Maison Francis Kurkdjian · 2014 · Francis Kurkdjian

Féminin Pluriel

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

A bouquet of jasmine, rose, violet, iris and orange blossom over earthy patchouli and vetiver.

Maison Francis Kurkdjian says

You’ll smell Grandiflorum Jasmine, patchouli, vetiver, Centifolia Rose, violet, orange blossom and iris.

More from Maison Francis Kurkdjian’s description

It also mentions Jasmine, Rose, Florentine iris, Grasse rose, Egyptian jasmine, Lily-of-the-valley, Vetiver note and Indonesian patchouli.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Féminin Pluriel’s scent picture, a draft: jasmine, patchouli, vetiver, rose, violet, orange blossom drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Féminin Pluriel, top notes: Violet, Bergamot, Sweet orange

Heartas it settles

Féminin Pluriel, heart: Jasmine, Rose, Orange blossom, Lily of the valley

Dry-downwhat stays

Féminin Pluriel, dry-down: Patchouli, Vetiver, Iris, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Hexadecanolactone (musk)

What’s inside it

What the label names

18 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

6 citrus4 herbs & lavender5 florals2 woods1 musks

7 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell7

AlcoholWaterTriethyl citrateAvobenzone (a UV filter)Benzyl benzoateBenzyl alcoholPentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

BeautifulEstée Lauder · shares jasmine, patchouli, vetiver, rose and 3 more$115 for 75 ml · about a third of Féminin Pluriel’s $275
White LinenEstée Lauder · shares jasmine, vetiver, rose, violet (sweet violet) and 2 more$85 for 60 ml · about a third of Féminin Pluriel’s $275
Gris DiorDior · shares jasmine, patchouli, vetiver, rose and 2 more$350 for 100 ml · about the same as Féminin Pluriel’s $275
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.