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Essence Rare (2018 version)(2018)
Houbigant · Houbigant in-house perfumers · Woody
At a glance
A 2018-era reissue of Houbigant's historic Essence Rare, sharing the original 1928 spiced floral-woody structure with an updated amber-musk-sandalwood base ninety years after its initial release.
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This scent's musk note is almost certainly synthetic — discovered by accident in 1888 while researching explosives.
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