Noel Au Balcon

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Noel Au Balcon

Etat Libre d'Orange · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 2007

≈ $100 · approx. retail

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A warm, spiced holiday-themed oriental — honeyed apricot and mandarin meet a peppery cinnamon-orange blossom heart, resting on a vanilla-labdanum-patchouli base.

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

SpringFallWinterDailyOfficeEvening

Perfumer

Antoine Maisondieu

French · 51 in collection

Antoine Maisondieu is a Grasse-born senior perfumer at Givaudan who trained at the company's in-house school after a law degree, and comes from a family steeped in perfumery. He is known for translating bright Mediterranean and natural materials into commercially successful designer scents.

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