Perfume Parlour 2016 EDP

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Strong Games

Name: Strong Games Eau de Parfum
Brand: Perfume Parlour

Perfume Parlour Strong Games is an Eau de Parfum launched in 2016. Strong Games opens with Salt, settles into a heart of Vanilla, and dries down to a base of Amber. Perfume Parlour's Strong Games carries a Favourite verdict, a sweet-led wear.

Strong Games chases Rabanne's Olympea Intense - the salted vanilla and white amber that made the original a sweet, addictive cult favourite. The dupe lands the salty-vanilla idea but renders it flatter and sweeter, with the refined ambergris facet thinned out and longevity that hugs the skin rather than projecting across a room.

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Confident
Sensual
Bold
Cozy
Alluring

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Inspired by

Olympéa Intense by Rabanne

12%

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Olympéa Intense the original Strong Games inspired by

Scent Profile

Composition

Timeline

Showing: Overall Blend

Topas listed

Salt35%

Heartas listed

Vanilla33%

Baseas listed

Amber31%

Top, heart and base are the pyramid as published, not a timing claim. Each note's timing follows its listed tier, where it usually sits across many published pyramids (from ScentPrism) and its vapour pressure. A note comes through as the notes usually listed before it fade, judged from how other pyramids order the same pair. The thickness of a ribbon shows the note's share of what is left on the skin, which tracks how strongly it smells, because odour thresholds rise with vapour pressure. The shares come from how prominent wearers vote each note. It is a simple model, not a measurement.

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How It Wears

Its character

MoodCalming

CharacterIn between

SentimentBrooding

When To Wear

Seasons

Autumn Winter Spring Summer

Occasions

Date Also works
Formal Also works
Casual Also works
Office Not ideal
Sport Not ideal

FAVOURITE

Strong Games

EDP

Perfume Parlour · 2016 F

ScentArt

Confident Sensual Bold Cozy Alluring

Top

Salt

Heart

Vanilla

Base

Amber

Longevity

Projection

Intensity

Mood Calming

EnergisingCalming

Character Serious

PlayfulSerious

Sentiment Brooding

UpliftingBrooding

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About

Strong Games opens on a saline lift - the signature salt note that gives Olympea Intense its moreish, lick-your-wrist quality. It quickly settles into a creamy vanilla heart that leans sweet and slightly nutty, before an amber base warms everything into a soft, sugary glow. Against the Rabanne original the dupe reads more linear: the bright salted-ambergris sparkle that made Olympea Intense feel expensive is muted here, and the vanilla is pushed forward to carry the composition. It wears warm and close, a cosy second-skin sweetness that suits cooler evenings and date nights rather than throwing a bold sillage trail. Projection and longevity are modest - expect a few hours of soft diffusion before it nestles into the skin - which is the usual trade for the budget price. As a smell-alike it captures the salty-vanilla character that fans love while losing some of the polish and tenacity of the original.