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Jo Malone London Peony & Blush Suede Cologne Sample
- Concentration
- Cologne
- Brand
- Jo Malone London
- Full bottle
- 100 ml
- Range
- Niche
Red apple, a full peony and soft suede
Jo Malone London Peony & Blush Suede is a Cologne with only three named notes: red apple, peony and suede. The brand pictures peonies in full bloom in an English garden. With so few notes, each one matters, and how the flower and the suede sit on your skin decides everything, so a 10 ml decant is a good way to find out.
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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.
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Top notes
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Heart notes
- Peony
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Base notes
- Suede
- Character
- Moderate
- Occasion
- Concentration
- Explore by note
In the same spirit
Similar in character
On the skin
How it unfolds
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Apple first
Red apple comes first, and the brand describes its bite as juicy. Expect something crisp and lightly sweet, closer to the skin of a fresh apple than to sugar. It gives the flower behind it a bright, clean push and fades into the heart quite soon.
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The peony takes over
Peony is the centre of this perfume, and the brand adds rose and honey accents, light ones, which tilts the flower towards pink and a little warm instead of green. With no other flower in the pyramid, this stage is full and generous without feeling crowded.
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A suede finish
Suede adds the last layer, supple and warm. It works more as a texture than as a recognisable smell, a gentle softness under the flower that stops it from turning too sweet. Nothing in the base is sharp, so the close is calm.
Testing it
How to test it, for whom and why
How to test it
Wear the decant on a bright morning first, on the wrists and the neck, and see how the apple opens into the flower. Then wear it again on a warmer afternoon, since a Cologne reacts to heat and clothing. Test it with light fabrics and with a jumper to compare how close it stays.
Who it is for
The brand files it under florals, and our data lists it as a women's scent. It suits anyone who likes a romantic, rounded flower with a touch of fruit and a soft base. If you lean towards dry woods or crisp citrus, a sample will show you cheaply whether this is too flowery.
Why try Jo Malone London Peony & Blush Suede as a sample first
Single-flower perfumes look simple but change a lot from skin to skin, and the peony here can read as pink and honeyed on one person and plain sweet on another. FragranceGems fills the decant from the original bottle, and we label it. It is not a brand sample, and the house is not involved.
At a glance
- Perfumer
- Christine Nagel
- Year
- 2013
- For
- Women
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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Frequently asked
Is the suede heavy?
No. In this perfume suede is soft and supple, more a warm texture than a heavy note. The sample lets you judge how it feels on your skin.
Is the decant from the original bottle?
Yes. We fill a 10 ml glass spray vial from the original bottle and label it. It is a decant and not a Jo Malone London sample, and we are not affiliated with the brand.
Is Peony & Blush Suede very sweet?
It leans floral and fruity, with rose and honey accents on the peony. Suede steadies it, so it is not simply sweet. A few trial days tell you whether the balance suits you.
What is a Cologne in this context?
The brand lists it as a Cologne, and we record it as such. The sample is the same perfume as the bottle, so you can test the real thing before deciding on 100 ml.
The brand
About Jo Malone London
Jo Malone London writes its perfumes short: every product page gives one top note, one heart note and one base note, and the scents are meant to be combined with each other. The London house sells them as Cologne and as the richer Cologne Intense. Because the idea is to wear two at once, samples make particular sense here: a few 10 ml decants let you test each scent alone and then layered, on your own skin.
- A London house that describes itself as a British lifestyle brand
- Two formats: Cologne and the richer Cologne Intense
- One top, one heart and one base note are named for every scent
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