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Arôm Suave 2002

7.2 / 10 66 Ratings

A perfume by Arôm Suave for women and men, released in 2002. The scent is spicy-green. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Spicy

Green

Woody

Fougère

Leathery

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Bay leaf

Pine

Artemisia

Heart Notes

Geranium

Jasmine

Clove

Zentvukrim

Base Notes

Patchouli

Leather

Musk

Perfumer

Antoine Maisondieu

Ratings

Scent

7.266 Ratings

Longevity

7.550 Ratings

Sillage

6.145 Ratings

Bottle

6.550 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 04/29/2025.

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Reviews

13 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/22/2013

6Scent

Sleuth
31 Reviews

Sleuth

Very helpful Review 6

First impression

'In Praise of the Traitor' is pine-patchouli fragrance. The opening starts with bay leaf and a little tarragon. Once the fragrance enters the heart, the pine becomes apparent, and to my nose, the patchouli as well. Some clove makes the heart a bit spicier. In the dry down there's again pine and patchouli. There might be some leather too, but I couldn't pinpoint it. I suppose at the end,the fragrance becomes a bit woodier

Compared to other pine fragrances this one has more patchouli. The main note (pine) is made to seem extra dark green, because of the patchouli. I got the same impression from Aramis Havana. The pine note smells more like woodsy pine tree, than like green pine needles. While people see most similarity to Caron Yatagan, I'd like to contrast it with Lutens Fille en Aiguilles: Both Traitre and Fille smell rather woody and dry, but Traitre really shows the patchouli. Fille may be more unisex because it has less herbal notes and perhaps a pinch of sweetness. The herbal notes make Traitre lean towards the masculine side. IMO Yatagan is more animalic, and I also think that Traitre isnt similar to Polo

While I don't love this scent, it's a solid fragrance that's worth considering.

05/06/2014

1Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

WRoth
154 Reviews

WRoth

2

Eloge du Traitre

This fragrance opens with a bold mix of pine and kitchen herbs with an added touch of clove to warm this accord. To me this fragrance does not smell like a forest, but rather like an old pharmacy. It also vaguely reminds me of Spezie by Lorenzo Villoresi. After two hours jasmine breaks through the green main accord. This marks the second stage of this fragrance: patchouli and leather replace the kitchen herbs, creating a dusty, dry base for the sheer floral note to dance on.

08/10/2020

7Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

Carboytony
116 Reviews

Carboytony

1

Spicy with a hint of leather

On my skin Bay and Armoise (Artemisia) are the prominent notes with little whispers of pine coming through every now and again. Clove comes out, not to strong but not too weak into the drydown. Musky Patchouli arrives to guide you into the drydown, asking with a slight note of leather.

02/01/2015

10Scent

FrauHolle
556 Reviews

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FrauHolle

Very helpful Review 13

The Praise of the Traitor.

Godfather Vetiver sets the tone. It’s not written up there, but that’s how it is.

I was initially on the salad dressing trip, which is already strange when you never eat salad;
mustard + salty + spicy + olive oil, but that’s not it. No, vinaigrette rien.

Too green, too woody, enchanted and underwood-like overall; and no one pours whipped, moss-green muddy peat over arugula. Okay, maybe except for Maren and Dr. Bob.

Here you get bewitched medicine. Some kind of voodoo nonsense. Very cool.
The deceitful, green-leafy, pine-needle musk cleanliness of the supposedly healthy pharmaceutical cleverly masks the bitterness of the tincture.

Snow White probably didn’t know back then that the dose makes the poison. Baby, be silly, it's toxic!
Best regards from Frau Holle

07/29/2015

7Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Dannyboy
27 Reviews

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Dannyboy

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Top: Yatagan

Heart: quickly fading indolic jasmine, very green geranium, rich mineral note

Base: fatty, greasy balsamic notes on musk

I have no idea what ELdO was exactly thinking, but it's clear that they are consciously referencing the Caron classic. Similar to Rien: Knize Ten amped up - WTF? They must have had some reason for it, but I really don't want to know. Only later on, which follows a more than Yatagan three-tiered structure, does it become clear that we are dealing with a modern fragrance from the niche segment. Pros: significantly better longevity and diffusion. Cons: too contrived, Yatagan is simply the better, more homogeneous scent. And - pah! - then I'll just take a few more sprays of Yatagan.

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