44 community ratings

Querelle

2006MenClassic

7.5/ 10

Community score
44 ratings

Pierre Guillaume Querelle opens with black caraway, cinnamon and myrrh, then deepens into rose, vetiver and frankincense: a smoky chypre for men that has been discontinued.

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How does it perform?

From 35 community ratings, all out of 10.

Longevity

7.6 /10

Holds up through the day and fades gently toward evening.

Sillage

5.8 /10

Leaves a light trail and stays polite in a crowd.

Bottle

7.0 /10

Sits nicely on a shelf.

Blind buy risk

Low risk

80% 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

Black caraway

Myrrh Cinnamon

Heart notesfirst few hours

Rose Vetiver

Base noteswhat stays into the evening

Tonka bean Oakmoss Frankincense Ambergris

Accords

From most dominant to most subtle.

Fresh
Green
Spicy
Woody
Resinous
Earthy
Smoky
Chypre

What does Querelle smell like?

Black caraway, myrrh and cinnamon lead, giving way to rose and vetiver at the heart. The base holds tonka bean, oakmoss, frankincense and ambergris. Fresh, green and spicy accords sit over woody, resinous, earthy and smoky ones, so it reads dry and deep rather than sharp.

Voters rate its longevity as good and its sillage as moderate. Most pick fall and winter, though spring is not far behind. Leisure and evening wear lead, and most voters call it masculine. Farmacia SS. Annunziata Xllence - Vetyver Incenso and Sammarco Vitrum have a close profile.