Van Cleef & Arpels

Moonlight Patchouli

Chypre Leather · 2016

PatchouliBulgarian RoseIrisSuedeLeather

Notes checked against a published listing.

Modelled profile

Patchouli under rose and suede. Earthy, powdered, a little nocturnal.

Taste Profile

The Anchor archetype

The Anchor

The Known Lane

You know exactly what you like and wear it for yourself.

You know your lane and you're happy there. The comfort of familiarity is special and should be honoured. A memory in waiting.

How Moonlight Patchouli smells, measured

On Zenyra's five taste axes, Moonlight Patchouli keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere, and sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber.

Modelled profile. This profile is derived from the evidence currently available and may be refined over time.

Warmthtemperate0.60

Moonlight Patchouli sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber. That is 70th percentile for warmth across 5,320 scored fragrances.

Projectionmid-range0.52

Moonlight Patchouli sits mid-range on projection, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 61st percentile for projection across 5,320 scored fragrances.

Riskmid-range0.52

Moonlight Patchouli sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 92nd percentile for risk across 5,320 scored fragrances.

Texturebalanced0.62

Moonlight Patchouli carries body without weight, present without filling a room. That is 76th percentile for texture across 5,320 scored fragrances.

Sweetnessdry0.30

Moonlight Patchouli keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 43rd percentile for sweetness across 5,320 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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