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Pierre Cardin

Designer · France

Centaure Cuir Ambre

Its materials in the catalog

Counts recorded in the Essentia catalog, out of 56,049 perfumes. Infrequent means rarely recorded here, not rare on the market. They do not indicate formula quantities or preference.

Its least common notes

  • hyssop in 34 perfumes
  • Myrrh in 834 perfumes
  • clary sage in 1,077 perfumes
  • oud in 1,314 perfumes

Its least common accords

  • smoky in 1,822 perfumes

Profile Matches were searched by criteria including some of this perfume's less common materials: leather, smoky, animalic, balsamic, Pink Pepper, Benzoin, Myrrh, oud and carnation.

Of the 41 perfumes from this house in the catalog, between 1972 and 2014.

Eau de Cologne

Concentration

Resin

Family

MenProfile

1996

Released

Main Accords

amberleatherwarm spicysmokyanimalic

Accord Profile

Main Accord Structure

amber100%
leather90%
warm spicy80%
smoky69%
animalic59%
vanilla49%
balsamic39%
citrus28%
powdery18%

Composition

Notes Pyramid

Top Notes
Bergamotclary sagehyssopMyrrhPink Pepper
Heart Notes
BenzoincarnationoudRoseSandalwood
Base Notes
Amber

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Fragrance Fit

When To Wear

87%
WinterPeak
17%
Spring
18%
Summer
58%
Autumn
25%
Day
100%
NightPeak
Winter87%Peak
Spring17%
Summer18%
Autumn58%
Day25%
Night100%Peak

Profile Matches

6

Fragrances with a similar olfactive DNA based on shared notes, accords, and structure.

2

Etry

2

Leather
Black Sugar

Aquolina

Black Sugar

Resin
Couleur Fauve

Evody Parfums

Couleur Fauve

Resin
Fetish

Neil Morris

Fetish

Resin
1

Etry

1

Resin
Celesta

Al Battash Concepts

Celesta

Floral

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Reminds Me Of

4

Subjective associations — scents that users say evoke a similar feeling or memory.

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