Eau Sans Pareil
Perfumer: Beverley Bayne
49 ratings
From your scent profile
Penhaligon's Eau Sans Pareil is a fresh, lightly sweet women's fragrance in which citrus and flowers sit on a green, powdery chypre base; it has been discontinued.
Skunky's take: That just-out-of-the-shower feeling, clean and fresh.
How does it perform?
From 52 community ratings, all out of 10.
Keeps you company for a few hours, a quick refresh fits nicely.
Leaves a light trail and stays polite in a crowd.
Sits nicely on a shelf.
Blind buy risk
69% of votes are positive, the rest are more reserved.
Notes
They open one after another, from the first spray into the evening.
Top notesfirst 15 minutes
Heart notesfirst few hours
Accords
From most dominant to most subtle.
- Fresh
- Citrus
- Floral
- Green
- Fruity
- Sweet
- Spicy
- Woody
What does Eau Sans Pareil smell like?
Its longevity and sillage are moderate. Most voters pick spring and summer, and daily wear and the office come up most often. Voters mostly find it feminine, followed by classic.
It opens bright and fruity with bergamot, mandarin orange, kumquat, raspberry and pineapple. The heart is floral, led by jasmine, Damask rose, iris and orange blossom, with liquorice and clove adding a little spice. It dries down to a woody, sweet base of vetiver, patchouli, oakmoss and vanilla. Basile Basile and Guerlain Jardins de Bagatelle have a close profile.
How it changes through the day
First minutes
- Raspberry
- Aldehydes
- Pineapple
First hours
- Lily of the valley
- Liquorice
- Iris
Towards evening
- Vetiver
- Benzoin
- Crystal amber
When to wear it?
Seasons and occasions, by user votes.
- 32%Spring
- 26%Summer
- 25%Autumn
- 17%Winter
- Daytime28%
- Office25%
- Casual22%
- Evening11%
- Nighttime10%
Least picked for nights out.
Smells like this
The closest scents by notes and accords.
58% matchBasile (1987) (Eau de Toilette)
Basile · 1987
56% matchFashion (Eau de Toilette)
Léonard · 1970
55% matchJardins de Bagatelle (Eau de Parfum)
Guerlain · 1993
55% matchMischief (Parfum)
Roja Parfums · 2012
54% matchSo Pretty (Eau de Parfum)
Cartier · 1995
53% matchNocturnes (1981) (Eau de Toilette)
Caron · 1981
53% matchÇa Sent Beau / Kenzo (Eau de Toilette)
Kenzo · 1988
53% matchChance (Eau de Parfum)
Chanel · 2002
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