Patchouli Imperial

Dior Patchouli Imperial opens with a strong projection of green, sweet, gourmand, and woody accords. The opening is fresh, classy, projecting, old-school, refined, and pleasant. The patchouli is the green and most prominent opening note, sharp, intense, very elegant note. Two or three steps behind are the rest of the notes. The bergamot and mandarin orange are noticeable but for a brief moment, they enhance and add a sweet citrusy touch to the green patchouli but their presence is short-lived. The cinnamon and coriander are the spicy and mild support notes, they come up as spicy-sweet, slightly woody, and warm, from the two of them, the coriander is more noticeable. The vanilla, tonka bean, sandalwood, and benzoin create a mild sweet accord. The benzoin and amber are noticeable with their characteristic warm, sweet, and resinous accords that, in addition to the vanilla, give the fragrance a sweet gourmand touch balancing the intense green and sharp patchouli. The smoke is a projecting and enhancing note, it does not come across as incense, but as just a pleasant woody smoke touch. The rose and cedar are support notes, in the background, the cedar is noticeable, the rose is faint and almost lost in the background. The fragrance is very linear, the citruses are noticeable during the opening, but they fade away towards the dry down, the rest of the notes maintain their initial lineup. The initial projection takes a step down to moderate but the fragrance still feels intense. Once Dior Patchouli Imperial has reached its full dry down, it can be summarized as a moderate projection, green patchouli, resinous sweet amber, benzoin, smokey, and spicy coriander fragrance with woody, and sweet accords. The fragrance feels aromatic, classy, dated, delectable, dense, earthy, elegant, energizing, expensive, formal, green, heavy, herbaceous, high-quality, imposing, inviting, mature, natural, nicely-blended, old-fashion, resinous, refined, rich, sophisticated, sweet, unisex, versatile, woody, and very pleasant. BATCH REVIEWED: 2020. WOW RATING: 10/10. An exquisite patchouli fragrance, well-blended. DISLIKE RATING: 6/10. The patchouli is strong. UNIQUENESS: 8/10. Patchouli fragrances are common but the quality on this one is superior. MASS APPEAL: 4/10. This is a great fragrance for mature wearers, not a crowd-pleaser. PROJECTION: 4/10. Moderate, about 4 feet around the wearer. SILLAGE: 6/10. Very good, about 6 feet behind the wearer. APPLICATION: 4 atomizations. LONGEVITY: 6/10. Very good, about 6 hours, it projects well for 5 hours. SEASONS: Winter, spring, fall, colder days, daytime, nighttime, and climate-controlled environments. OCCASIONS: Formal events, outdoor gatherings, office, casual, holidays, romantic, dating, clubbing. This is an office-friendly fragrance. VERSATILITY: 8/10. Fresh green and versatile fragrance ideal for mild or cold weather, any occasion. GENDER: Unisex. AGES: 40 and above. Patchouli is mostly found in mature wearer fragrances. RECOMMENDATION: Dior Patchouli Imperial can be found retail for $220 (4.2oz). Although patchouli fragrances are relatively common, the quality of this fragrance is superior. This fragrance will be a dream for patchouli lovers. This is a great buy. BLIND-BUY: Yes, but only if you are familiar with its main notes. SIMILAR: These are examples of fragrances in the same genre. Chanel Les Exclusifs Coromandel EDP is a balsamic, woody, spicy, strong green, patchouli, and musky fragrance; Frederic Malle Portrait is a very good, intense, patchouli, roses, and woods fragrance; Montale Dark Purple Women EDP is a strong projection, sweet, rose, delicious fruity plum, and white musk fragrance; Parfums De Marly Lippizan features citrus, strong patchouli, earthy, spicy, and powdery accords; Parfums De Marly Nisean features woody, spicy, softer patchouli, and ambery tones; Roja Parfums Scandal Cologne Parfum is a woody, spicy, citrus, strong patchouli, and floral fragrance; Scentstory 24 Go Dark Men is mild patchouli, vetiver, leather, woody, spicy, and vanilla fragrance; Tiziana Terenzi Ursa is a woody, leather, patchouli, spicy and nutty fragrance; Tom Ford Black Orchid is a patchouli, chocolate, floral and fruity refined fragrance; Tom Ford Noir De Noir is a great, mild, roses, patchouli, oud, vanilla, and truffle fragrance; Xerjoff 1888 is a great, mild, spicy, floral patchouli, and woody fragrance; Dior Patchouli Imperial is a great, intense, green patchouli, resinous sweet amber, benzoin, smokey, and spicy coriander fragrance. SUMMARY: A moderate projection, green patchouli, resinous sweet amber, benzoin, smokey, and spicy coriander fragrance with woody, and sweet accords. The fragrance feels aromatic, classy, dated, delectable, dense, earthy, elegant, energizing, expensive, formal, green, heavy, herbaceous, high-quality, imposing, inviting, mature, natural, nicely-blended, old-fashion, resinous, refined, rich, sophisticated, sweet, unisex, versatile, woody, and very pleasant.

