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Le Parfum Royal
Two roses, named separately, are the centre of Elie Saab Le Parfum Royal Eau de Parfum, and that is a declaration of intent from a house better known for its white flowers.
Mandarin orange opens it on its own, bright and juicy and brief. Then the roses: turkish rose is deep, jammy and slightly spiced, bulgarian rose is fresher and greener, more petal than preserve, and together they cover far more ground than one of them would alone. Neroli sits beside them adding a bitter green citrus edge that keeps the flowers from sweetening too early. The base is warm and classical, with patchouli for earth, amber for warmth, vanilla for smoothness and sandalwood for a dry creamy finish.
Maïa Lernout composed it and it was launched in 2019, from eight materials with only one of them standing above the roses. It lasts six or seven hours, with strong presence in the first hour and a warm drydown afterwards, and it responds badly to being overapplied: two sprays is the absolute ceiling.
Autumn and winter suit it, as do evenings and anywhere with a coat and a table involved. It is aimed at women, and it will appeal most to anyone who likes a flower led perfume rather than a fruity interpretation of one. The vanilla and sandalwood underneath are what make it comfortable to wear for a whole evening. Within the Le Parfum line it is the odd one out, and all the more interesting for that, since nothing else in the range is built on a flower like this one.
Elie Saab opened his couture house in Beirut in 1982 at the age of eighteen, dressing women for evenings, weddings and red carpets ever since. The perfumes carrying the name are made by outside houses.
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