Is Perfume Parlour Green Opening For Women a dupe of Balmain Beauty Vent Vert?
Vent Vert EDP
| EDP | Concentration | EDP |
| F | Gender | F |
| 1991 | Year | 1947 |
| ££ | Price Tier | £ |
Green Opening For Women EDP
Where they differ
Biggest gaps first. The bolder side leads.
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How it unfolds
Notes
- Vent Vert
- Green Opening For Women
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Which Should You Buy?
This one's a proper cult classic, but be warned: the 1991 reformulation is still a green powerhouse, though some purists might sniff at it compared to the original. It's divisive, sharp, and certainly not for everyone, but if you love a truly 'green' scent, you'll be hooked.
Green Opening chases Pierre Balmain's Vent Vert - Germaine Cellier's legendary ultragreen chypre floral built on galbanum and crushed leaves. The dupe captures the crisp, leafy-green character but, as some wearers note, drifts toward a softer, sweeter, more fougere-like reading rather than the original's razor-sharp vintage greenness. A pleasant, affordable green floral on its own terms.
Scent Profile
How They Wear
Mood
Notes
Top Notes
Top Notes
Heart Notes
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Performance
Season and Occasion Fit
Seasons
A warm-weather pick - at its best in spring and summer.
Occasions
Its intensely green and fresh nature makes it ideal for casual wear and invigorating for sport, especially in warmer weather. While it has a classic elegance that could work for some office settings, its initial sharpness and polarizing character might be too much for formal events or intimate dates.
Seasons
The crisp galbanum-green florals are tailor-made for spring and summer, evoking fresh foliage and cut stems, and would feel thin in winter.
Occasions
A refined, leafy-green floral that suits daily, office and casual wear, with enough polish for a daytime date.
Similarity Breakdown
Our estimate of how alike these two fragrances smell, calculated from their published notes. It is a position on our scale, not a measured percentage of shared smell.
Every one of its 19 notes is in the original, including Freesia, Rose, Hyacinth
Without asafoetida and cedar
Where to buy
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Green Opening For Women EDP
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