Ralph Lauren
Romance
With Romance, Ralph Lauren composes a dry and elegant woody fragrance. It opens on sunflower, ginger and rose, reveals lily, marigold and chamomile at its heart and rests on a base of white musk, patchouli and oakmoss.
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
Sunflower · Ginger · Rose
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Heart ~30 min to 2 h
Lily · Marigold · Chamomile
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Base Several hours
White musk · Patchouli · Oakmoss
What its composition says
- 3 materials on top, 3 in the heart, 3 in the base: the three stages are of comparable size.
- Sunflower: no other perfume page lists it — of the 1,980 perfumes analysed in the catalogue, Romance is the only one to use this material.
- White musk: conversely, one of the most widely used materials in the catalogue — 50% of the analysed perfumes contain it.
- Floral, woody, musky and spicy: 4 registers of raw materials share its palette, with floral supplying 4 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
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 Romance by Ralph Lauren comes down to its versatility: an easy-going signature that finds its place from morning to night without ever clashing.
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