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Parure(1975)

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Created by Jean-Paul Guerlain, Parure, Jewelry, opens on plum and bergamot, moves through a rose-and-hyacinth heart, and closes on oakmoss, sandalwood, and vanilla. Its plum-rose-oakmoss structure situates it within the fruity-chypre genre Edmond Roudnitska had helped mature with Femme and Diorella, applying Guerlain's own vanillic warmth to a chypre framework more commonly associated with rival houses.

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Brand

Guerlain

Perfumer

Jean-Paul Guerlain

Launched

1975

Family

Chypre

Parure is a fragrance from Guerlain, released in 1975 and composed by Jean-Paul Guerlain. It sits in the Chypre family. It opens with Plum and Bergamot, moves into a heart of Rose and Hyacinth, and settles into a base of Oakmoss, Sandalwood, and Vanilla.

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