BDK Parfums
312 Saint-Honoré
312 Saint-Honoré, signed BDK Parfums, is a warm and enveloping amber fragrance. It opens on pepper and angelica, reveals orange blossom, tonka bean and iris at its heart and rests on a base of ambroxan, amber, white musk and oud.
Main accords
Pyramid & evolution
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Opening First minutes
Pepper · Angelica
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Heart ~30 min to 2 h
Orange blossom · Tonka bean · Iris
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Base Several hours
Ambroxan · Amber · White musk · Oud
Heart notes
Base notes
What its composition says
- 4 materials in the base for 2 on top: the pyramid is built for staying power rather than for the opening.
- Angelica: a niche material, declared by only 15 of the 1,980 perfumes analysed in the catalogue.
- White musk: conversely, one of the most widely used materials in the catalogue — 50% of the analysed perfumes contain it.
- Floral, amber, spicy, gourmand, musky and woody: 6 registers of raw materials share its palette, with floral supplying 2 of 9.
Frequencies measured on the Olfact catalogue only.
Scent profile
Estimates derived from the composition — not measured.
Wear time
Good
7 to 9 h estimated on skin
Projection
Generous
fills a room
Ideal seasons
Time of day
Made for cool to cold weather — below 15 °C (59 °F).
Avoid if…
- you shun warm, opulent trails, especially in summer.
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