Perfume Parlour 2012 EDP

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Syprus

Name: Syprus Eau de Parfum
Brand: Perfume Parlour

Perfume Parlour Syprus is an Eau de Parfum launched in 2012. Syprus opens with Clementine, Lavender, Labdanum, and Galbanum, settles into a heart of Rose, Jasmine, Iris, and Gardenia, and dries down to a base of Immortelle, Leather, Oakmoss, and Vanilla. Perfume Parlour's Syprus carries a Statement verdict, a musk-led wear.

Syprus aims at MDCI's Chypre Palatin, a notoriously layered amber-chypre, and captures its broad arc: an aldehydic, herbal-citrus opening, a plummy floral heart and a warm leather-amber-oakmoss base. The dupe flattens the original's constantly-shifting complexity into something more legible and skin-close, losing the opulent depth and refined castoreum-balsam richness, but as a budget classic-chypre it delivers the signature mood for a tiny fraction of the price.

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Sophisticated
Sensual
Refined
Mysterious
Elegant

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Inspired by

Chypre Palatin by Parfums MDCI

92%

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Scent Profile

Composition

Timeline

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Topas listed

Labdanum19%

Clementine18%

Lavender18%

Galbanum16%

Aldehydes15%

Sage15%

Heartas listed

Plum23%

Rose23%

Jasmine21%

Gardenia17%

Iris17%

Baseas listed

Benzoin18%

Leather18%

Oakmoss18%

Vanilla17%

Immortelle15%

Castoreum12%

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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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

A rich amber-chypre with leather and oakmoss feels at home in cool weather and heavy in summer heat.

Best Occasions

Best For:

Formal

Also Works:

Date

Its opulent, refined character suits formal evenings and dates over casual daytime or sport.

Ingredients and allergens

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About

Syprus opens with a fizzy, aldehydic flourish of lavender, clementine and galbanum laced with labdanum and sage, an ambitious nod to MDCI Chypre Palatin's symphonic overture. The heart turns floral and slightly fruity with plum, rose, jasmine, iris and gardenia, before a base of oakmoss, leather, benzoin, immortelle and vanilla settles into a warm, faintly animalic amber-chypre drydown. On skin it reads as a sophisticated, refined and opulent scent, old-school in the best way. What it cannot match is the original's restless complexity and decadent richness: the constantly-morphing structure is simplified here, the costus-castoreum funk muted and the precious-feeling balsams thinned. Projection stays close and longevity is the chief compromise, but for formal autumn and winter evenings it offers a remarkably convincing, affordable echo of a connoisseur's chypre.