En Passant
En Passant by Frédéric Malle is a feminine-leaning eau de parfum from 2000 in the niche price tier. It opens with cucumber and rain accord, moves into lilac and orange blossom and dries down to white musk and cedarwood. Expect around 6 hours of wear, and it projects softly.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Cucumber Cool, watery and clean. Almost more a texture than a smell.
- Rain Accord Wet pavement and clean air. Comforting in a way that's hard to explain.
Heart
- Lilac Cool, powdery spring floral. Nostalgic and slightly soapy.
- Orange Blossom Sweet, soapy and sunny. Neroli's warmer sibling.
Dry-down
- White Musk Clean, soft, laundry-like. The 'smells like nothing but better' note.
- Cedarwood Dry, pencil-shaving woodiness. Clean and structural.
Smells like this
- Commodity Moss
- Casamorati Dama Bianca
- Chloé Love Story
- Giorgio Armani My Way Intense
- Xerjoff Dama Bianca
- Histoires de Parfums 1/.2
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