Purple Mémoire
Perfumer: Penny Ellis
Votes lean feminine
12 ratings
From your scent profile
Floris Purple Mémoire is a unisex fragrance that sets a fresh opening of lavender, coriander and mandarin orange against a sweet, powdery, floral-gourmand body.
Skunky's take: Sleeps by day, goes out at night; very skunk of it.
How does it perform?
From 12 community ratings, all out of 10.
Sits nicely on a shelf.
Blind buy risk
75% of votes are positive and opinions barely differ.
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.
- Fresh
- Floral
- Sweet
- Synthetic
- Gourmand
- Spicy
- Woody
- Oriental
Fresh
Floral
Sweet
Synthetic
Gourmand
Spicy
Woody
OrientalWhat does Purple Mémoire smell like?
The top notes are lavender, coriander, mandarin orange and bergamot, so it starts fresh with a touch of spice. In the heart, ylang-ylang, iris, jasmine and violet build a floral, powdery layer. The base sweetens with cocoa, tonka bean and vanilla, while labdanum, sandalwood and amber add a resinous, woody and faintly smoky warmth.
Rochas Rochas Man (Eau de Toilette) and Lancôme Hypnôse Homme (Eau de Toilette) have a close profile.
How it changes through the day
First minutes
- Lavender
- Coriander
- Mandarin orange
First hours
- Ylang-ylang
- Iris
- Jasmine
Towards evening
- Labdanum
- Sandalwood
- Cocoa
When to wear it?
Seasons and occasions, by user votes.
- 27%Winter
- 27%Autumn
- 27%Spring
- 18%Summer
Winter
Autumn
Spring
Summer- Casual30%
- Evening30%
- Nighttime20%
- Daytime10%
- Office10%
Smells like this
The closest scents by notes and accords.
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48% matchRochas Man (Eau de Toilette)
Rochas · 1999
48% matchHypnôse Homme (Eau de Toilette)
Lancôme · 2007
47% matchSamsara (Eau de Parfum)
Guerlain · 1989
44% matchLe Mâle (Eau de Toilette)
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Last updated: October 26, 2026