Histoires de Parfums

Encens Roi

  • Unisex
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Encens Roi, signed Histoires de Parfums, is a playful and enveloping gourmand fragrance. It reveals saffron at its heart and rests on a base of cocoa, oud, labdanum and vanilla.

Main accords

Pyramid & evolution

  1. Opening First minutes

    Saffron

  2. Heart ~30 min to 2 h

    Saffron

  3. Base Several hours

    Cocoa · Oud · Labdanum · Vanilla

What its composition says

  • Only 5 materials declared, against 7.6 on average in the catalogue: the formula is tight.
  • Cocoa: its rarest material, which only 47 of the 1,980 perfumes analysed in the catalogue contain — about one in 42.
  • Vanilla: conversely, a material of the common core — 35% of the catalogue contains it.
  • Gourmand, spicy, woody and amber: 4 registers of raw materials share its palette, with gourmand supplying 2 of 5.

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 Encens Roi by Histoires de Parfums 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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