Arquiste · 2021
Peau Parfum
Longevity
Very long8-12 hours
Projection
CloseArm's length
Polarising
Mixed
spicy
powdery
confident
skin-close
sea-salted pepper and powdery musk
Scent Notes
Spicy
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Snapshot
The full profile.
About This Perfume
Think sea-salted pepper and powdery musk: that is Arquiste Peau. It opens with musk, ambergris and clary sage, moves into Indian white pepper, coriander seed and sargassum and settles on ambermax®, okoumé and labdanum. It reads unisex.
This parfum works across all four seasons and is easy to wear day or night. It suits casual days. Released in 2021.
In the community's experience it lasts well into the evening, and stays close to the skin.
Is it right for you?
- Best for: anyone after something spicy and powdery for casual days.
- Sample first if: spicy is new territory for you.
- Skip if: you want a scent other people notice from across the room.
Around $40.
Explore more: More from Arquiste · Spicy perfumes · Musk perfumes · Ambergris perfumes
Concentration
Parfum
Occasion
Casual
Projection
Close
Gender lean
Leans unisex
The verdict
Best for
Best for
- Casual
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, an event, reconstructed as scent. The 18 live pieces on Scendira average .92, are almost exclusively unisex (16 of 18), and split across Fresh (5), Floral (4), Leather (3), Gourmand (2). Prices span $40-$225 (average $109). Standout live pieces: A Grove by The Sea ($105,.15, salty green olives, cypress air, sunlit herbs), Indigo Smoke ($40,.09, smoky tea, apricot jam and cedar incense), El ($105,.07, green herbs and honeyed spice with leathery moss), L'Etrog ($125,.06, sunny lemon and citruses with jasmine) and L'Or de Louis ($45,.03, powdery jasmine honey with lightly smoky cedar woods). Buy Arquiste when the concept-history hook itself is part of what you want to wear.
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FAQ
Common questions.
It smells like sea-salted pepper and powdery musk. It opens with musk, ambergris and clary sage, moves into Indian white pepper, coriander seed and sargassum and settles on ambermax®, okoumé and labdanum.
In the community's experience it lasts well into the evening, and stays close to the skin.
It works across all four seasons. It is easy to wear day or night. It suits casual days.
It reads unisex.
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