Eau Duelle Eau de Parfum

This is one of my most favorite perfumes, hands down. I’ve gone through many bottles and the EDP/EDT. This scent is a dry and resinous vanilla with some incense and spices. It’s perfectly unisex. It reminds me of rainy days, analog typewriters, and leather boots. It’s not exactly sexy per se, but it is extremely comforting to me. I wear this to bed a lot, and wish it had more power behind it. I overspray for sure. It also doesn’t last very long, about 2-3 hours. I don’t care, I love the way it smells and will keep buying it. From my Eau Duelle EDT Review for reference: I have the EDT and the EDP. I have them on skin right now to compare for those that want this information. The EDT is less heavy. It’s airier and has more “old books, old library, balsam fir trees” going on. The vanilla in this is perfection. This has less lasting power but is my preferred scent between the two despite its faults. It’s possibly more feminine than the EDP because the EDP has a bourbon vanilla going on, while the toilette has a Madagascar, aged vanilla going on. I prefer the vanilla in the toilette. The winter trees are blended with the vanilla and they are the stars of the show, with the resins coming in as the background scents. It’s truly studying old books in an old library with a cup of tea at hand and candles lit on the candelabra. The EDP is denser, and the Bourbon vanilla here is more fragrant. It has the bourbon vanilla as the main star, with the resin coming in second and the winter trees as back up singers. The winter trees or Cypriol is sharper here as well. This scent is more serious. It’s sitting in a den library at home, with a finger of whiskey in front of a fire vibes. A touch more masculine to my nose than the EDT, but still unisex. I switch off which one I prefer. As of right now, the EDT is my reigning queen. I have purchased multiple bottles of both. They are truly in my top favorite fragrances of all time. These are among the most comforting scents I have put my nose on. I’m still as obsessed as I was the first time I smelled the EDT. The only pain about these is that a) no one else can smell them, I’ve never gotten a compliment because they’re so faint and b) they don’t last very long- 2 hours with regular spraying. With this knowledge, I tend to overspray the heck out of these, which sucks because they aren’t cheap. But still, I love them. My perfect scents 💕

Eau Duelle Eau de Parfum (launched in 2013 and signed by the famous nose Fabrice Pellegrin) is the demonstration of how vanilla can be stripped of any childish or cloying cliché to transform itself into a mature, deep and decidedly magnetic olfactory journey. If the Eau de Toilette version focuses on a more aromatic and airy freshness, the Eau de Parfum digs into the darkness, offering a denser, nocturnal and enveloping version. A game of contrasts the name itself, "Duelle", evokes a duel. In this case, it is a love clash between the ancestral sweetness and the edginess of spices and resins. The first impact is vibrant. Pink pepper stings the sense of smell with an almost cold and spicy freshness, immediately introducing the unisex character of the fragrance. There is no room for immediate sugar; the beginning is dynamic and biting. The smoky and mystical soul of the perfume soon emerges. Incense takes the fragrance by the hand, depriving it of any purely ecclesiastical connotation and instead giving it an exotic and mysterious aura. This is where Cypriol (Nagarmotha) oil comes into play, with its woody, earthy and slightly tart facets, it is the perfect counterbalance to the sweetness. The real protagonist remains Bourbon Vanilla, but forget the pastry desserts. This is vanilla in a pod: dark, carnal, liqueur-like and smoky. It remains on the skin for hours, transforming into a warm and reassuring, yet incredibly sophisticated caress. It finds the perfect balance between traditionally feminine softness and masculine woody/spicy dryness. It is not a "screaming" perfume that fills a room annoying others, but creates a splendid and intimate olfactory bubble around the wearer. It is at its best in the autumn and winter months, or on cool evenings, thanks to its heating power. It is not a simple vanilla fragrance: it is a fireplace lit on a winter night, it is the scent of the pages of an old adventure book combined with the incense of a distant temple. It is the ideal choice for those looking for a gourmand perfume that is not cloying, but who prefers to move in the territories of whispered elegance, mystery and intellectual sensuality. A masterpiece of balance by Fabrice Pellegrin.

