Patchouli Paris Guerlain 2024

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7.9 / 10 199 Ratings

A new perfume by Guerlain for women and men, released in 2024. The scent is earthy-powdery. The longevity is above-average. It is being marketed by LVMH.
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Main accords

Earthy

Powdery

Spicy

Sweet

Floral

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Aldehydes

Heart Notes

Patchouli

Iris

Base Notes

Musk

Ambergris

Vanilla

Perfumer

Delphine Jelk

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7.9199 Ratings

Longevity

8.1167 Ratings

Sillage

7.4160 Ratings

Bottle

8.8145 Ratings

Value for money

5.8109 Ratings

Submitted by Iriska89, last update on 07/30/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the L'Art & La Matière collection.

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What the fragrance is similar to

Armani Privé - Iris Céladon

Psychédélique

Moonlight Patchouli

Reviews

6 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/03/2025

6
Pricing 9
Bottle 10
Sillage 8
Longevity 10
Scent

Elijahrb67
110 Reviews

Elijahrb67

Helpful Review 5

Dark patchouli meets dazzling aldehydes

Patchouli is a scent that invokes strong memories for me. As a child, one of my grandmas would wear pure patchouli oil as her main scent, and because of that it has always remained one of my favorite scents. Initially, I was not a massive fan of Patchouli Paris, as I found it to stray too far away from the namesake patchouli, but after wearing it multiple times, I think I was just misunderstanding what I was smelling. This fragrance perfectly blends the dirty, earthy, and spicy nature of patchouli with the warmth and sweetness of vanilla and the sparkling nature of the aldehydes. The opening is quite vanilla-iris dominant with your typical stickiness from the iris being present, but as it dries the patchouli becomes the most central note. I think the contrast between the darkness and depth of the patchouli against the bright and vibrant aldehydes and iris create a unique balance that I would not have ever thought would work, but it's masterfully executed in this case. There is just a hint of smoke in the dry down, which I think is partially from the patchouli, but from an ambery-resin note I pick up as well. Patchouli Paris is overall, a fantastic and unique fragrance of extreme quality.

Out of the fragrances I've tried from the L'Art & La Matière lineup, this is my favorite so far, and easily one of my favorite patchouli based fragrances as well. It manages to capture the essence of pure patchouli extract while giving it a gorgeous modern twist to keep things interesting. I can see this one being a bit more divisive, but I think it's some of the most masterful work to come out of Guerlain in some time.

10/21/2024

10
Bottle 8
Scent

Telekinec
451 Reviews

Telekinec

Helpful Review 3

Patchouli strolls the streets of Paris at night

I think patchouli has a bad rep since it was overused a lot by hippies back in the 1960s and 1970s and this hasn't faded yet from the collective conscience. I've fallen for the crowd who thinks they don't like patchouli but have never smelled a good, well-blended one. Well, I've got to say my opinion has changed with Patchouli Paris.

I'm still not sure it's a note I want to wear on myself when it's the star of a perfume, but I now have a better appreciation for it. Guerlain definitely knows how to elevate their chosen stars. Patchouli in this one is an elegant woman strolling the streets of Paris at night. She's got the classic parisian red lip, her clothes are properly fitted to her silhouette, she's wearing beautiful vintage jewelry and her perfume is on point. Everything about her is sophistication, classic elegance and quiet luxury. The beginning is sharp due to the aldehydes, but it doesn't take long before patchouli rises up. It's dark, sultry and has that earthy quality to it. It's also tempered by the iris which offers a subtle powderiness and a fresh floral accord. Vanilla isn't very recognisable, although I do smell a gentle sweetness underneath it all. Ambergris has that marine-like quality that pairs well with the patchouli while musk turns the perfume into an inviting warmth. It's a perfume that's made for date nights and serious business meetings. It has class and high standards.

Objectively, Guerlain has again outdone itself for it's L'Art et la Matière. For those who have signed patchouli off as a note in fragrances, I recommend you try this one before giving up forever. Subjectively, this perfume won't be for me as I'm not a great fan of earthy and powdery forward perfumes. I still recommend you try it out as it could surprise you very well!

