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Innovative Spice

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Perfume Parlour Innovative Spice is an Eau de Parfum launched in 2023. Innovative Spice opens with Bergamot, Lemon, and Ginger, settles into a heart of Mandarin, Rose, Jasmine, and Magnolia, and dries down to a base of Musk, Amber, Sandalwood, and Patchouli. Perfume Parlour's Innovative Spice carries a Favourite verdict, a floral-led wear.

Innovative Spice chases Goldfield & Banks' Ingenious Ginger - a fizzy ginger-flower-and-citrus opening over a soft magnolia-jasmine heart and warm amber base. The dupe renders the resinous amber simpler and the longevity shorter, but the bright, unisex citrus-floral character is recognisable.
  • Fresh
  • Uplifting
  • Elegant
  • Energetic
  • Sophisticated
Innovative Spice Eau de Parfum bottle

Profile

Composition

Timeline

Showing: Overall Blend

Accords

Floral
75%
Citrus
70%
Fresh
65%
Amber
60%
Woody
55%

Performance

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

Mood

Mood Energising
Calming
Character Playful
Serious
Sentiment Uplifting
Brooding

When To Wear

Best Seasons

Best For:
Spring Summer
Also Works:
Fall

The fizzy citrus-ginger freshness is brightest in spring and summer, with the amber base keeping it wearable into mild autumn.

Best Occasions

Best For:
Office Date Casual
Also Works:
Sport

Bright and unisex, it suits casual and daily wear, the office and dates more than formal settings.

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About

Innovative Spice opens zesty and sparkling, a ginger flower accord - more soft floral than peppery root - lifted by bright lemon and bergamot, capturing the clean, fizzy citrus-ginger feel that defines Ingenious Ginger. The heart turns gently floral, mandarin orange threading into magnolia, jasmine and a touch of rose, the tropical-flower core that gives the original its character. The drydown settles into warm amber, vanilla, cashmeran, sandalwood, musk and patchouli, a soft, resinous base that rounds everything off. Compared with the genuine Goldfield & Banks, this budget version flattens some of the exceptionally resinous amber and the seamless way ginger keeps its lead, leaning a touch more generic, and the longevity falls below the original's seven-hour wear. Even so, it keeps that bright, elegant, genuinely unisex personality that makes Ingenious Ginger such an easy warm-weather scent, comfortable for casual days, the office and dates alike.