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Pierre Guillaume Paris

Designer · France

L'Ombre Fauve 8.1

Set in patchouli earth and resinous amber, musk turns warm and animalic, like fur in sunlight. Incense sends resin and smoke through the woods, and amber's balsamic powder rounds them.

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 accords

  • smoky in 1,822 perfumes

Profile Matches were searched by criteria including some of this perfume's less common materials: patchouli, balsamic, smoky, earthy and animalic.

Of the 77 perfumes from this house in the catalog, between 2002 and 2024.

UnisexProfile

2007

Released

Perfumers

Pierre GuillaumeView perfumer profile →

Main Accords

amberwoodypatchoulimuskywarm spicy

Accord Profile

Main Accord Structure

amber100%
woody91%
patchouli82%
musky73%
warm spicy64%
powdery54%
balsamic45%
smoky36%
earthy27%
animalic18%

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Fragrance Fit

When To Wear

35%
WinterPeak
35%
Spring
35%
Summer
35%
Autumn
35%
DayPeak
35%
Night
Winter35%Peak
Spring35%
Summer35%
Autumn35%
Day35%Peak
Night35%

Profile Matches

6

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

Melodie D'Altai

Ella K Parfums

Melodie D'Altai

Uncategorized
Black

Daniel Hechter

Black

Leather
Black Adamant

G Parfums

Black Adamant

Woody
2

Etry

2

Leather
Revolution

Bunkface

Revolution

Uncategorized
Comme des Garcons Happy Pillow

Comme Des Garcons

Comme des Garcons Happy Pillow

Woody

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