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Perfume Parlour EDP

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Solo Performance For Men

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Perfume Parlour Solo Performance For Men is an Eau de Parfum. Solo Performance For Men opens with Caraway, Bergamot, Galbanum, and Basil, settles into a heart of Vetiver, Patchouli, Pine, and Geranium, and dries down to a base of Leather, Amber, Cedar, and Sandalwood. Perfume Parlour's Solo Performance For Men carries an Acquired verdict, a woody-led wear.

Solo Performance tracks Jacques Bogart One Man Show, the cult 1980 chypre. Community feedback rates it a close, near-90% match - it keeps the dry, smoky-spicy character and respectable power, though it leans a touch sweeter and flatter than the beastly original.
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  • Bold
  • Confident
  • Mysterious
  • Grounded
  • Masculine
Solo Performance For Men Eau de Parfum bottle
Dupe Inspired by
One Man Show by Jacques Bogart
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Profile

Composition

Timeline

Showing: Overall Blend

Accords

Woody
85%
Leather
70%
Warm Spicy
65%
Aromatic
60%
Sweet
50%
Amber
50%

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Performance

Longevity
Long (6-10h)
Projection
Strong
Intensity
Strong

Mood

Mood Energising
Calming
Character Playful
Serious
Sentiment Uplifting
Brooding

When To Wear

Best Seasons

Best For:
Fall Winter

The dense smoky leather, spice and amber are made for autumn and winter, becoming overpowering in warm weather.

Best Occasions

Best For:
Formal
Also Works:
Date Casual

A powerful, mature chypre that excels at dressed-up evenings and formal occasions; a little heavy for daytime office wear.

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About

Solo Performance opens with a dry, green blast of bergamot, basil, galbanum and artemisia that faithfully echoes the aromatic top of Bogart's One Man Show. The heart turns spicy and resinous - patchouli, nutmeg, carnation and labdanum laced with pine and vetiver - before a rich, old-school chypre base of leather, oakmoss, sandalwood, amber and a sweet tonka-vanilla tail. Where the 1980 original projects like a beast and lasts a punishing twelve hours, this budget version stays strong but reads a touch sweeter and slightly flatter in the smoky leather, sacrificing a sliver of the original's brooding complexity. Even so, performance is impressive: solid projection for the first few hours and longevity of seven to nine hours. It is a confident, masculine cool-weather scent for evenings and formal wear, and a genuinely close, wallet-friendly stand-in for a fragrance enthusiast favourite.

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