with Bergamot, Jasmine, Lemon
- Cedaron 57 of our bottles, 3 wornoften sits with Bergamot, Jasmine, Vanilla
- Geraniumon 17 of our bottles, 1 wornoften sits with Bergamot, Lemon, Tonka Bean
- Clary Sageon 9 of our bottles, not yet wornoften sits with Bergamot, Amber, Mint
No measured longevity or projection logged yet.
Counted live from our register and wear logs.
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