Perfume Parlour 2017 EDP

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Preoccupied For Women

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Perfume Parlour Preoccupied For Women is an Eau de Parfum launched in 2017. Preoccupied For Women opens with Citrus, Bergamot, Neroli, and Elemi, settles into a heart of Orange Blossom, Rose, Violet Leaf, and Lavender, and dries down to a base of Musk, Ambrette, and Iso E Super. Perfume Parlour's Preoccupied For Women carries a Favourite verdict, a fresh-led wear.

A budget take on Calvin Klein's Obsessed For Women - the same fresh, soft female-fougere of citrus and neroli over white lavender, light florals and clean musk. Preoccupied captures that low-key, easy character but reads flatter and even shorter-lived than the often-fleeting original, the musky drydown thinner.
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  • Fresh
  • Refined
  • Comforting
  • Elegant
  • Uplifting
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Preoccupied For Women Eau de Parfum bottle
Inspired by
Obsessed by Calvin Klein
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Obsessed the original Preoccupied For Women inspired by

Scent Profile

Composition

Timeline

Showing: Overall Blend

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
Light

Mood

Mood Energising
Calming
Character Playful
Serious
Sentiment Uplifting
Brooding

When To Wear

Best Seasons

Best For:
Spring Summer
Also Works:
Fall

The fresh citrus, lavender and light florals are made for spring and summer, easing off in cold winter.

Best Occasions

Best For:
Office Casual
Also Works:
Date

Clean and low-key, it suits casual daywear, the office and everyday wear over formal occasions or sport.

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

  • Geraniol from Rose

Other declarable allergens

  • Bergamot Citrus Aurantium Bergamia Peel Oil from Bergamot
  • Bitter orange peel Citrus Aurantium Amara Peel Oil from Neroli
  • Lavender Lavandula Hybrida Oil from Lavender
  • Neroli Citrus Aurantium Amara Flower Oil from Neroli
  • Synthetic musk Hexamethylindanopyran from Musk
  • Woody amber musk Tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes from Iso E Super

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

Preoccupied opens fresh and citrusy: bergamot, neroli, a resinous elemi and bright mixed citruses set a clean, airy tone - the signature of Calvin Klein's Obsessed For Women (2017), marketed as a female take on an oriental fougere. After twenty minutes the heart eases in with white lavender, herbal sage and green violet leaf, plus a soft floral wash of rose, orange blossom and lily of the valley that nudges it gently feminine. The base is light and clean: musk, an airy Iso E Super woodiness and powdery ambrette. Perfume Parlour's interpretation captures the original's fresh, low-key, unisex-leaning character convincingly, but it reads a fraction flatter, the florals thinner and the blend simpler. Where Obsessed is already famously light and sometimes fleeting on skin, here longevity is moderate-to-modest with a soft, close projection. The effect stays clean and easy - a fresh, soft scent for spring and summer, worn casually, at the office, day to day or on relaxed dates.

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