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Penhaligon's
Empressa
With Empressa, Penhaligon's composes a generous and sunny floral fragrance. It opens on bergamot and plum, reveals rose and freesia at its heart and rests on a base of vanilla, patchouli 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 · Plum
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Heart ~30 min to 2 h
Rose · Freesia
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Base Several hours
Vanilla · Patchouli · Sandalwood
What its composition says
- 2 materials on top, 2 in the heart, 3 in the base: the three stages are of comparable size.
- Plum: its rarest material, which only 46 of the 1,980 perfumes analysed in the catalogue contain — about one in 43.
- Bergamot: conversely, one of the most widely used materials in the catalogue — 43% of the analysed perfumes contain it.
- Floral, woody, citrus, gourmand and fruity: 5 registers of raw materials share its palette, with floral supplying 2 of 7.
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
At ease in mild weather, 15 to 22 °C (59 to 72 °F).
Strengths
- Great versatility: goes from the office to dinner without a false note.
The success of Empressa by Penhaligon's comes down to its versatility: an easy-going signature that finds its place from morning to night without ever clashing.
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