
Jean Patou
Aromatic Fougere · 1980 · Jean Kerléo
Notes carried over from an earlier source and not independently checked.
These describe how the fragrance is generally reported to behave. Skin chemistry, weather and how much you apply all change it, so your own experience may differ.
Across published reviews, most people register this first as sandalwood.
Modelled profile
Clary sage, lavender and basil over black pepper and pimento, herbal and warmly spiced. It reads like a bold aromatic fougère, green up top and peppery beneath. Assertive and classic, with a spiced trail.

The Anchor
The Dry Warmth
Warm enough to be felt. Dry enough to mean it.
The warmth here is firm. It arrives unapologetic and stays put. Substance comes first, every time.
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Patou pour Homme reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory, and sits light in the air, close to the skin and easy to miss.
Modelled profile. This profile is derived from the evidence currently available and may be refined over time.
Patou pour Homme reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is 85th percentile for warmth across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Patou pour Homme sits mid-range on projection.
Patou pour Homme sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 68th percentile for risk across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Patou pour Homme sits light in the air, close to the skin and easy to miss. That is 21st percentile for texture across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Patou pour Homme carries sweetness without letting it define the scent. That is 67th percentile for sweetness across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.
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