Guerlain
Terracotta Le Parfum
Terracotta Le Parfum is a luminous and delicate floral fragrance signed Guerlain. It opens on bergamot and orange blossom, reveals tuberose, jasmine and ylang-ylang at its heart and rests on a base of coconut, vanilla and sandalwood.
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.
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Opening First minutes
Bergamot · Orange blossom
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Heart ~30 min to 2 h
Tuberose · Jasmine · Ylang-ylang
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Base Several hours
Coconut · Vanilla · Sandalwood
Top notes
Heart notes
Base notes
What its composition says
- 2 materials on top, 3 in the heart, 3 in the base: the three stages are of comparable size.
- Coconut: its rarest material, which only 34 of the 1,980 perfumes analysed in the catalogue contain — about one in 58.
- Bergamot: conversely, one of the most widely used materials in the catalogue — 43% of the analysed perfumes contain it.
- Floral, gourmand, citrus and woody: 4 registers of raw materials share its palette, with floral supplying 4 of 8.
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
Versatile, from mid-season to sunny days (15–25 °C / 59–77 °F).
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