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Mandarine Sultane 2016

6.9 / 10 48 Ratings
A perfume by Alexandre.J for women, released in 2016. The scent is fruity-sweet. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Fruity
Sweet
Floral
Synthetic
Oriental

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
LemonLemon Mandarin orangeMandarin orange BergamotBergamot
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Orange blossomOrange blossom PeachPeach NeroliNeroli JasmineJasmine AlmondAlmond
Base Notes Base Notes
CashmeranCashmeran MuskMusk RumRum SaffronSaffron SandalwoodSandalwood AmberwoodAmberwood

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
6.948 Ratings
Longevity
7.343 Ratings
Sillage
7.344 Ratings
Bottle
7.055 Ratings
Value for money
6.023 Ratings
Submitted by Michael, last update on 08/11/2025.
Interesting Facts
The fragrance is part of the The Collector collection.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to
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Dangerous Complicity
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Mandarin Carnival
Decadence by Marc Jacobs
Decadence

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4 in-depth fragrance descriptions
Raluko111

394 Reviews
Raluko111
Raluko111
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The Queen of all Citric Fruits.
She is indeed the Sultana of all mandarins, heck, I'd even venture to say for all citric fruits in perfumery. And more than that, Mandarine Sultane is a great example of white flowers done right. Personally, neroli and jasmine can put me off sometimes, in certain sweet, indolic, migraine-inducing concoctions. Here, though, it's just what's needed to balance the citric fruits.

What I like about Mandarine Sultane the best is that it's not sweet at all. It's a mature, elegant and fresh presence, the first epithet being rarely found in combination with the latter two. This is why Alexander J.'s creation doesn't strike me as just another banal summer perfume with citric notes. Actually, I love wearing the perfume a lot in winter. Where I live, mandarins are very often consumed in winter: we put them in front of our home altars, and it's considered lucky to eat them in copious quantities during New Year's Eve.

It's one of the most unusual white flower-citric fruit combo I have ever tried. Been searching for a full bottle, but unfortunately Alexander J. isn't sold where I live and they don't deliver either...
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Ea este într-adevăr sultana tuturor mandarinelor, ba chiar m-aș arunca să spun a tuturor citricelor în parfumerie. Și mai mult, este un exemplu de flori albe done right. Personal, neroli și iasomia nu întotdeauna mă încântă; am momente când dulceața lor mă sufoca și îmi dă dureri de cap. Aici, în schimb este exact ce trebuie, exact cât trebuie.

Mandarine Sultane nu este dulce deloc: ea își cere tributul printr-o prezență feminină matură, rafinată și proaspătă, ultimul epitet fiind mai greu de găsit în compania celorlalte două dinainte. De aceea creația lui Alexander J. nu mi-se pare încă un alt parfum banal de vară cu citrice. De fapt eu port Mandarine Sultane cu mult drag iarna. Unde locuiesc mandarinele reprezintă iarna. În acest sezon se vând peste tot în supermarketuri, se așază în piramide pe turte de orez în fața altarelor la temple, și este considerat norocos să le mănânci în cantități copioase în noaptea revelionului.

Combinația citrice, flori albe, migdale este superbă și atât de bine balansată încât nimeni nu dă din coate să se ivească-n frunte, deși iasomia și florile de portocal sunt cele mai vesele și evidente. Dar per ansamblu, e ca și cum ești la o petrecere foarte vioaie unde fiecare femeie este frumoasă în felul ei, una și una, le observi pe fiecare-n parte, dar glasurile lor se unesc în râsete armonioase. Când ajung la notele de bază, miros un săpun luxos ambrat cu o umbră de mosc și rom. E o aromă intimă, reconfortantă.
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EvitaVilla

28 Reviews
EvitaVilla
EvitaVilla
1  
Why do you hate me so much?
I received this perfume as a gift. Why did you pick up this one? Do you hate me?
Everything is wrong for my nose, heavy, cheap and synthetic.
The opening notes mix is a tangerine syrup from the 70's, when fruity soft drinks were made of anything except fruits.
By chance, a friend of mine told me it smelled nice... And I was more than happy to give her the bottle.

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Jazzy79

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Jazzy79
Jazzy79
Helpful Review 6  
Really a unisex fragrance that pleases me and my partner
I was looking for something with mandarin / citrus and zing, so I became aware of this perfume via Parfumo. Saffron and rum are also listed here, that can be exciting I thought!
The bottle comes in a box with magnetic closure and everything looks super pompööös, really. Great eye-catcher in on my perfume shrine in the bathroom. Everyone who comes out of the bathroom has at least sniffed you and held you in their hands...
You are really very peculiar, there is nothing comparable to my knowledge. You are in the prelude so not sweet, rather something woody and peppery, then joins the tangerine and orange blossom, jasmine of which I smell nothing with you, neroli comes a mini mü to it and after 30min drydown you become cuddly, with amber and cashmeran. The fruity tangerine I always smell, no matter how long I sniff you. But where is the saffron and rum? You are guaranteed no Bäm Bum Sillage, but one takes you. With my partner you are a little less fruity and more peppery (evt the rum?) Although none is listed. An acquaintance has you even sniffed off the neck and found you yummie :-)
I could get hold of you for under 60 euros at an online dealer and I'm really happy to have you in my collection. You are so very different from the others. After 5h, however, you are rather close to the body, on the T-shirt maybe 1-2h longer to sniff...but who bothers :-)
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TiBe

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TiBe
TiBe
Helpful Review 7  
hmmm... not always, but always gladly again
This is one of those bottles that sometimes gathers dust at the back of the shelf. A bit too much bling, so it doesn’t sit at the front. Not suitable for every occasion, so it’s rarely reached for. Yet it’s actually quite nice.
The first impression is mandarin. Not orange, not grapefruit - unmistakably mandarin. And it’s not as sweet and juicy as one might expect. I hardly find the juice sweet at all - it’s more like there’s a lot of peel in it - a bit bitter, definitely refreshing, and surprisingly dry (if you can call it that).
I don’t perceive much from the flowers - maybe a bit of orange blossom, which helps the fruity freshness last longer.
And then comes the wood, very dominant, reminiscent of Layton (only the wood, not the mandarin). Somehow the wood manages to hold onto the mandarin, as it remains a bit bitter-fruity throughout - which, by the way, is quite decent for me. I spray a lot (I ALWAYS spray a lot), yet I can still clearly identify the scent in the evening - as if freshly applied by someone who only sprays once.
The combination of bitter wood and bitter mandarin surprisingly appeals to me, especially since one would typically expect vanilla and then has to sniff multiple times...
So if you can find it at a good price somewhere, you might as well pick it up. It’s really interesting regardless of the season - just not something you want to smell so "present" every day.
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Citrusy-sweet mandarin fruits lie with saffron, musk, and barely any oud (?) in the makeup bag, too much makeup for me.
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