Royal Extract II 2020

Royal Extract II by Guerlain
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8.0 / 10 29 Ratings
Royal Extract II is a popular perfume by Guerlain for women and men and was released in 2020. The scent is green-spicy. It is being marketed by LVMH.
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Main accords

Green
Spicy
Fresh
Floral
Citrus

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
PetitgrainPetitgrain Pink pepperPink pepper
Heart Notes Heart Notes
HyacinthHyacinth CedarwoodCedarwood Orange blossomOrange blossom
Base Notes Base Notes
MossMoss GalbanumGalbanum VetiverVetiver

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
8.029 Ratings
Longevity
7.126 Ratings
Sillage
6.627 Ratings
Bottle
8.731 Ratings
Submitted by OPomone, last update on 25.01.2024.
Interesting Facts
This perfume is exclusively available at Harrods.

Reviews

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6
Sillage
6
Longevity
7.5
Scent
Turandot

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Turandot
Turandot
Top Review 52  
Passing Enthusiasm.
I'm so glad that Royal Extract II is so expensive that I'm not even tempted to afford a bottle. And how glad I am that I got this bottling, because a very first test of a tiny sample had me hooked and proved to me that Tierry Water is quite capable of creating chpyred scents and handling galbanum. Was there going to be a turnaround in the fragrance trend? There was already hope that the dry spell for us galbanum and moss lovers might soon come to an end.

Yes, when I spray on the fragrance I am thrilled, it evokes memories of classics like Cabochard, N°19 or Scherrer. I subscribe to every word of Mörderbiene's comment. such a fragrance is what the world of chypre lovers has been waiting for. I'm also not looking for the hair in the soup per se, just because I couldn't afford the scent. I'm glad that Guerlain has finally accepted that there are still fragrance lovers beyond fans of Mon Guerlain or Petit Robe noir. How nice - but at the same time how sad, because already after a relatively short time the magic has evaporated as if by magic.

I'm not usually keen on fragrances that have a longevity like glue. It also does not bother me if I have to spray again and again during the day, on the contrary. Sometimes I like to switch quite a bit, too. But if I smell of an eagerly awaited Guerlainduft after 2 hours hardly what, then makes disappointment, in this case, but also relief spreads that this royal extract then but not landed on the wish list.

Mr. Water I would like to shout: Yes, the direction is right, please more of it and especially longer!

15 Comments
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Mörderbiene

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Mörderbiene
Mörderbiene
Top Review 29  
They still exist, the good things
I had yesterday perfumetechnisch a somewhat unsatisfactory afternoon.
First, there was a sample from Penhaligon's Portraits Collection, named after company founder William Penhaligon. Direct result of the test: I was unsure whether to burst into anger or tears in the face of such irreverence. After a calming walk, I then bumped the scent back up from 0 to 4.5. By then, though, the sample was in the trash.
Then Turandot's blog - I'm still kneading my neck aching from heavy nodding now. So much truth in so few lines. Ouch.
And yet I know I can't leave it at that. Not that I can disagree. But they still exist, the good things.
So I got something good to drink, put on something good to listen to and went in search of something good to smell - it was to be Guerlain's Royal Extract II.
The had as a contrast program in the immediate aftermath of course good cards, but he also knew how to play them well.

Royal Extract II refers, just like the unspeakable outrage from the island, to the company founder, in this case Pierre-Francois Pascal Guerlain, who created the 'Extrait Royale des Fleurs' in 1828, the year of the opening - and has, like the Briton, nothing else to do with it except for the advertising text.
However, that does not change the fact that Royal Extract II is quite a distinctive fragrance.
The backbone is formed by a cheerful spring-fresh hyacinth as well as the frivolity of the same somewhat braking bitter galbanum. With this counterpart of light and dark Thierry water already succeeds in a certain basic tension.
With a gently tart citric (yes, that works!) And background spice arises from it a slightly soapy chypre texture, the hyacinth is subtly underpinned in the further course otherwise floral.
In the base, the illusion of a light leathery note emerges, which is perhaps only caused by the lushly dosed galbanum.

As a comparison fragrance, Chanel's N°19 is mentioned here several times. I have only an older version of the EdP for direct comparison available, and a fundamental similarity can be denied there also not at all.
However, I see Royal Extract II more between Cristalle and Cabochard - with the former it shares the crystal-clear frivolity of the hyacinth, which is much more moderate in N°19, with the latter the lush dose of bitter galbanum with light leather notes, which was also used much more moderately in N°19. The harmonious softness of N°19 is missing from this Guerlain, which I find all the more surprising since this is supposed to be a pure perfume. For this, the fragrance is unusually transparent and yes, also edgy.
In sum, this is tart, cool, elegant and wonderfully retro.
No century fragrance like, for example, Sous le Vent admittedly, but at least a soothing refreshment in the inflation of boredom. And yet similarly unattainable.

Thanks Schatzi, evening saved.
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