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Portobello Road
Eau de parfum · Aliénor Massenet
A London flower market after the rain, between fresh roses and wet pavements.
- House
- Memo Paris
- Family
- Chypre
- Perfumer
- Aliénor Massenet
- Year
- Not disclosed
Portobello Road captures the brilliance that follows a shower, in the heart of a lively London street with its colourful facades and flower market. Aliénor Massenet seeks the balance between the dewy freshness of flowers and the warm, almost earthy smell of wet asphalt.
Mandarin, myrtle and green leaves open the composition, before a heart of rose and clary sage, then a base of vetiver and patchouli. A green floral chypre, like a city stroll under a rain-washed sky.
Olfactory pyramid
- TopThe first minutes
- HeartThe signature
- BaseThe trail
Notes as published by the house. official source (new tab)
Main accords
Volute’s reading: the intensity of each accord.
Seasons
- Spring
- Autumn
Moments
- Day
Portobello Road in detail
Memo Paris conceives its fragrances as travel journals. Portobello Road, signed by Aliénor Massenet, evokes a London flower market after the rain: fresh roses, greenery and the smell of wet cobblestones, in an elegant, light chypre.
The official pyramid opens on mandarin, myrtle and green notes, a fresh, aromatic start. The heart pairs rose with clary sage, a herb with amber, slightly musky accents. The base brings together vetiver and patchouli, which give the fragrance its earthy, woody chypre structure.
Portobello Road is worn by day, in spring and autumn: a walk in town, a lunch, a day of gentle rain. It is an easy-to-wear chypre, fresher and greener than the classic chypres.
Three chypres in our catalogue come close: Hermann à mes côtés me paraissait une ombre by Etat Libre d'Orange shares rose, vetiver and patchouli; Gris Dior by Dior pairs rose with oakmoss; Rose Hubris by Ex Nihilo brings together rose and patchouli around a lychee note.
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Text written with the help of AI, based on official information from the fragrance houses.
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