07/09/2024

7
Pricing 8
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 8.5
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Chanelle
119 Reviews

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Chanelle

Top Review 32

Unfortunately no Coromandel...

...but rather a black Baccarat Rouge. After I first smelled the Parisian patch on a test strip, which came up with an earthy (i.e. not friendly to me) patchouli cloud, the nice saleswoman in the Guerlain boutique needed all her charm to make me want to give the fragrance a chance on my skin.
I didn't regret it, because the earthiness was much less on my skin and the aldehydes came through relatively quickly, along with a floral, non-carrot iris.
I gradually came to like PP.
However, it also seemed more and more familiar to me, as it developed a creamy-sweet component that I had already encountered in several fragrances. For the first time in the good old Baccarat Rouge and not so long ago in the in-house Cheval Blanc.
So PP is not a fearful opponent, even if it will not become my favorite of all patches, that is still Coromandel.
But all in all, a beautiful, new, promising variation on this theme from Guerlain.

11/16/2024

8
Sillage 8
Longevity 8
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Violett
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Violett

Top Review 27

Patch Charming

Patchouli is a matter close to my heart.
I remember to this day when a friend held a bottle under my nose several decades ago when we were both still teenagers: "Smell this. Isn't that amazing?"
Yes, it really smelled incredible, incredibly good, exciting, exotic, dark-earthy-greenish-sweetish, unprecedented, sensational - patchouli I soon had my own little bottle of oil, dabbed it on diligently or mixed it with other fragrance oils, preferably Turkish rose and mandarin.
The smell of patchouli quickly became an integral part of my life, wafting both from the fragrance lamp and from behind my ears.
I know this scent.
So when a perfume has "patchouli" in its name, I have certain expectations regarding the scent. I expect the familiar. In one guise or another. You could also say :
I've become a patchouli skewer.
I realized this thanks to this very fragrance, which initially disappointed me beyond measure, but has now finally won me over more and more. However, I first had to completely let go of my expectations of a patch fragrance
detach myself.
I found the patchouli note to be "castrated" in a figurative sense, tamed to such an extent that all that remains of its primal power is a virtuously well-behaved copy in the form of a delicate hint of chocolate A kind of tiger that has been put into a confirmation suit and is now presented as mother-in-law's darling...He gives good little paws.
Everyone should love him and find him cuddly.
But what can I say? Patch is patch.
A tiger is a tiger.
You can't really tame either of them.
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The fragrance, once applied, sends scent molecules to my nose on the way to work, which my brain automatically translates again and again as "bittersweet."
So here on the train, for the first time, I really get to know the meaning of the word "chocolate patch."
In the background, I smell the vanilla that is obligatory in this series, the Guerlain canvas on which L'Art & La Matière fragrances play out.
Iris blends floral-sweet with the dark chocolate. A tried and tested, fitting blend. Iris is simply the perfect ingredient for bittersweet confectionery fragrances.
Once I put all expectations aside, it smells so warm, beautiful, pleasant and also....
The patch is now starting to pick up a little. It's getting earthier, dirtier, spicier.
Mother-in-law's darling Patchy can no longer hide the fact that he is not an innocent chocolate boy, but has some well-dosed and fragrant(!) dirt on him. With a scent that is very reminiscent of dry, dusty earth. And from this point onwards, I find the fragrance almost sexy in a relaxed, pleasant way (just a hint of course, this is a L'Art & La Matière fragrance). At the same time, I feel enveloped and warmed by it I realize that in such a smart way, I like to indulge in hints instead of going all out. Especially in everyday life.
Hints of sexy
Hints of patchy
Hints of grungy
Embedded in warm-soft-vanilla
Wonderful. And it lasts forever
Of course I won't turn my back on honest, direct, wild Patchouli.
This love is indestructible.
But in the future, I may also give patch scents a chance that present themselves to me in an unexpected, unknown, novel and also very well-behaved way.
Yes, maybe I should give this strange bastard Coromandel Eau de Toilette a second chance, for example? This disappointingly unpatchoulous fragrance that I just don't understand why so many people love ? Well, let's not get carried away.
But then there are shadows that are too high to jump over;-))

