Sulfide For Women

Sulfide opens on an exotic, spicy-floral accord that nods to Estee Lauder's Cinnabar, jasmine and orange flower threaded with bright tangerine. The heart is where the original's signature lives, a warm, intriguing clove laced with muguet and lily, intense and sensual. It dries into a deep, resinous base of olibanum, sandalwood and patchouli for a smoky, warm finish. Set beside the original, the Perfume Parlour interpretation simplifies the famously complex spice-and-resin structure, rendering the incense and balsams flatter and a touch more synthetic, so it loses some of Cinnabar's opulent depth. Performance steps down too: where vintage Cinnabar fills a room and lasts the day, this dupe projects more modestly and sits closer to the skin. For a few pounds it captures that warm, spicy-oriental mood faithfully for cosy autumn and winter evenings.