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Baja

Name: Baja Eau de Parfum
Brand: Perfume Parlour

Perfume Parlour Baja is an Eau de Parfum. Baja opens with Angelica, Carnation, and Coriander, settles into a heart of Hyacinth, Jasmine, and Ylang-Ylang, and dries down to a base of Sandalwood, Vetiver, Patchouli, and Oakmoss. Perfume Parlour's Baja carries a Statement verdict, a woody-led wear.

Baja recreates Paloma Picasso, the iconic 1984 floral chypre that smells of nothing else but itself. It keeps the green, soapy-floral attack and that defiantly mossy, animalic-adjacent base, but the dupe softens the bite and wears closer than the original's all-day powerhouse projection. A characterful budget homage to a true classic.

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Sophisticated
Bold
Mysterious
Confident
Elegant

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Inspired by

Paloma Picasso by Paloma Picasso

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Scent Profile

Composition

Timeline

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Topas listed

Coriander38%

Carnation32%

Angelica30%

Heartas listed

Ylang-Ylang36%

Jasmine33%

Hyacinth31%

Baseas listed

Oakmoss25%

Patchouli23%

Sandalwood18%

Vetiver18%

Tobacco15%

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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Notes

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Heart

Base

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Performance & Mood

Performance

Longevity

Moderate (4-6h)

Projection

Intimate

Intensity

Moderate

Mood

Mood Energising

Calming

Character Playful

Serious

Sentiment Uplifting

Brooding

When To Wear

Best Seasons

Best For:

Fall Winter

The dark, mossy chypre weight is made for autumn and winter, feeling heavy and out of place in warm weather.

Best Occasions

Best For:

Formal

Also Works:

Office Date

A statement scent for formal evenings and confident office wear, too assertive for casual or sporty settings.

Ingredients and allergens

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About

Baja opens green and a touch sharp with coriander, angelica and a spicy carnation lift, setting up the proudly retro chypre that follows. The heart blooms into ylang-ylang, jasmine and hyacinth - floral but never sweet - before the composition sinks into its real signature: a deep, earthy base of oakmoss, patchouli, sandalwood, vetiver and a dry tobacco whisper. Against Paloma Picasso, this dupe gets the bones right, that confident sour-floral-over-mossy-wood structure, but the original's strong sillage and animalic depth are dialled down here, leaving a slightly flatter, more linear wear that stays nearer the skin. Longevity is decent for the price. It remains a bold, sophisticated and unapologetically grown-up fragrance - the kind of statement chypre best worn to formal evenings and cool-weather occasions where its mossy character can unfurl.