Ivoire de Balmain for women
aromatic fresh spicy · 1979
Notes carried over from an earlier source and not independently checked.
- Reported longevity
- Good
- Reported sillage
- Strong
- Typical occasion
- professional
- Typical season
- spring
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.
Modelled profile
Galbanum, aldehydes and asafoetida open bracingly green over a broad floral heart on oakmoss, incense and labdanum. It feels cool, mossy and complex, a green aldehydic chypre with vintage seriousness and quiet distinctiveness.
Taste Profile
The Purist
The Slow Reveal
Experienced differently as time goes on.
The complexity is there for those who stay with it. It is layered and evolves quietly. Some kinds of presence take time to understand.
How Ivoire de Balmain for women smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Ivoire de Balmain for women keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere, and reads cool and open, nearer to citrus and air than to skin.
Modelled profile. This profile is derived from the evidence currently available and may be refined over time.
Ivoire de Balmain for women reads cool and open, nearer to citrus and air than to skin. That is 21st percentile for warmth across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Ivoire de Balmain for women sits mid-range on projection. That is 79th percentile for projection across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Ivoire de Balmain for women sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 93rd percentile for risk across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Ivoire de Balmain for women carries some body without feeling heavy. That is 57th percentile for texture across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Ivoire de Balmain for women keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 30th 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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