Cuvée Skin
Perfumer: Margaux Le Paih-Guérin
15 ratings
From your scent profile
Borntostandout Cuvée Skin is a unisex scent built around ambrette seed, oakmoss and tonka bean, sweet, powdery and leathery in character.
Skunky's take: Sweet accords up front; to my nose, pure comfort.
How does it perform?
From 12 community ratings, all out of 10.
Sits nicely on a shelf.
Blind buy risk
Only 33% of votes are positive.
Notes
They open one after another, from the first spray into the evening.
Top notesfirst 15 minutes
Heart notesfirst few hours
Base noteswhat stays into the evening
Accords
From most dominant to most subtle.
- Sweet
- Synthetic
- Spicy
- Woody
- Oriental
- Powdery
- Creamy
- Earthy
Sweet
Synthetic
Spicy
Woody
Oriental
Powdery
Creamy
EarthyWhat does Cuvée Skin smell like?
It opens with ambrette seed absolute and oakmoss absolute, giving an earthy, lightly spicy footing. In the heart, vanilla orchid and tonka bean (as resinoid and absolute too) sweeten it and add a creamy, powdery softness. The base of white leather and blond woods leaves a woody, leathery warmth. The overall feel is sweet and oriental, with a slightly synthetic sheen. Giorgio Armani Armani Code Absolu Gold and Kenneth Cole Intensity have a close profile.
How it changes through the day
First minutes
- Ambrette seed absolute
- Oakmoss absolute
First hours
- Vanilla orchid
- Tonka bean
- Tonka bean resinoid
Towards evening
- White leather
- Blond woods
When to wear it?
Seasons and occasions, by user votes.
- 40%Winter
- 40%Autumn
- 10%Summer
- 10%Spring
Winter
Autumn
Summer
Spring- Nighttime29%
- Evening29%
- Casual21%
- Office14%
- Daytime7%
Least picked for daytime.
Smells like this
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