Houbigant · 2010 · Rodrigo Flores-Roux (Givaudan)

Fougère Royale

VersionEau de Parfum

Houbigant says

You’ll smell bergamot, lavander, Mediterranean Herbs, "Rondeletia" accord, geranium, warm spices, rose essences and absolutes, pepper, cinnamon, carnation, moss notes, patchouli, tonka beans and clary sage absolute.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Fougère Royale’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, lavender, geranium, rose, black pepper, cinnamon drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Fougère Royale, top notes: Bergamot, Lavender

Heartthe first hours

Fougère Royale, heart: Geranium, Rose, Black pepper, cinnamon, carnation

Dry-downhours later

Fougère Royale, dry-down: Oakmoss, Patchouli, Tonka, Clary sage

On the label

What’s inside it

11 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender4 florals1 sweet3 spices

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals4

Benzyl salicylateCitronellolGeraniolHydroxycitronellal

Sweet1

Coumarin (tonka)

Spices3

EugenolCinnamalIsoeugenol

Not for the smell3

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoate

Named by Houbigant, never on a label

BergamotLavanderGeraniumRose essences and absolutesPepperCinnamonCarnationMoss notesPatchouliTonka beansClary sage absolute

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

How far it carries

Perfumers call it sillage.

Close to the skin

An arm’s length

Across a room

Not researched yet. We gather wearers’ reports for the most popular perfumes first.

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