Upcycled Mandarin
Upcycled Mandarin by Liquides Imaginaires is an unisex eau de parfum in the niche price tier. It opens with mandarin, pink pepper, cardamom and lemon, moves into lavender, orange blossom and apricot and dries down to immortelle, almond, heliotrope, benzoin, cedarwood and amber. Expect around 8 hours of wear, and it projects at a moderate level.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Mandarin Soft, sweet, almost powdery citrus. Gentler than orange.
- Pink Pepper Fizzy, rosy and bright. Adds sparkle without heat.
- Cardamom Cool, aromatic spice with a eucalyptus lift. Smells expensive.
- Lemon Clean, sour, instantly recognisable. Bright but burns off fast.
Heart
- Lavender Herbal, clean, slightly medicinal. Barbershop in one note.
- Orange Blossom Sweet, soapy and sunny. Neroli's warmer sibling.
- Apricot Warm, jammy stone fruit. Often hiding inside osmanthus.
Dry-down
- Immortelle Maple syrup, curry and hay. Genuinely strange and very distinctive.
- Almond Marzipan and cherry-stone. Sweet with a bitter undertone.
- Heliotrope Almond, vanilla and powder. Smells like marzipan and old-fashioned makeup.
- Benzoin Sweet balsamic resin. Vanilla-adjacent but drier.
- Cedarwood Dry, pencil-shaving woodiness. Clean and structural.
- Amber Warm, golden and resinous. Not a real material — a blend that glows.
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