For anyone that's wanted to know the difference between the EDP & EDT: I love Eau Duelle EDT but had never tried the EDP, so when my beloved bottle of the EDT hit that halfway full mark, I ordered the EDP thinking they can't be that different. I was kind of right. In the first few minutes after initial application, in Eau Duelle EDP the wood smells a bit differently than it does in the EDT, and the best example I have would be hickory to oak. Also, the bourbon vanilla is more full bodied and rounded, giving the EDP that rich and bold roundness. I feel the EDP has more of that spicy bite as well. I think the last difference would be that there is more of a smoky smell to the EDP. Eau Duelle EDP smells like you are deep in the woods and a fire was recently put out of a bourbon vanilla soaked wood. It isn't an intense smoky smell, but a familiar and comfortable scent. So, having said all that, how similar to the EDT is it and do I like it as much? I would say this is the same scent as the EDT but it has some notes more amplified, tweaking it a bit and slightly altering it from the EDT. It's roughly 75-80% the same scent. I think the EDT is fresher and more balanced but that is most likely because that is the first scent we've all come to know and love first. I do prefer the heavy dose of vanilla in the EDP, so I suppose it's a tie. I will also say that I wore the EDT on one arm and the EDP on the other to see if there were any performance differences or to see if anyone else could tell the 2 were different scents, and my boyfriend thought they were the same. Even I could hardly tell after a few hours, they basically dried down to the same scent. Performs great, a good 12+ hours on my skin.

Comparing this side by side with Eau Duelle EDT. EDP: Heavy punch of aromatics, its dustier & more forest-y / pine heavy. The dusty smell isnt a negative, its part of what makes this scent magical. Its got a dense incensey smell, like walking through a dark thick forest. Woody, smoky. EDT: First spray, much less aromatic than the EDP. Softer, rounder. Very light. Fairy in the woods vibe. Smoky, dusty, woody but dialed down. Middle notes EDP: leans more into the cypress. Very captivating, aromatic & strong, smoky. EDT: vanilla kicks in, becomes sweeter, almost a touch bubblegummy. Still has much lighter forest / pine notes with that "dusty" Eau Duelle DNA. Base notes EDP: Melds into this gorgeous vanilla, cypress & incense base. Really strong. To me, just very calming & captivating scent. Powerhouse forest vanilla. My favorite scent EVER for the cold months. EDT: My husband prefers this one, he likes the sweetness of the vanilla here more. To me, its just too light compared to the EDP. I like my fragrances to lean beast mode, EDT would be best if youre constrained by workplace fragrance rules or prefer skin scents! I think both are redundant to own in your collection as they are VERY similar - one is more aromatic & beastly (EDP) and the other is just lighter, leaning slightly more into the vanillic base (EDT). Its really the same scent just cranked up or down. That Eau Duelle DNA is dry, dusty, powdery but in the best way. Its just one of those scents you HAVE to try yourself. Its so unique. Never smelled something similar to this. I will always have this in my collection.

I really love this scent. It’s more potent and characteristically grounded than the EDT version, but leaning towards the grounds of an antique, historical library with ornate classical architecture, within it, a few marble statues as tribute to some deities of wisdom so that the visitors too may gain blessings of erudition. Overall, I’m pleasantly surprised that I like this more than the EDT ! ! It’s thicker, darker, sweeter— but instead of making it more juvenile, it surprisingly enhances the element of maturity. While the EDT version feels lighter, airier, more like a fantasy story in bright ivory motion, this one most definitely to me feels more like the cozy, neutral color saturated elegant space where you read those stories in. Where the vivid visions sprawl to your mind as some more responsible, subtly rooted oneirisms circumscribed by the pleasant limits of old, ethereal time. Early evenings, for me. Books with deceptively uniform, conservative looking covers which hold vast epic wanderings of imagination and various knowledge. Honestly very perfect for if you’re in academia or work in that profession, it gives favorite professor vibes ! Kind, not brusquely pretentious.