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About This Scent
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- Top notes
- Tangerine, Cardamom, Saffron
- Heart notes
- Rose, Apple
- Base notes
- Vanilla, Sandalwood
- Longevity
- Moderate
- Sillage
- Moderate
- Brand
- Paris Corner
The name tells you where Paris Corner Emir Voux Patisserie Eau de Parfum 100ml is heading, and the material list confirms it, though there is more spice in here than you might expect.
Tangerine opens it, soft and sweet with none of the acid bite of a sharper citrus, and cardamom and saffron come in immediately behind. That spice pairing is what stops this becoming a simple sweet fragrance: cardamom is cool and green with a camphorous lift, while saffron is dry and leathery with a bitter edge under its honeyed warmth.
The heart keeps the balance. Rose is soft and slightly jammy, apple is crisp and juicy rather than cooked, and between them they bridge the spice above and the sweetness below, and the apple is what keeps the middle from feeling heavy.
The base is where the name earns itself. Vanilla is thick, warm and creamy, the dominant impression from the second hour onwards, and sandalwood gives it a smooth, milky support that keeps the sweetness from feeling flat. Seven materials, and a composition that does genuinely change as it goes.
At eau de parfum strength it lasts well and projects firmly early on, so two or three sprays are plenty. It belongs to cold weather and to evenings, and while the sweetness leans feminine, the saffron and cardamom give it enough backbone to be worn by anyone. At 100ml, and at this price, it is a reasonable way to find out whether you like sweet fragrance before spending more.
The house behind it is a Middle Eastern fragrance group that began by producing on a small scale and now builds its own brands, the Emir range among them, instead of making fragrance under designer licences. The hundred millilitre size is standard across the line.
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