Maison Alhambra
Le Beau Lion
With Le Beau Lion, Maison Alhambra composes an opulent and resinous amber fragrance. It opens on bergamot and coconut, reveals tonka bean at its heart and rests on a base of ambroxan, cedar and white musk.
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 · Coconut
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Heart ~30 min to 2 h
Tonka bean
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Base Several hours
Ambroxan · Cedar · White musk
What its composition says
- 2 materials on top, 1 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.
- White musk: conversely, one of the most widely used materials in the catalogue — 50% of the analysed perfumes contain it.
- Gourmand, citrus, amber, woody and musky: 5 registers of raw materials share its palette, with gourmand supplying 2 of 6.
Frequencies measured on the Olfact catalogue only.
Scent profile
Estimates derived from the composition — not measured.
Wear time
Excellent
9 h and more estimated on skin
Projection
Generous
fills a room
Ideal seasons
Time of day
Made for cool to cold weather — below 15 °C (59 °F).
Ideal occasions
- Dates & seduction Its warm, sensual facets play the card of closeness.
Avoid if…
- you shun warm, opulent trails, especially in summer.
If Le Beau Lion by Maison Alhambra 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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