Perfume Parlour 1994 Edp

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French Attendant 1

Perfume Parlour French Attendant 1 is an Eau de Parfum launched in 1994. French Attendant 1 opens with Nutmeg, Cinnamon, Clove, and Cardamom, settles into a heart of Cedar, Coriander, Geranium, and Rose, and dries down to a base of Pepper, Styrax, Labdanum, and Honey. Perfume Parlour's French Attendant 1 carries a Favourite verdict, a warm spicy-led wear.

A budget take on the avant-garde Comme des Garcons 1994, French Attendant 1 rebuilds its bone-dry clove-and-cinnamon spice over a smoky incense and old-honey base. It captures the warm, resinous chypre character though the animalic-honeyed depth reads simpler and flatter than the original.
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French Attendant 1 Eau de Parfum bottle

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Profile

Citrus Floral Fruity Green Sweet Warm Woody Earthy Animalic Fresh
Citrus 3%
Floral 15%
Fruity 0%
Green 4%
Sweet 22%
Warm 45%
Woody 17%
Earthy 7%
Animalic 4%
Fresh 7%

Mood Profile

Mood Energising
Calming
Character Playful
Serious
Sentiment Uplifting
Brooding

Accords

Warm Spicy
90%
Woody
60%
Smoky
60%
Amber
55%
Floral
50%

Notes

Top Notes

Clove 29% Cinnamon 27% Nutmeg 24% Cardamom 20%

Heart Notes

Rose 30% Cedar 25% Coriander 23% Geranium 23%

Base Notes

Honey 18% Incense 18% Labdanum 17% Styrax 16% Sandalwood 16% Pepper 14%

Performance

Longevity
Moderate (4-6h)
Projection
Intimate
Intensity
Moderate

Best Seasons

Best For:
Fall Winter

The dry spice, smoky incense and resinous honey are built for cold weather, suiting autumn and winter best.

Best Occasions

Also Works:
Date Casual Formal

Its warm, characterful complexity works for evenings and relaxed wear alike, with enough gravitas for formal settings.

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About

French Attendant 1 opens with a savoury, bone-dry blast of clove and cinnamon, dusted with cardamom and nutmeg - the same spicy jolt that made Comme des Garcons' 1994 original so distinctive. A woody-rose accord emerges in the heart, geranium and coriander lending a dry aromatic lift over soft cedar. The drydown leans warm and resinous: an old-honey accord, faintly animalic and waxen, threads through smoky incense, French labdanum, styrax and sandalwood with a peppery edge. The original is a dense, boundary-pushing spicy chypre with above-average longevity and a richly layered resin base; this Perfume Parlour interpretation captures the overall spicy-incense mood but renders the honey and labdanum less complex and a touch more linear, with the smoke and resins fading sooner. Projection is moderate and intimate after the opening. It remains a characterful, sophisticated spicy-incense scent for cold-weather wear, delivering the spirit of a modern classic at budget cost.

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