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Essentiel Elegance

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Perfume Parlour Essentiel Elegance is an Eau de Parfum launched in 2023. Essentiel Elegance opens with Bergamot, Cardamom, and Tomato Leaf, settles into a heart of Patchouli and Tonka Bean, and dries down to a base of Sandalwood, Frankincense, and Ambergris. Perfume Parlour's Essentiel Elegance carries a Favourite verdict, a green-led wear.

A budget take on Brioni Eau de Parfum Essentiel. The hazy green tomato-leaf-and-cardamom opening over a soft patchouli-tonka base captures the original's smart, velvety green fougère; this dupe flattens some of that effervescent green nuance and wears more modestly than the already-intimate Brioni.
  • Refined
  • Sophisticated
  • Grounded
  • Elegant
  • Fresh
Essentiel Elegance Eau de Parfum bottle
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Profile

Composition

Timeline

Showing: Overall Blend

Performance

Longevity
Short (2-4h)
Projection
Intimate
Intensity
Light

Mood

Mood Energising
Calming
Character Playful
Serious
Sentiment Uplifting
Brooding

When To Wear

Best Seasons

Best For:
Spring Summer
Also Works:
Fall

The fresh, green tomato-leaf and aromatic character is at its best in spring and summer and works into autumn, feeling a touch thin in deep winter.

Best Occasions

Best For:
Office Casual
Also Works:
Date Formal

A smart, understated green fougère that excels at the office and daily wear, with enough polish for a relaxed date.

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About

Essentiel Elegance reaches for Brioni's Eau de Parfum Essentiel, a refined and unusual green fougère. It opens with that signature trick - a green, almost effervescent tomato-leaf note (the stem, not the fruit) lifted by bright bergamot and a flick of cardamom, mossy-green and faintly aromatic rather than citrusy. The heart smooths into velvety patchouli and soft tonka bean, baby-soft and mannered, before a quiet base of ambergris, frankincense and creamy sandalwood gives it a warm, understated finish. The Brioni is itself an intimate scent bubble - close-wearing with arm's-length sillage - so this dupe is in similar territory, but it loses some of the lively, dewy-green effervescence of the tomato leaf and reads a touch flatter and more synthetic through the drydown. It remains a smart, distinctive green-aromatic that wears beautifully day to day and in the office - a clever, affordable nod to the Brioni's quiet sophistication.