Perfume Parlour 2014 EDP

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First Generation

Name: First Generation Eau de Parfum
Brand: Perfume Parlour

Perfume Parlour First Generation is an Eau de Parfum launched in 2014. First Generation opens with Bergamot and Grapefruit, settles into a heart of Woody Notes, Leather, Vetiver, and Pepper, and dries down to a base of Patchouli, Tonka Bean, and Incense. Perfume Parlour's First Generation carries a Statement verdict, a fresh-led wear.

First Generation tracks Nuit d'Issey Miyake's dark, peppery-leather signature - black pepper over smoky woods, patchouli and tonka. The bones are right, but it renders flatter and skin-close where the original projects a richer, smokier leather and holds longer.

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Mysterious
Confident
Bold
Sophisticated
Grounded

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Inspired by

Nuit d’Issey by Issey Miyake

92%

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Nuit d’Issey the original First Generation inspired by

Scent Profile

Composition

Timeline

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Topas listed

Grapefruit59%

Bergamot41%

Heartas listed

Pepper31%

Leather29%

Vetiver21%

Woody Notes19%

Baseas listed

Patchouli37%

Tonka Bean34%

Incense29%

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 leather, incense and warm spice core is built for cool weather; it would smother in summer heat and shines in autumn and winter.

Best Occasions

Best For:

Date

Also Works:

Casual Formal

A dark, peppery-leather scent that suits evenings, dates and formal cool-weather wear far more than daytime sport or office settings.

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About

A budget take on Issey Miyake's brooding Nuit d'Issey, First Generation opens with a sharp grapefruit-and-bergamot lift that quickly cedes to the heart everyone wears this for: cracked black pepper wrapped around supple leather, with vetiver and dry woods adding grain. The drydown leans into patchouli, a thread of incense smoke and sweet tonka, echoing the original's masculine, slightly gourmand warmth. Against the real Nuit d'Issey it reads more two-dimensional - the leather is less buttery, the incense thinner, and projection stays close to the skin rather than throwing the smoky cloud the parfum does. Longevity is moderate, fading toward a soft woody-sweet skin scent after a few hours. Still, for the money it captures the autumn-and-winter, after-dark mood convincingly: peppery, leathery and confidently masculine, best deployed on cooler evenings and date nights rather than as an all-day office scent.