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Perfume Parlour 2014 EDP

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Culprits Affection

Name: Culprits Affection Eau de Parfum
Brand: Perfume Parlour
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Perfume Parlour Culprits Affection is an Eau de Parfum launched in 2014. Culprits Affection opens with Cardamom and Saffron, settles into a heart of Papyrus, Cedar, and Rose, and dries down to a base of Immortelle, Patchouli, Tobacco, and Incense. Perfume Parlour's Culprits Affection carries a Statement verdict, a floral-led wear.

Culprits Affection targets Kilian's Criminal of Love - the dark, jammy saffron-and-Turkish-rose with its smoky tobacco-incense-patchouli base. The dupe captures the spiced-rose heart but renders it flatter and sweeter, with the smoky depth and the famously rich, above-average longevity trimmed to a skin-close presence.

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Sensual
Mysterious
Sophisticated
Bold
Romantic

Profile

Composition

Timeline

Showing: Overall Blend

Accords

Floral

85%

Warm Spicy

70%

Woody

60%

Smoky

50%

Sweet

45%

Amber

40%

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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 saffron-rose, tobacco and incense are richest in cool autumn and winter air where the warm, jammy character feels enveloping.

Best Occasions

Best For:

Date Formal

A sensual, dark spicy-rose suited to evenings, dates and formal occasions rather than daytime or sport.

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About

Culprits Affection opens with a spicy-aromatic lift of saffron and cardamom, the ginger-like warmth that signals Kilian's Criminal of Love. The heart is the centrepiece: a deep, jammy Turkish rose framed by atlas cedar and dry papyrus, dark and a little mysterious. A base of tobacco, patchouli, incense and immortelle warms it down. Against the niche original the dupe reads sweeter and flatter, with the smoky tobacco-incense depth that gave Criminal of Love its brooding character softened, and the above-average longevity cut back. It wears as a sensual, dark spicy-rose built for cool weather, evenings and dressier occasions - unisex but leaning a touch masculine. Projection is modest and longevity skin-close after the opening hours, the usual budget trade against the strongly-performing original. As a smell-alike it captures the jammy saffron-rose signature that made Criminal of Love a cult pick while losing some of the smoke, depth and tenacity.