Penhaligon's
Empressa
for women · Launched 2014
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Scent profile
Share of people who describe it this way
How it wears
Share of votes by people who wear it: 126 votes, Parfica open fragrance database.
- Longevity
- moderate45% of votes
- Scent trail
- moderate66% of votes
- Season
- spring51% of votes
- Time of day
- day71% of votes
All votes
Longevity · 73 votes
- very weak7%
- weak22%
- moderate45%
- long lasting25%
- eternal1%
Sillage · 76 votes
- intimate22%
- moderate66%
- strong9%
- enormous3%
Season · 126 votes
- winter15%
- spring51%
- summer34%
Time of day · 82 votes
- day71%
- night29%
Sillage: how far the scent is noticed by people around you. Season and time of day allow several answers, so shares there are of all answers given.
Notes
Top notes are the first minutes, heart is the next hours, base is what stays.
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About Penhaligon's Empressa
Perfumer: Christian Provenzano
Empressa, released by Penhaligon's in 2014 and composed by Christian Provenzano, is a fruity floral gourmand. Sweetness leads, florals and citrus are strong, and woody, spicy and musky notes add touches.
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Empressa, released by Penhaligon's in 2014 and composed by Christian Provenzano, is a fruity floral gourmand. Sweetness leads, florals and citrus are strong, and woody, spicy and musky notes add touches.
The opening is juicy and bright: mandarin orange, blood orange and bergamot give a sparkling citrus, pink pepper a light tingle and peach a velvety sweetness. The heart is floral and fruity, with neroli adding a clean brightness, rose a velvety warmth, geranium a rosy, minty edge and dewberry a juicy note. The base is patchouli, vanilla, sandalwood, brown sugar, musk and amber, a warm, sweet and creamy finish.
Most wearers report moderate longevity, some long lasting, and a moderate sillage. It is voted mainly for spring and is mostly worn by day. Marketed for women, it suits office days, lunches and celebrations, and anyone who likes a bright, fruity floral with a brown-sugar warmth.
Empressa — for women fragrance by Penhaligon's (released 2014). Top notes: Blood Orange, Peach, Bergamot, Mandarin Orange, Pink Pepper. Heart notes: Rose, Dewberry, Cassis, Neroli, Geranium. Base notes: Patchouli, Brown sugar, Musk, Vanilla, Sandalwood, Cacao, Olibanum, Amber. — Parfica open fragrance database
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How much does Penhaligon's Empressa cost in the United States?
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What does it smell like?
Mainly gourmand, floral, citrus and woody. It opens with bergamot, blood orange, mandarin orange, peach, pink pepper; the heart is dewberry, geranium, neroli, rose; the base is amber, brown sugar, musk, patchouli, sandalwood, vanilla.
Who makes it?
Penhaligon's (UK). Launched in 2014. The perfumer is Christian Provenzano. Marketed for women.
How long does it last?
People rate its longevity as moderate and its sillage as moderate. Based on 73 wearers’ votes.
When to wear it?
Most people wear it in spring and summer, mostly daytime.
How is it rated?
7.9 out of 10 from 267 votes on Parfica open fragrance database.
Where does this data come from?
The rating and the votes on longevity, sillage, season and time of day come from Parfica open fragrance database. Notes, accords, perfumers and release data come from the ScentGlade catalogue (shared with the Olfactory app) and its editors.