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Royal Crown @ Esxence Milano (by Garcon)

Imperator Royal Crown 2018

8.3 / 10 28 Ratings

A popular perfume by Royal Crown for women and men, released in 2018. The scent is spicy-woody. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Spicy

Woody

Floral

Sweet

Green

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Cardamom

Nutmeg

Olive leaf

Heart Notes

Laurel

Florentine iris Rose

Rose

Base Notes

Cedarwood

Frankincense Myrrh

Myrrh

Perfumer

Antonio Martino Visconti

Ratings

Scent

8.328 Ratings

Longevity

8.622 Ratings

Sillage

7.821 Ratings

Bottle

8.340 Ratings

Value for money

5.310 Ratings

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Reviews

2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/24/2026

8.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Stardust23
24 Reviews

Stardust23

3

Enjoyable…

Just surface level smells are fresh cut wood, pencil shavings, subtle talcum powder that doesn’t necessarily scream unique but does what it does really well.

It’s workplace safe and has a little charm but doesn’t overdue it. The cardamom, laurel, cedarwood and myrrh are what kind of stand out the most to my nose over time and if you imagine that combination in your mind, add just a little fresh talcum powder from the barber to kind of round it out.

06/15/2024

9.5Scent 5Longevity 4Sillage

NicheOnly
129 Reviews

NicheOnly

Helpful Review 2

Aromatic of Royalty

Royal Crown's Imperator is one of the best kept secrets in the premium niche market, largely due to the small availability, high price and minimal PR presence among the fragrance community (which I love because I don't want to see no bootlickers praising product they didn't pay for). This review reflects my opinions from 10+ wears and ownership of more than a year.

The profile offered by Imperator is what I'd call a creamy-woody aromatic. The core scent is centered around the combination of cedar, laurel and iris; with the scent smelling a lot like a furniture store or even a plate of sawdust. The iris-laurel combo brings what I'd describe as a balsamic powderiness, best comparable to a scent like BDK's Gris Charnel Eau de Parfum which describes many of Imperator's qualities the best. Additionally, I'd say the scent's sweet-spicy contrasts (to that powdery-woody feel) are best described by Initio's Rehab. The scent could also be viewed as being adjacent to the profile of Creed's Royal Oud, a woody-sweet fragrance. Relative to these comparables the quality is several tiers higher.

The scent is designed for spring-summer wear and has a clear masculine lean. The current ratings on Parfumo overstate the performance on Imperator. That is to say that the scent struggles to get lift outside of hot-leaning weather, so the sillage (from my experience) is slightly below average, offering an arm's reach sillage for up to 1 hour before dying to intimate only. I would say the longevity, at best, is around 6 hours as the scent swiftly fades in strength and I don't want to give it any more longevity for it being noticeable if you put your nose up against it. This scent retails at €537/100ml (€374/50ml) and has strong discounter availability in North America (where prices in USD are actually smaller). I'll rate the value a 5/10, but would say that the ~$250 that this is available for puts any woody-aromatic fragrance from Creed to bed. Imperator is the new king on the block.

Updated on 06/30/2024