Perfume Parlour 2019 EDP

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Herb Cocktail

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Perfume Parlour Herb Cocktail is an Eau de Parfum launched in 2019. Herb Cocktail opens with Ginger, settles into a heart of Pepper, Pink Pepper, Clove, and Nutmeg, and dries down to a base of Woody Notes and Bay Leaf. Perfume Parlour's Herb Cocktail carries a Statement verdict, a spicy-led wear.

Herb Cocktail targets Dior's Spice Blend - the bold collision of fresh and warm spices over dry woods. The dupe captures the ginger-pepper-clove punch but renders it flatter and drier, dropping the boozy rum twist and trimming the woody base so it sits closer to the skin than the polished original.
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Herb Cocktail Eau de Parfum bottle
Inspired by
Spice Blend by Dior
77%
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Scent Profile

Composition

Timeline

Showing: Overall Blend
Topas listed
Ginger100%
Heartas listed
Pepper22%
Clove21%
Pink Pepper21%
Nutmeg19%
Coriander16%
Baseas listed
Woody Notes62%
Bay Leaf38%

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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Performance & Mood

Performance

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

Mood

Mood Energising
Calming
Character Playful
Serious
Sentiment Uplifting
Brooding

When To Wear

Best Seasons

Best For:
Fall Winter
Also Works:
Spring

The peppery, woody spice blend feels best in cooler autumn and winter air, with enough freshness to carry into spring.

Best Occasions

Best For:
Casual
Also Works:
Office Date Formal

A versatile, characterful spice that works for casual days, the office and dressed-up evenings alike.

Declarable allergens

We derive these from the materials behind this fragrance's notes, not from the bottle. Each one is likely, not confirmed. The list is partial - the box can name others.

In standard patch-test panels

Other declarable allergens

  • Bay laurel Laurus Nobilis Leaf Oil from Bay Leaf
  • Clove Eugenia Caryophyllus Flower Oil from Clove

The large name is the everyday one. The small name is the INCI form on the box, so you can compare the two. Reactions differ between people. A patch-test panel is not a ranking of risk. How we derive this

About

Herb Cocktail opens on a sharp, fizzy hit of ginger, then quickly fans out into a dense spice heart - black and pink pepper, clove, nutmeg and coriander layered tight together. A dry woody base edged with bay leaf grounds the blend. Against the Dior original the dupe's most noticeable absence is the rum extract that gave Spice Blend its tangy, almost edible lift; without it the composition reads drier and more straightforwardly peppery, and the refined sandalwood-clean woods of the original are simplified into a generic woody backdrop. It wears as a confident, characterful spice scent - versatile across cooler seasons, equally at home on a casual day or a dressed-up evening. Projection is modest and longevity skin-close after the first hours, the usual budget trade against the variable but often potent original. As a smell-alike it delivers the headline fresh-meets-warm spice idea while losing the boozy nuance and polish that made Spice Blend distinctive.

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