Patchouli bu seride en sevdigim parfümlerden birisi. Elimde 2018 öncesi satilan patchouli de olduğu icin karşılaştırma yapmam kolay oldu. Eskisi daha topraksı ve baskin bir patchouli iken yenisi bu topraksı havasının yanına biraz yeşil hava eklemiş ve patchouli biraz geriye cekilmis. Daha ahir başlı bir parfum olmus. Eskisinin ilk 10 dakika içinde sizi patchouli ye doyuran havasi yenisinde yok ama bunda daha az ortaya çıkan patchouli ayni zamanda kalite hissini arttırıyor. Kalicilik konusunda eskisi cok iyi değildi, yenisi de farklı degil. Her ikisi de kullandıktan sonra önemli bir değişim göstermiyor. Eskisinde ilk 10 dakika sonrasındaki sakinleşme faslı vardi yedisinde bu yok be oldukca düz ilerleyen bir havası var. Ancak her ikisi içinde sunu soyleyebilirim. Halen piyasada satılan en iyi patchouli parfümlerinden birisi bu. Bence adini hak ediyor. Kalite hissi yuksek ve ağırbaşlı. Her zaman bu parfümün 2 kat yüksek konsantrasyonunu nasil olacağını merak etmişimdir. Eskisi muhtemelen insani biraz bunaltabilirdi ama yenisi bence inanılmaz güzellikte bir parfum haline gelirdi. Gençler sevmeyecektir bunu. Bence aşırı sıcaklar disinda her zaman kullanılabilir. Tüm gün kalabilecek düzeyde olmadığı için gün icinde 2 defa daha tazelemek gerekecektir.

I love the sillage of this perfume, it literally drives me crazy. The sillage is very vanilla, benzoin, and amber. The patchouli & bergamot is more apparent when smelled on the skin. I have to say I dislike the opening on the skin. I get a very smokey note for maybe the first 10 minutes, then it goes away. Your skin does smell like a bonfire for a bit. This may appeal to some, but I really dislike smoke smells. It makes it too masculine. However, this gets a high rating from me because the sillage and complete dry down are just immaculate. I just love vanilla and bergamot notes in conjunction in perfumes. It’s a very unique patchouli scent as well. Most patchoulis are too heady and resinous; this is quite intoxicating but very wearable. Sillage is amazing, it projects maybe 8-10 ft, but isn’t offensive like many other strong sillage perfumes. It really draws you in. Lasting power is good, 6-8 hours on me. Full bottle worthy for sure. I am saving up for some other fragrances right now so for the time being I got the 7.5ml bottle.

I sort of under rated this perfume when I first got my decant. I'm writing here because I do think/guess the Maison version has to be similar because what the hell can you do with patchouli. My first go to is wearing actual patchouli oil, at the moment I've got both a refined oil and a black iron oil. But to be honest they both smell like patchouli maximum. I put it on cotton patches in amongst stored clothes like apparently they used to do in the olden days. I absolutely adore raw patchouli and I don't care who knows it because I'm an old boomer hippie. I've got Lutens Borneo, gorgeous, but slightly more masculine, the Reminiscence version, rather warmly ambery. I took my decant of vintage L Labo P 24 and tipped a heap of natural black patchouli into it, damn wonderful even if a tad masculine for my nose. (P.S., do not really mix and you have to shake it). But, the old version of Patchouli Imperiale is my favourite. Patchouli perfection. The rumours of discontinuation are terribly worrying, please say it ain't so....🥺🥺🥺

I love this scent because there is no other perfume out there quite like it. On me, the patchouli is balanced the entire time by a watery top note, be it citrus or more like water/watermelon/honeydew. The patchouli is not that cheap, dirty one you smell up and down Haight Street; it's refined and fresh. The other surprise is the amber, which balances the patchouli from the bottom up. I usually loathe amber scents but in this fragrance it works in perfect three-part harmony with the melon and patchouli. Also, the packaging is timeliness, simple yet elegant. The bottle and cap feel as expensive as they are. Usually, I buy the smallest bottle of any scent since scents can go bad. In this case, I went for the big boy, as it looks so classic.