Opardu

Puredistance · Parfum / Extrait · 2012

≈ $325 · 60ml · approx. retail

Opardu, created by Annie Buzantian and launched in 2012, is a lush white-floral built on gardenia, tuberose and Bulgarian rose, layered with jasmine, carnation and iris over a soft heliotrope and cedar base. It is part of the current Magnificent XII Collection.

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

SpringSummerDailyEvening

Perfumer

Annie Buzantian

American · 16 in collection

Annie Buzantian is an American master perfumer (born to an Armenian family in Romania and long based in New York) who joined Firmenich in 1972 as its first perfumer trainee and became its first female Master Perfumer in 1988. A Fragrance Foundation lifetime-achievement honoree, she is known for crisp green and floral signatures.

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