Guerlain

Héritage

  • For men
  • Eau de Toilette
  • 1992

Héritage, signed Guerlain, is a vibrant and refined oriental spicy fragrance. It opens on bergamot, coriander and pepper, reveals rose, jasmine and geranium at its heart and rests on a base of vanilla, sandalwood and amber.

Main accords

Pyramid & evolution

Unofficial sources Data drawn from unofficial sources, not from the house: this pyramid (like the year and gender shown) may contain discrepancies.

  1. Opening First minutes

    Bergamot · Coriander · Pepper

  2. Heart ~30 min to 2 h

    Rose · Jasmine · Geranium

  3. Base Several hours

    Vanilla · Sandalwood · Amber

What its composition says

  • 3 materials on top, 3 in the heart, 3 in the base: the three stages are of comparable size.
  • Coriander: barely 3.5% of the catalogue contains it, which makes it the rarest material in its palette.
  • Bergamot: conversely, one of the most widely used materials in the catalogue — 43% of the analysed perfumes contain it.
  • Floral, citrus, gourmand, woody, amber and spicy: 6 registers of raw materials share its palette, with floral supplying 3 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

  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter

Time of day

  • Day
  • Evening

Made for cool to cold weather — below 15 °C (59 °F).

Ideal occasions

  • Dates & seduction Its warm, sensual facets play the card of closeness.
  • Evenings & nights out A present trail that holds its own when the light drops.

Avoid if…

  • you shun warm, opulent trails, especially in summer.

If Héritage by Guerlain seduces, it is through its enveloping warmth: a sensual trail that settles in and that you want to find on yourself again.

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