Van Cleef & Arpels

Moonlight Patchouli

Chypre Leather · 2016

PatchouliBulgarian RoseIrisSuedeLeather

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

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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.

Warmthtemperate0.60

Moonlight Patchouli sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber.

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.

Riskmid-range0.52

Moonlight Patchouli sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available.

Texturemid-range0.58

Moonlight Patchouli sits mid-range on texture, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle.

Sweetnessdry0.30

Moonlight Patchouli keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere.

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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