MDCI · 2020
La Surprise Eau de Parfum
Longevity
Very long8-12 hours
Projection
ModerateFills your personal space
Polarising
Mixed
dewy rose tea with peach, soft woody musk
Scent Notes
Floral
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About This Perfume
La Surprise by MDCI Parfums is a Woody Floral Musk fragrance for women. La Surprise was launched in 2020. The nose behind this fragrance is Cécile Zarokian. Top notes are Green Notes, Rhubarb, Cardamom and Bergamot; middle notes are Peach, Freesia, White Flowers, Violet and Rose; base notes are Musk, Sandalwood, Solar Notes, Woody Notes and Patchouli. La Surprise is inspired by the eponymous Jean-Honore Fragonard painting of the Frick Collection in New York (the other name is La Rencontre, 1773). The perfume was created by Cecile Zarokian.
Concentration
Eau de Parfum
Projection
Moderate
Gender lean
Leans feminine
The verdict
Best for
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