Erba Pura Xerjoff 2013

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Ranked 29 in Unisex Perfume

7.5 / 10 5784 Ratings

A popular perfume by Xerjoff for women and men, released in 2013. The scent is fruity-sweet. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Fruity

Sweet

Fresh

Synthetic

Floral

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Calabrian bergamot

Sicilian lemon

Sicilian orange

Heart Notes

Fruity notes

Base Notes

White musk Amber

Amber

Bourbon vanilla

Perfumer

Christian Carbonnel a.k.a. Chris Maurice

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Ratings

Scent

7.55784 Ratings

Longevity

8.95582 Ratings

Sillage

8.85565 Ratings

Bottle

8.75420 Ratings

Value for money

7.04983 Ratings

Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 06/13/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance was integrated into Xerjoff's "V" collection in 2019, which was later transformed into the "Vibe" collection.

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What the fragrance is similar to

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Saffira

Reviews

187 in-depth fragrance descriptions

02/08/2025

10
Pricing 10
Bottle 10
Sillage 10
Longevity 9
Scent

Sanjo
12 Reviews

Sanjo

Top Review 15

Erba Pura XerJoff 2013

Vor etwa drei Jahren ging ich, ohne etwas über diese Yerba Pura zu wissen, morgens vor der Arbeit ins Atrium. Ich weiß nicht mehr, ob der Berater es angepriesen hat oder ob ich es selbst testen wollte. Jedenfalls habe ich es auf meine Handgelenke und meinen Hals gestreut und bin zur Arbeit gegangen. Unser Büro befindet sich im ersten Stock, und im Erdgeschoss ist eine Papa John's Pizzeria.
Ich sitze also da, berühre niemanden und arbeite. Ich verfluche mich im Geiste - warum habe ich dieses Parfüm getragen?
Unser Regisseur kommt zu mir:
- "Oh Gott, das ist unmöglich, Papa Johns tötet wieder Kakerlaken, du hättest mich warnen sollen.
- Es ist unmöglich zu arbeiten, lasst uns nach Hause gehen oder wir werden alle hier sterben.
Und alle gingen nach Hause.
Papa John's hat an diesem Tag keine Kakerlaken getötet.
Erba pura gab uns den Tag frei.
Zu Hause fragte mich mein Mann: "Hast du dir Frostbeulen eingefangen?
Wenn ich lese, dass ein Duft Komplimente bekommt, muss ich immer an diese Geschichte denken.

04/16/2023

1
Pricing 4
Bottle 8
Sillage 10
Longevity 1
Scent

BamBamNYC
33 Reviews

BamBamNYC

Helpful Review 4

Fruity chemical warfare

I made the mistake of spraying this on myself before sniffing it on a blotter. This perfume traumatized me and taught me that nondescript “fruit” or “floral” notes are huge red flags. It smells awful, nauseating even. But then again, “fruity” is one of my least favorite perfume descriptors.

A fragrance that smells bad is fine as long as we can wash it off. This got on my shirt and survived multiple laundry cycles. For the next few weeks, every time I put on that shirt I was reminded of my error. No perfume needs this level of longevity. I’d give negative score if I could. You have been forewarned.

04/30/2021

8
Pricing 10
Bottle 10
Sillage 10
Longevity 8
Scent

BS96
11 Reviews

BS96

Helpful Review 4

Erba Summer!

I know how many people think this leans more feminine, but guys I enjoy this one so much. How can you hate fruits,musk,vanilla? This is a coctail in a perfume bottle
Smells amazing from the opening till the drydown. It opens very loud with juicy fruits dries down to a fruity coctail mixed with vanilla & musk which makes it a little bit more creamy. Compliments to the roof, no one is ever going to say that you smell bad. People can smell you from 3 meters away so use with caution
Bottle looks super amazing velvety with gold touches that is what I expected from Xerjoff Quality
For all the people that base their opinions on fragrantica comments, please do try this one by yourself and let the magic hyptnotize you.
For me this is a 10/10 summer banger !

10/29/2022

10
Pricing 10
Bottle 10
Sillage 10
Longevity 10
Scent

Totoro1413
18 Reviews

Totoro1413

4

Life is party kind of scent, one of its own kind.

This a wild one. I never thought I would be interested in this turquoise fuzzy bottle, but I did fell for its contain.
The opening is like mix fruit salad in a spring summer garden, filled with all kinds of fruity and floral smells. It’s almost too many awesome scents mixed together, super loud, attention grabbing. It can be too much for some people. The dry down is very nice, almost the opposite of the opening, it became woody, spicy, sweet, elegant and mature, classy in its way. And that LASTS FOREVER. This is why I gave this bottle a all 10 rating. It’s full of surprises, to me, it’s a nice experience. Definitely a masterpiece from Xerjoff.
As I mentioned, this bottle is not for everyone. It really take certain personalities to handle. Please try a sample or at least wear it for few hours, the opening and the dry down are totally different.

06/19/2023

2.5
Scent

DogiCoco
621 Reviews

DogiCoco

3

Performance is not everything!

I only tried this in 2021, so I was super late to the Erba Pura party, and I felt like I had to leave immediately.

Wow, this is SO not for me. It starts out really fruity, in a bright, radiating way. I can smell the sweet ripe citruses and tropical fruits like passion fruit. It's tart and juicy and at this stage, I get the hype around it: This seems like a refreshing, sunny and exotic fruity fragrance that everyone can wear, even men who feel awkward about smelling feminine in fruit notes.
But to me it's the olfactory equivalent of meeting a really good-looking and funny guy in a bar, and then after you gave him your number you start to notice that he is annoying and overbearing. This scent is just so loud! It knocks you out! And if it doesn't, you've likely just gone noseblind. It will knock out people around you and it gets procedingly worse as it dries down. The fruity top is fine, but the base doesn't only have vanilla, musk and amber. There is also some kind of unidentified aromachemical that I just can't stand. Is it supposed to be musk? I have no idea. It smells like a male deodorant from a black aerosol can and fresh sweat. Very sharp and harsh and scratchy in the throat. I can also sense some creamy, vanillic notes in the background, but the harshness just won't stop. It lasts all day and all night, even a shower won't kill it completely.

It's not just my skin, it's the same when I just open the cap of my sample and sniff it. I suspect there is some fixative in this which some people (me!) are very sensitive to, while others barely get it at all. My husband doesn't like it either, everytime I tested it he said the whole room smelled "oudy", which is his non-perfume-junkie way of describing sharp and heavy notes. And he isn't wrong, it kind of reminds me of the screechiest kind of synthetic oud. We both have the same problem with Tiziana Terenzi's Kirkè. I think if you dislike one of these you won't love the other.

Erba Pura was the worst when I tried it the first time. I'm not sure if my nose got a little used to it already or if the scratchniness bloomed in warmer weather. I will never find out, because I already gave away my sample and won't ever look back.

To me this is a good example why great performance is not everything and can become too much at times. I'd rather wear something softer and I'm pretty sure this could have been nice if they didn't use that weird "musk" to amp up the base.
I can only advise to try before buying and to spray carefully even if you're a fan.

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