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French Avenue Carnal Desire Sample
- Concentration
- Eau de Parfum
- Brand
- French Avenue
- Full bottle
- 100 ml
- Range
- Arabic
Raspberry and cinnamon over leather and oud
French Avenue Carnal Desire, listed by FragranceGems as a French Avenue x Aromatix release, is an Eau de Parfum that sets raspberry, bergamot and cinnamon against a heart of cotton candy, orris and rose, and a base of leather, oud, cedar, patchouli and vanilla. It is tagged strong, for autumn and winter evenings, so a trial on skin comes before a bottle.
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The composition
How it unfolds in notes
The curve shows the order in which the notes come forward, not their strength.
- Character
- Strong
- Occasion
- Concentration
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On the skin
How it unfolds
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Raspberry, bergamot, cinnamon
The entrance is fruity and spiced. Raspberry and bergamot give brightness, cinnamon adds a warm, peppery edge, and FragranceGems calls the combination tempting. Notice whether the cinnamon feels cosy or sharp on your skin; that decides how the rest reads.
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Cotton candy, orris, rose
As the scent warms, the heart brings cotton candy, orris and rose. FragranceGems says the cotton candy adds an airy sweetness, while orris, a powdery root note, gives a luxurious depth. Rose joins the two, and this is the softest stretch of the whole scent.
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Leather, oud, cedar, patchouli, vanilla
The base is the heavy part. Leather and oud supply a strong backbone, cedar and patchouli add wood and earth, and vanilla rounds it off with creamy warmth. Sweet and leathery scents divide opinion, so allow this stage time on your skin before you decide.
Testing it
How to test it, for whom and why
How to test it
Because the tags say strong, begin with a modest amount on one wrist on a cool evening and build from there. Smell it as it settles, then leave it alone and come back to it once the sweetness has calmed to hear the leather and oud. Repeat on a second evening in different clothes.
Who it is for
For people who enjoy gourmand-oriental perfumes with leather and oud and do not mind a scent that makes itself noticed. It is listed as unisex, for evenings and special occasions in autumn and winter. If you usually wear light, fresh perfumes, the sample shows whether this much sweetness and leather is for you.
Why try French Avenue Carnal Desire as a sample first
A blend of cotton candy, leather and oud is unusual enough that few people can judge it from the notes alone. A 2, 5 or 10 ml decant leaves you several evenings to decide. FragranceGems fills it from the original bottle and puts its own label on the vial; neither French Avenue nor Aromatix has a hand in it.
At a glance
- For
- Unisex
What you receive
How we fill your sample
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From the original bottle
We start with a full bottle of the perfume. Nothing is diluted, mixed or added.
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Into a glass spray vial
Filled by hand into a clean glass spray vial of 2, 5 or 10 ml and closed straight after filling.
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Labelled by us
Our own label names the brand, the perfume, the concentration and the size.
A decant is not an official brand sample: no box, no original bottle, and we are not affiliated with the brands.
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Read how we fill your sampleQuestions
Frequently asked
Is Carnal Desire too sweet?
Cotton candy and vanilla bring sweetness, but leather, oud, cedar and patchouli set against it. How the balance feels is personal, and only a trial on skin settles it.
What is orris?
Orris is the powdery, slightly earthy root of the iris. In Carnal Desire FragranceGems describes it as giving the heart a luxurious, powdery depth.
Does the leather dominate?
Leather and oud form the backbone of the base, yet raspberry, cotton candy and rose sit above them. The scent is a contrast rather than all leather.
The brand
About French Avenue
French Avenue is a brand of Fragrance World, a Dubai company, and was founded in 2014. The house says it wants to bring "the richness of Parisian fragrance to everyone" and describes its perfumes as premium blends that balance quality and value. Many of them are here as samples, from the sweet Liquid Brun and Vulcan Feu to the icy Aromatix Platine Blanc. The range is broad, so sample first and let your skin sort it.
- Brand of Fragrance World, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Founded in 2014
- Stated aim: bring "the richness of Parisian fragrance to everyone"
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