French Avenue EDP

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The Fire

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French Avenue The Fire is an Eau de Parfum. The Fire opens with Incense, settles into a heart of Leather and Frankincense, and dries down to a base of Musk and Oud. French Avenue's The Fire carries an Acquired verdict, a musk-led wear.

Compiled from the retailer's own product notes: a smoky incense opening moves into a leather-olibanum heart before settling on an oud-musk base - a dense, confident woody-leather composition marketed as an energy boost for the wearer.
What our verdicts mean →
  • Bold
  • Confident
  • Mysterious
  • Warm
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The Fire Eau de Parfum bottle

Scent Profile

Composition

Timeline

Showing: Overall Blend
Topas listed
Incense100%
Heartas listed
Frankincense50%
Leather50%
Baseas listed
Musk50%
Oud50%

Top, heart and base are the brand's own listing, not a timing claim - the industry classifies a note by its character as much as by how fast it fades. Each curve here is modelled from that material's own volatility, so groups can overlap when a house lists long-lasting materials in its heart.

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Performance & Mood

Performance

Longevity
Long (6-10h)
Projection
Strong
Intensity
Strong

Mood

Mood Energising
Calming
Character Playful
Serious
Sentiment Uplifting
Brooding

When To Wear

Best Seasons

Best For:
Winter
Also Works:
Fall

The dense incense-leather-oud composition is heavy and warming, making it best suited to cold-weather wear rather than spring or summer.

Best Occasions

Also Works:
Date

A high-projection, smoky woody-leather EDP suits evening and formal occasions where its presence can register, rather than office or casual daytime wear.

Declarable allergens

We derive these from the materials behind this fragrance's notes, not from the bottle. Each one is likely, not confirmed. The list is partial - the box can name others.

Declarable under EU Annex III

  • Synthetic musk Hexamethylindanopyran from Musk

The large name is the everyday one. The small name is the INCI form on the box, so you can compare the two. Reactions differ between people. A patch-test panel is not a ranking of risk. How we derive this

About

The Fire opens with a single, assertive note - incense - immediately setting a smoky, resinous tone rather than easing in with anything fresh or citrus-led. The heart brings leather and olibanum (frankincense resin), a pairing that deepens the smokiness with a slightly rugged, tactile leather quality. It's a heart built for presence rather than subtlety. The base closes on oud and musk - oud contributing its familiar dry, woody-medicinal character and musk smoothing the composition into a warm, skin-close finish that still carries real projection. Notino markets The Fire around confidence and energy, and the incense-leather-oud structure supports that positioning - this is a dense, masculine, cold-weather fragrance for wearers who want a woody-smoky signature with genuine staying power.

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