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Coriolan(1998)
Guerlain · Jean-Paul Guerlain · Woody
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Created by Jean-Paul Guerlain, Coriolan opens on bergamot and pepper, moves through a heart of cedar and nutmeg, and closes on vetiver, amber, and leather, its title referencing the Shakespearean Roman general Coriolanus, lending the composition's dry, martial woodiness a literary weight.
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This scent's leather note traces back to 16th-century Grasse, where perfuming foul-smelling gloves accidentally built the world's perfume capital.
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Coriolan is a fragrance from Guerlain, released in 1998 and composed by Jean-Paul Guerlain. It sits in the Woody family. It opens with Bergamot and Pepper, moves into a heart of Cedarwood and Nutmeg, and settles into a base of Vetiver, Amber, and Leather.
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