09/05/2024

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Pricing 8
Bottle 8.5
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Luxieschen
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Luxieschen

Very helpful Review 18

Elegance in balance

I hadn't actually intended to test perfume today, but an unexpected downpour directed me into the dry halls of the local Galerie Lafayette. After a short uninspired stroll, my eyes fell on Patchouli Paris.
"Och, while I'm here..." What a pleasant surprise!
Very fitting for the already autumnal afternoon, PP immediately starts very patchouliy. Boom. No fudging or hesitation, which would be difficult given the name. I love patchouli in almost all its many forms, and here it is earthy but not dark, a muted green with yellow-brown speckles.
It is also immediately clear that PP lets this patchouli note appear with a cool elegance. And this somehow very French stoic elegance appeals to me enough to spray the fragrance generously over my arms and décolleté after a few short minutes. I only do that very, very rarely now, but with this Guerlain I was sure I wouldn't regret it.
However, I had completely forgotten that only one note is mentioned in the top note of the pyramid, the dreaded A-word: aldehydes. Oh well, the rain had stopped, I could go back home and, if worst came to worst, take a shower.

I have a very difficult relationship with aldehydes. Lactones make me sick, and I find the soapy ones repulsive. And yet they can be found in some of my favorite fragrances where I either don't notice them at all or can suddenly take a liking to them because they give the perfume wings. And so it is here with PP. The grounding patchouli is given a wonderful lightness, the bubbling aldehydes a firm embrace.
Iris and a creamy, unsuccessful vanilla join in; I don't notice much of the musk, which is one of my blind spots. All in all, simply beautiful. Elegant, comfortable, flattering. Guerlain hasn't reinvented the wheel here, but it has created a great fragrance. That's something we're really grateful for these days.
I'm off to the souk now, PP is definitely worth a bottle and a longer test.

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Royaltobacco 8 months ago

8
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Smooth and Rich patchouli with a powdery and Aldehydic quality somewhat comparable to Pikovaya Dama to me strangely. 8.5/10 patchouli scent.

3

Porfiria 8 months ago

8
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Patchouli strikes all the smells around. I really surprise: first time that I wear a Guerlain and I feel like a panther! Earthy & smooth

3

Mydearaurora 10 months ago

9
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Scent

What do you get when you give patchouli a good shower and a generous amount of soap? You get Patchouli Paris! It's earthy and it's clean!

3

Saturnalis 6 months ago

7
Bottle 6
Sillage 8
Longevity 5
Scent

dies on my skin. no aldehydes. chocolatey, linear patchouli that becomes progressively more powdery and blurred with indistinct musk & iris.

2

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Telekinec 10 months ago

10
Bottle 8
Scent

A confident patchouli strolls the streets of Paris at night in her black high heels. She exudes earthy elegance and powdery sophistication.

2

Sopelka 11 months ago

I am quite sensitive to patch, at one time I thought I hated it. But this fragrance, while earthy and sweet, is still smooth and wearable.

2

bouffant 4 months ago

4
Sillage 6
Scent

Earthy patchouli with vanilla underneath. Dry. Not for me, but actually pretty inoffensive.

1

Razvanyke 4 months ago

10
Bottle 6
Sillage 7
Longevity 8
Scent

Starts bold, then tones down to a musky skin scent. The animalic tone from ambergris is mixed well with aldehydes. Interesting to test..

1

Stnicholas 6 months ago

The rankness of a classic stank patchouli note, just a little fuzzier and more muted around the edges.

1

Rjudge 6 months ago

At first- mold! The dirt and grass and dark. smells damp and musky. I can see it being interesting and sexy, esp. because there’s a deepness and vanil

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