Provocative Woman

Elizabeth Arden · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 2004

≈ $30 · 100ml · approx. retail

An exotic oriental floral built around quince and ginger lily, an orchid-and-freesia heart, and a warm hinoki-wood and red-amber base. Fronted by Catherine Zeta-Jones at launch.

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Best for

SpringSummerEveningSpecial Occasion

Perfumer

Loc Dong

Vietnamese-American · 23 in collection

Born in Vietnam in 1972 and trained in Holzminden, Loc Dong is widely cited as the first Asian fine-fragrance perfumer in the industry and a senior perfumer at IFF in New York. He is known for a fresh, modern command of synthetic materials.

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