Eau de Charlotte

Goutal Paris · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 1982

Created while Annick Goutal thought of her stepdaughter and childhood snacks of chocolate, bread and blackcurrant jam, this is considered one of the earliest gourmand fragrances in modern perfumery. A softer, fruitier flanker to Eau d'Hadrien built around blackcurrant bud and cocoa.

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

SpringSummerDaily

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