Vendor: Juliette has a Gun
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sweet, smoky oud and vanilla with saffron heat

powdery iris suede with crisp bergamot bite
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Think powdery iris suede with crisp bergamot bite: that is Juliette has a Gun Metal Chypre. It opens with pink pepper and bergamot, moves into iris, patchouli and suede and settles on ambrox, white musk and tonka bean. It reads unisex.
It is best in spring, fall and winter and is an evening scent. Reach for it for casual days. Released in 2017.
Wearers report that it lasts well into the evening, and projects to about arm's length.
Around $111.
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Juliette has a Gun is a Parisian niche house, founded in 2006 by Romano Ricci, great-grandson of Nina Ricci, with a rose, musk and modern-feminine identity. Families lean floral (6), gourmand (6) and woody (5). Prices sit in the accessible-niche band, about $33 to $285, most core pieces near $110. Top accords are synthetic, sweet, floral, spicy and woody. Standout live picks: Moon Dance (powdery rose and tuberose, earthy patchouli haze, $285), Citizen Queen (powdery leather gloves, bergamot, tuberose, the leather flanker, $110), Lady Vengeance (powdery rose perfume with cool lavender, $150), Musc Invisible (clean, creamy cotton with soft white musk, the entry-level modern-musk, $34), Powder Love (soft marshmallow powder with orange blossom, $150).
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It smells like powdery iris suede with crisp bergamot bite. It opens with pink pepper and bergamot, moves into iris, patchouli and suede and settles on ambrox, white musk and tonka bean.
Wearers report that it lasts well into the evening, and projects to about arm's length.
It is best in spring, fall and winter. It is an evening scent. It suits casual days.
It reads unisex.
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