Arquiste · 2012
Anima Dulcis EDP
Longevity
2–8 h60% of 11 people
Projection
Variesreports split
Worn by
Everyonemost often worn by
gourmand
sweet
cozy
intimate
Sweet cocoa, vanilla, and warm spice pastry
Scent Notes
Warm & Amber
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What the community says
Powdery and dry, with a warm side
Scendira's summary of what people post on perfume review sites, updated 25 Oct 2026: 30 describe how long it lasts, 20 how far it projects and 41 how it smells. Most other posts only name Anima Dulcis.
How long it lasts30 people
2–8 h
for 60% of people
0 h3 h6 h9 h12+ h
60% of people get 2–8 hours. From 11 people who said how many hours. The dot is the middle answer (7 h).
Wear time varies a lot
about half say it lasts a long time
about 1 in 3 say it lasts a moderate time
In words
No single story here: about half say it lasts a long time, while about 1 in 3 say it lasts a moderate time.
How far it projects
Early reports
In words
Early reports, from 20 people so far, are mixed.
Read what people say
Reddit threads about it
Also worth knowing
Compliments
3%
3% of people get compliments on it (38).
Typical perfume we track: 8%.
Summary in words
Arquiste Anima Dulcis: what people say about it.
In short: Powdery and dry, with a warm side.
Worn by everyone.
60% of people get 2–8 hours of wear (11 people who said how many hours; the middle answer is 7 hours).
Wear time varies a lot (30 people): No single story here: about half say it lasts a long time, while about 1 in 3 say it lasts a moderate time.
Early reports: Early reports, from 20 people so far, are mixed.
3% of people get compliments on it (38).
Each person counts once per topic. Reported experiences, not verified purchases; skin, climate and batch change how a scent wears.
Community data through .
How we count
- It sums up what 100+ people have said about this perfume in community discussions and perfume reviews, up to 25 Oct 2026.
- Each person counts once per topic, however often they posted. A count or bar only appears once enough people have described that topic.
- These are reported experiences, not verified-purchase reviews or a rating. Skin, climate and batch all change how a scent wears.
- Scendira’s AI reads each review and post and tags what it says (how long it lasts, how far it projects, how it smells). We count each person once per topic; the sentences here are written from those counts.
Snapshot
The full profile.
About This Perfume
Think Sweet cocoa, vanilla, and warm spice pastry: that is Arquiste Anima Dulcis. It opens with cinnamon, oregano and sesame, moves into clove, cumin and night-blooming jasmine and settles on Mexican vanilla, oriental notes and chypre accord. It reads unisex.
This eau de parfum is best in fall and winter and is easy to wear day or night. Reach for it for date nights. Released in 2012.
Wearers report that it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and projects to about arm's length.
Is it right for you?
- Best for: anyone after something gourmand and sweet for date nights.
- Sample first if: spicy is new territory for you.
- Skip if: you dislike gourmand fragrances.
Around $105.
Explore more: More from Arquiste · Gourmand perfumes · Cinnamon perfumes · Oregano perfumes
Concentration
EDP
Occasion
Date
Projection
Moderate
Gender lean
Leans unisex
The verdict
Best for
Best for
- Date
The Brand
Arquiste
Arquiste is a New York niche perfume house founded by architect and historian Carlos Huber, whose defining conceit is that every fragrance is built from a specific moment in history, a date, a place or an event, reconstructed as scent. Scendira lists 22 Arquiste perfumes, from about $40 to $245. In community threads Scendira tracks, the Arquiste names that surface are Arquiste The Architects Club, Arquiste Indigo Smoke and Arquiste A Grove by The Sea.
What is in the bottles
On Arquiste The Architects Club (2014), expect creamy vanilla spiced with citrus and wood smoke; it starts with angelica root and juniper berry and settles on vanilla absolute, ambermax and ambrettolide. Arquiste Indigo Smoke (2022) reads as smoky tea, apricot jam, and cedar incense, opening on Lapsang Souchong tea and bergamot and drying down to incense, pine tar and cedar leaf. Arquiste A Grove by The Sea (Eau de Parfum, 2024) is described as salty green olives, cypress air, sunlit herbs, with fig leaf and fleur de sel up top and Mediterranean cypress, stone pine needle and fir balsam underneath.
For more, see the brands page, Gourmand perfumes and Woody perfumes.
More from Arquiste
Vendor: Arquiste
The Architects Club
creamy vanilla spiced with citrus and wood smoke
$225.00
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FAQ
Common questions.
It smells like Sweet cocoa, vanilla, and warm spice pastry. It opens with cinnamon, oregano and sesame, moves into clove, cumin and night-blooming jasmine and settles on Mexican vanilla, oriental notes and chypre accord.
Wearers report that it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and projects to about arm's length.
It is best in fall and winter. It is easy to wear day or night. It suits date nights.
It reads unisex.
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