Stash (Eau de Parfum Elixir) by Sarah Jessica Parker

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Stash Sarah Jessica Parker 2016 Eau de Parfum Elixir

7.4 / 10 263 Ratings

A perfume by Sarah Jessica Parker for women and men, released in 2016. The scent is woody-spicy. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Woody

Spicy

Resinous

Earthy

Smoky

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Black pepper Sage

Sage

Grapefruit zest

Heart Notes

Atlas cedar

Patchouli

Pistachio

Kahili ginger

Base Notes

Massoia wood

Frankincense Musk

Musk

Vetiver

Perfumers

Laurent Le Guernec, Clément Gavarry

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Ratings

Scent

7.4263 Ratings

Longevity

7.5229 Ratings

Sillage

6.9219 Ratings

Bottle

7.1221 Ratings

Value for money

8.6103 Ratings

Submitted by Michael, last update on 08/22/2025.

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Reviews

15 in-depth fragrance descriptions

03/21/2017

2
Bottle 10
Sillage 10
Longevity 0.5
Scent

Bcars10
90 Reviews

Bcars10

8

All wrong.

The dry down on this perfume smells like the motor oil and diesel that accumulates on the floor of the barn over years and assaults the nose as soon as the barn door is opened.

When I first applied this, it was so overwhelmingly black peppery, that I got sneezy. After about 30 to 45 minutes, the sneeziness went away, only to be replaced by nausea. I was in a meeting and couldn't wash it off and so was left to smell it for over an hour.

I wanted to like this; I genuinely did. The descriptions of it as "woodsy" and "different" really intrigued me because Shiseido's Feminite du Bois is one of my all-time favorites. But this left me nauseous and smelling like an auto mechanic. It is not sultry, it is not interesting, it is not good. There is no redeeming quality to this perfume whatsoever. I'm sorry to be so harsh, but from the first spray and even after I tried to wash it off, it was very offensive. It literally made me ill.

11/22/2020

JSpines
176 Reviews

JSpines

Very helpful Review 7

Sarah Jessica Parker Stash

On my skin, this is all about the cedar with black pepper giving it some depth.

Definitely not your average celebrity fragrance. It's dry, dusty, smooth with soft edges. Nothing screechy here. The most interesting part for me is the complete lack of sweetness. To give you a visual of just how "sugar-free" this fragrance really is, it's like drinking iced tea where the water is boiled and poured over a tea bag and then served on the rocks.

I think that for some people, it may feel like it's missing something, like it falls flat but in that "flatness", lies it's beauty. It's unique, you won't smell like anyone else in the room. The vibe is understated, literal and quite nordic. I once knew a lovely, older lady who was Finnish who had a sauna in her basement and Stash reminds me of how that room smelled. A clear, muted cedar. The pepper isn't harsh and blends in nicely with the cedar as a supporting player in the background. However, I struggle to find any of the other notes. Perhaps it's just seamlessly blended.

It stands out in my collection as being distinctive. I don't have anything else quite like it and for that reason, it feels like it fills a gap. There is no chance of this becoming cloying or overwhelming or feeling suffocated by it. It's truly just a warm, woody, slightly spicy scent that nary a person would be offended by.

Mind you, it won't be for everyone. It's a scent that takes time to get used to but I enjoy it on it's own merrits. Definitely unisex. The bottle itself looks simple, classic and high-end. In my opinion, not a safe blind-buy so I'd recommend testing it first if you can.

12/08/2024

10
Pricing 8
Bottle 4
Sillage 8
Longevity 10
Scent

Noturfave
91 Reviews

Noturfave

Helpful Review 3

Deeply biased review of a beloved cheapie: My favorite woods scent ever.

People have called this fragrance:
Chloraseptic (a throat spray). Niche quality. Ahead of its time. Filled with Butter and chai. Astringent and impossible.
Only very few of these things are true. Firstly, it is not niche quality. It does not have the strength or projection for that. It does not smell like chai, butter, or throat spray, at least to me. And it is actually very accessible. However, it is truly very different from the average women’s or men’s fragrance.
It is an especially anomalous fragrance in the celebrity release world - one that does not have a hint of fruits, sugar or ambroxan, but is instead filled with woods and vetiver.
Stash is creamy soft wood with a bit of sweetness, so little it feels almost accidental. The first spray is astringent but that quickly dies down to a soft, lush forest.
The scent is deeply comforting and reminds me of a dry cedar box without being dusty.
It smells best when sprayed on a real Donegal wool sweater. Mixing with the natural smell of wool, it is gorgeous. Suddenly, you are traipsing through an Irish forest.

