Eau d'Hadrien

Goutal Paris · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 1981

≈ $140 · 100ml · approx. retail

Annick Goutal's debut, inspired by her love of Marguerite Yourcenar's 'Memoirs of Hadrian,' evokes sun-baked Tuscan terraces lined with cypress trees. Built on real Italian lemon oil, it won an International Fragrance Foundation Hall of Fame Award in 2008 and remains a reference citrus fragrance.

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The core · the next few hours

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The dry-down · what lingers

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