Perfume Parlour 2019 EDP

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Innovator

Name: Innovator Eau de Parfum
Brand: Perfume Parlour

Perfume Parlour Innovator is an Eau de Parfum launched in 2019. Innovator opens with Spicy Notes, Blood Orange, and Pepper, settles into a heart of Orange Blossom and Lavender, and dries down to a base of Woody Notes, Amber, Sandalwood, and Tonka Bean. Perfume Parlour's Innovator carries a Favourite verdict, a fresh-led wear.

Innovator copies Parfums de Marly Kalan - the same spicy blood-orange opening over aromatic lavender, orange blossom and a dry amber-moss base. The budget version captures the oriental-spicy idea but reads flatter and sweeter, losing the original's dry, distinguished performance.

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Confident
Sophisticated
Bold
Refined
Grounded

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Inspired by

Kalan by Parfums de Marly

92%

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Kalan the original Innovator inspired by

Scent Profile

Composition

Timeline

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Topas listed

Blood Orange36%

Pepper36%

Spicy Notes28%

Heartas listed

Orange Blossom52%

Lavender48%

Baseas listed

Tonka Bean23%

Amber21%

Sandalwood19%

Woody Notes19%

Moss18%

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.

ScentArt

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

Also Works:

Spring

The spicy, dry amber profile suits cool autumn and winter, with the citrus lift working in spring.

Best Occasions

Best For:

Date Formal

Also Works:

Office Casual

Sophisticated and confident, it suits evenings, dates and formal occasions.

Ingredients and allergens

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About

Innovator opens with Kalan's signature contrast - black pepper and spices over juicy blood orange that nearly turns candied before pulling dry. The heart of lavender and orange blossom adds an aromatic, green tension before a base of tonka, amber, woods, moss and sandalwood grounds it. Where the original is famed for its dry, metallic-grassy complexity and chart-topping longevity, this budget take is flatter and leans a touch sweeter, with the moss and woods softened and sillage that sits closer to the skin. It remains a confident, sophisticated spicy-amber scent for cooler months and spring, well suited to evenings, dates and dressed-up occasions.