Unfortunately, this is discontinued and has not been available direct from the Sarah Jessica Parker website for a while. But perhaps as a consequence, it is heavily discounted online. You can get a 100mL bottle from Fragrancenet in the USA for only 34 dollars. You can also buy it internationally on eBay for similar prices. I hope that this happy state of affairs does not come to an end. I would hate to have to pay a hundred dollars for this bottle, or god forbid, have it become unavailable.
I wish it had slightly more projection and more citrus, but hey. I also don't want a fragrance to smell like lemon-scented wood cleaner.
I adore this one and so does a small cult of Stash lovers worldwide. Stash is truly for anyone who loves wood scents - it is completely unisex.
The woman, man, person who wears this smells bold, sophisticated, rugged and different. This is neither a candy sweet concoction or typical "blue" scent.

If you love woods, get it!

01/13/2024

10
Pricing 9
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 10
Scent

Emto
5 Reviews

Emto

6

A Masterpiece

This is an extremely biased review, Stash is my favorite fragrance, possibly of all time. I think it's masterfully composed, punches far above any expectations for a celebrity fragrance, and was way ahead of it's time.

The opening is bright and slightly astringent, it announces its presence with a punch of citrus peel, sage, and pepper. The sage and pepper will stick around for the entire ride, but fade into supporting characters quickly, allowing the real stars to take the stage: pistachio, patchouli, and woods.

The pistachio isn't a sweet desert pistachio, it's unapologetically nutty, borderline savory. Laurent Le Guernec absolutely nailed the textural elements in this note. There is a clearly detectable waxy, fatty, creaminess to the pistachio that gives the whole fragrance weighty and smooth body. Alongside the pistachio is an overload of woods: creamy, soft, green, sharp, dry. The interplay of massoia, cedar, frankinsense, and vetiver is a shimmering tapestry of resinous woody goodness.

I find myself craving Stash in the first few months of the year, when it's coldest. The general vibe is dark, mysterious, sensual, and unapologetic. To imagine it, picture a renaissance fair on a golden, dusty, and slightly sweaty afternoon, where an imperious woman beckons you to a magic booth with dark and witchy wares nestled among crystals, tea, tarot, and dainty silver daggers. That's what Stash smells like.

11/01/2019

6
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 8
Scent

MrHonest
117 Reviews

MrHonest

Helpful Review 4

Vanishing at the Haunted House

I picked this fragrance up several years ago after a neat little tip-off that it was being heavily discounted at select locations in Europe. At that time, the reviews were generally good, hailing Stash as superbly unconventional and a trail-blazer in the celebrity fragrance market. In short, they weren’t kidding.

It’s been 2 years since I purchased my bottle, and since that time, exactly half of the juice has vanished into oblivion without so much as a dozen sprays. Poor quality control? A coincidence? Or is my juice simply haunted by the ghosts of countless celebrity fruity-florals left behind in its dusty wake on a mystical journey into a woody underworld? I would like to think the latter.

However, overlooking the potentially subtle defects in the bottle’s construction, the scent itself is really quite extraordinary. Creamy, musty, peppery wood would be the simplest description, although there are quite a few nuances that give Stash some charming flavour – namely, the gingery incense and patchouli. The deviation from trendy, sweet prepubescent celebrity scents couldn’t be more obvious. It’s not animalic exactly, but I somehow remember SJP remarking how it was her intention to evoke the scent of skin in her brief to the perfumers.

To me, the opening is incredibly strange. Two words that immediately come to mind are “synthetic” and “fixatives.” Might as well throw in “niche” and “spooky” while we’re at it. Right from the beginning, nothing in the composition feels natural - which shouldn’t be a surprise from a celebrity frag I suppose – but if you can imagine stepping through the rickety front door of a century’s old abandoned wooden house on a damp morning, having the floorboards break beneath you and toppling into a dank, creepy basement, you’ll start to get an idea of where we’re heading.

From the first spray, I get a blast of what seems like a nutty pistachio, sage and vetiver. It’s not fresh, but more of a fizzy green and brown, yet unmistakably creamy. Very quickly though, the ginger, pepper and woods (a LOT of them) creep into the mix to give the composition that characteristic woody depth found in so many men’s fragrances. From there, the evolution heads into musky territory, with just a dash of dank patchouli adding contrast to the spicy wood.

But what intrigues me the most is how the pepper and incense are used to give the blend a dry, aromatic sexiness that’s impossible to ignore. The notes contrast sharply with the damp patchouli and creamy woods to give SJP a somewhat dichotomous persona. On the one hand, it’s spicy and dry, and on the other, it’s wet and musky. Can’t decide which one I prefer, but I’d imagine it working incredibly well on a woman’s sensuous skin.

As strange as it sounds, the overall vibe I get is of a dusty wooden floor in a haunted house – perhaps once filled with young orphans, old caretakers and chemical cleaners to preserve their slow deterioration. The image appears grim initially, but there is a rare, misunderstood beauty about the whole affair – stories that continue to come alive amidst the curtains of dust and decay. It’s like the smell of grandma’s skin; the tale of a long life, lived well and amidst the trials of corporeal suffering and heartache. But it’s time to move on now, and let the body rest in a deep, wooden coffin of its own creation, as the spirit continues on to inspire all those that come after - the TRUE stash. The wisdom of life experience.

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