Fragrance Couture
Parade Noir for Men
100 ml
$18.99
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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:
Decoded from the note list on the box.
Top notes
First 15 minutesBergamot
Citrus
Bitter Italian citrus peel — bright, slightly floral, the classic opener.
Heart notes
The next few hoursCoumarin
Sweet / gourmand
Hay-and-almond sweetness — the fougère backbone.
Patchouli
Wood
Leaf — earthy, damp, slightly camphorous.
Base notes
What's left at the endMusk
Musk
Skin-warm base — soft, clean, radiant.
Amber
Resin / balsam
Labdanum-and-vanilla accord — warm, sweet, glowing.
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 1990 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 255 of our bottles, 11 wornoften sits with Jasmine, Sandalwood, Cedar
- Patchoulion 216 of our bottles, 6 wornoften sits with Jasmine, Vanilla, Sandalwood
- Amberon 204 of our bottles, 5 wornoften sits with Sandalwood, Vanilla, Jasmine
- Muskon 214 of our bottles, 3 wornoften sits with Sandalwood, Jasmine, Vanilla
- Coumarinon 9 of our bottles, not yet wornoften sits with Cedar, Mandarin, Tarragon
No measured longevity or projection logged yet.
Counted live from our register and wear logs.
