Before The Crown, Note by Note
Cool pineapple and citrus meet smoke and ashen birch in 01 Before The Crown.
Pineapple
Cool pineapple gives 01 its sharp, juicy fruit character.
For another fruit-led direction, 02 What Remains of Summer puts ripe mango first, with pomelo, ginger, dry amber and vetiver.
Citrus
The note list names citrus without specifying a fruit. It sits beside the pineapple.
Other Chapter One fragrances carry citrus differently: pomelo beside mango in 02; orange and bergamot with ginger in 06 Sun Through Linen; and bergamot and ginger with smoky black tea in 08 Beyond The Horizon.
Birch
Birch gives 01 an ashen wood note alongside the smoke. It is the only Chapter One fragrance whose published note list names birch.
A note describes an impression and does not by itself confirm a specific ingredient. The Note Pyramid Is a Marketing Diagram makes that case at length.
Smoke
Smoke sits against the fruit. It also appears in 05 Plum Beneath Snow, with smoked oud and resin, and in 08, with smoky black tea.
01 puts smoke against pineapple and citrus. 02 leads with mango and pomelo, with ginger, dry amber and vetiver. If you are choosing between the two, or among all eight, Find Your Fragrance lays them out by family.
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Note by Note
One essay for each bottle in Chapter One, read through its notes in the order its description gives them.
- 01 Before The Crown You are reading this onePineapple, Citrus, Birch, Smoke
- 02 What Remains of Summer, Note by NoteMango, Pomelo, Ginger, Dry Amber, Vetiver
- 03 Space Between Us, Note by NoteMusk, Iris, Orange Blossom
- 04 Tea Beneath Clouds, Note by NoteBergamot, Oolong Tea, Fig, Musk
- 05 Plum Beneath Snow, Note by NotePlum, Spice, Oud, Resin
- 06 Sun Through Linen, Note by NoteBergamot, Orange, Ginger
- 07 The Last Golden Hour, Note by NoteAmber, Blonde Tobacco, Bitter Orange, Dried Fruit, Rum, Tonka, Vanilla
- 08 Beyond The Horizon, Note by NoteBergamot, Ginger, Black Tea, Amber, Woods
In this essay
All eight
01 Before The Crown
Pineapple, Citrus, Birch, Smoke
From $35.00 · 10 ml
02 What Remains of Summer
Mango, Pomelo, Ginger, Dry Amber, Vetiver
From $35.00 · 10 ml
Few left in 30 ml
05 Plum Beneath Snow
Plum, Spice, Oud, Resin
From $35.00 · 10 ml
06 Sun Through Linen
Bergamot, Orange, Ginger
From $35.00 · 10 ml
Few left in 50 ml and 30 ml
Keep reading
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Chapter One for the Colder Months
Plum and oud, tobacco and rum, birch smoke, black tea: the four Chapter One extraits with the most weight for autumn and winter, two musks to wear close, and the two brightest for grey mornings.
Read the essay: Chapter One for the Colder Months -
Three Kinds of Smoke
Three Chapter One fragrances put smoke in the foreground: ashen birch against fruit, smoked oud beneath plum, and smoky black tea with amber woods.
Read the essay: Three Kinds of Smoke -
Four Bright Openings
Four bright fragrances in Chapter One: pineapple against smoke, mango and pomelo over dry amber, orange with ginger, and bergamot with black tea.
Read the essay: Four Bright Openings
