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En Aparté

Prolixe Histoires de Parfums 2017

7.7 / 10 105 Ratings

A popular perfume by Histoires de Parfums for women and men, released in 2017. The scent is spicy-woody. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Spicy

Woody

Fruity

Sweet

Floral

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Cinnamon

Ginger

Cardamom

Heart Notes

Frankincense Rose

Rose

Base Notes

Patchouli

Tobacco

Oud

Perfumer

Julien Rasquinet

Ratings

Scent

7.7105 Ratings

Longevity

8.386 Ratings

Sillage

7.686 Ratings

Bottle

7.878 Ratings

Value for money

7.028 Ratings

Submitted by Franfan20, last update on 10/04/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the En Aparté collection.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Fougère d'Argent

Reviews

5 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/22/2022

9Scent 10Longevity 10Sillage

Marcormer
4 Reviews

Marcormer

Confusing Prolix

I decided on Prolixe because it had the notes of tobacco and oud, but the reality was a somewhat fruity start between pink and purple and a dark and seductive evolution. Complex and confusing is not easy to like at first sight.
Prolixe is something dark, like a shadow that appears and disappears throughout use. It is developed flat in two stages: opening and drydown.
Can detect the notes as hint of saffron, cardamom, olibanum, rose and oud with tobacco.
Opening with ginger, olibanum and deep rose. The rose will be present until the end, fading little by little to make way for patchouli and tobacco and oud.
It lasts a long time on my skin... but a long time. More than 8 hours in my skin. This projects very well.
I don't think it's unisex...but in my girlfriend I would like to smell it.
Fabulous fragrance but too expensive.

02/02/2021

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HannahHoch
11 Reviews

HannahHoch

Purple velvet

On my skin at no time would I have said that it contains fruits. It smells like purple velvet, some kind of fabric that glides if that makes sense. The saffron (like the toaste saffron) gives it a floral touch without exaggeration that it blends very well with the patchouli and the woods, givint it a hidden lunar side. It is a persistent, long-lasting fragrance that does not change much throughout its life. I find it very feminine, but maybe it reminds me of someone. Obviously anyone can use it.

10/03/2018

9Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

DaveGahan101
535 Reviews

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DaveGahan101

Top Review 15

Confidential

Confidential would fit the scent very well.. it somehow
creates an intimate aura, also somewhat erotic-sensual.
The concentrated fruit power at the beginning, mainly smelling of blackcurrant, instantly lifts the mood and creates a first wow! Almost reflexively, I think of Aqaysos, even without the concentrated musk, which I would really like in Aqaysos. Not fruit tea, no gummy candies or fruit yogurt, but very dark, highly aromatic, plump, and very dense.
Dark spices, slightly sweet with a hint of sharpness provide a well-measured balance. Even though the slight base sweetness of Irreverent seems familiar to me and my skepticism arises with three fragrances released simultaneously (in general), it still scores high. I believe this
is mainly due to the velvety leather contributing a very adult sweetness and especially spiciness, not unlike the suede from YSL. The subtle and very light animalic note suits it excellently!
Only late in the base do dry woods reveal themselves to me, enriching the scent with yet another new facet, so the nose never gets bored with any phase. I love such developments!
Sometimes the dark sides of Prolixe remind me of oud, but I don't think there's any in it, not important.
For me, by far the most beautiful scent of the three newcomers, one of the most beautiful and especially most extraordinary fragrances from Histoires overall.
Longevity and sillage are superb, so one should keep the index finger under control, otherwise, one might ruin the fragrance experience and/or get too much. This scent fits wonderfully into the cooler seasons and is more suited for the evening.

Everyday suitability: 6/10
Feel-good factor: 9/10
Wow effect: 9/10
Price/performance: 6/10
Idea + implementation: 9/10
Packaging/bottling: 10/10

07/02/2018

9Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

Gschpusi
302 Reviews

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Gschpusi

Top Review 1

Temptation

I can resist everything except temptation (Oscar Wilde)
.
And it was worth the attempt. Black bottle and then 2 contradictory words: intimate and expansive. Very charming. I had to scratch my head because the two words seem somewhat opposite to me. But maybe not at all, and they fit together like a glove.
The opening of "En Aparté - Prolixe" is intensely sour, bitter, and sweet-sparkling. It almost shakes me, but makes my eyes sparkle. Like effervescent powder sprinkled on the tongue, mouth closed, and let it foam in the mouth. Fruity and sour, delicious! Just don’t cough or breathe too briefly, so it doesn’t go up the nose, otherwise... whoa, whoa, whoa. Grapefruit dipped in sugar and bitten into. This taste of bitter and sweet is indescribable. Blackcurrant is sour-fruity. My blackcurrants in the garden are still quite sour, although they are already a deep black, but still quite crunchy. The fruits of the top note all have the same beginning. Sour-sparkling and becoming sweet. Sweet is by no means the same fruit-sweet as in, for example, LVeB, but rather like fruits that are not yet fully ripe.
Unfortunately, this circus doesn’t last long and it quiets down. The sourness bids farewell, but lingers for a long time. Just not as strong as at the beginning.
A linen pouch full of green, fresh cardamom, delicate saffron threads, and freshly plucked orange blossoms, rubbing against each other in the pouch and smelling wonderfully of spice market, give my nose an almost balsamic kick. Excited nasal mucous membranes are calmed, almost caressed. And then it gets dark. Patchouli and labdanum smell together like sweet earth spread out on a wooden table.
A rough leather rag that wipes everything off the table. Scents that somehow don’t fit at all and yet are so beautifully combined. Yes, this scent is intimate, just for me or my loved one. Expansive due to the many fragrance notes, about which one could surely report one thing or another.
It was worth the temptation and is highly recommended.

01/08/2021

7.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

MrFloral
15 Reviews

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MrFloral

Long-winded?

No, not really.

Longevity & sillage are okay to good but nothing more.
"Stimulating" would have been a better title, as that's exactly how the fragrance feels to me.

Fruity, slightly sweet, and refreshing. Every whiff of this scent creates space in my mind. A very liberating and revitalizing feeling.

The fragrance comes across rather linear and changes little. Initially more of a fruit cocktail, then more fruity rose & oud.

The fruits are hardly identifiable. After some comments mentioning blackcurrant, I can make an association. On my own, I would struggle to smell that.

As the freshness of the top notes fades, a lovely, slightly fruity rose takes over. In the background, oud/light tobacco becomes increasingly present. However, these never assert themselves in a penetrating way.

Shortly after application, the sillage is indeed noticeable at 3m. This soon settles down, and the fragrance becomes increasingly close to the body. I find this very pleasant with Prolixe. Someone else described the scent as "intimate." I wouldn't go that far, but I can certainly understand the description.

The longevity is good, even though it’s not a loud fragrance. Close to the skin, I had a solid 7-8 hours, and my clothes still smelled freshly sprayed the next day. Mmmm fresh and stimulating without reminding me of laundry freshness or room fragrance - I like!

What I like less is the price point. I absolutely cannot understand it for a fragrance that is just "okay to good." If it ever goes on sale, I might even consider getting it as a "nice to have." In my perception, it's more for days when I want to feel good and less about impressing others.

Prolixe also went over well with my better half. But here too, the feedback was that there are other "must buys."

It's definitely worth testing, and so far, I am very taken with Histoires des Parfums, and the next sample is already on the way ;)