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Givenchy Play in the City for Her for women
Givenchy

Play in the City for Her for women

Floral
Iris
Woody
Musky
Powdery
Vanilla
Sweet
EDT · 2013 · womens

Play in the City for Her is Givenchy's 2013 take on urban femininity, arriving as an EDT with a floral-oriental structure that balances sweetness with subtle earthiness.

The fragrance opens with licorice and red berries, a slightly anise-forward top that feels more intriguing than straightforward fruity. The heart settles into creamy floral territory with iris, tiare, and amyris creating a soft, almost powdery heart note. Musk, sandalwood, and vanilla form the base, anchoring the composition with warmth and a gentle creamy-woody quality that prevents the fragrance from reading as purely saccharine.

This works best for someone drawn to mainstream feminine florals with a bit of character, particularly those who appreciate iris and vanilla as anchoring notes rather than background players. It's versatile enough for daily wear but polished enough for evening. If you gravitate toward The Romantic, The Heirloom, or The Homesteader, this fragrance will likely appeal to you.

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Main Accordsreported by community
Floral
100%
Iris
90%
Woody
100%
Musky
60%
Powdery
42%
Vanilla
80%
Sweet
70%
Gourmand
58%
Creamy
100%
Fragrance Notesbrand verified
Top · 0–30 min
Licorice
Licorice
Sweet, anise-like, and slightly medicinal, licorice adds a distinctive herbal sweetness that is completely its own. It's simultaneously comforting and slightly challenging, with a dark, slightly bitter edge beneath its sweetness. Found in orientals, gourmands, and some unexpected aromatic compositions where it adds an unusual twist.
Red Berries
Red Berries
A mixed accord of red fruits including raspberry, strawberry, and red currant, producing a bright, sweet, and slightly tart freshness. Red berries read as summery and cheerful, adding an accessible, crowd-pleasing sweetness to florals and orientals. One of the most broadly appealing fruity notes in mainstream perfumery.
Heart · 30 min – 3 hrs
Amyris
Amyris
A Caribbean wood oil often used as an affordable alternative to sandalwood, amyris has a soft, slightly sweet, and creamy woodiness with a faintly smoky quality. While less complex than true sandalwood, it has a pleasant warmth and good tenacity that makes it useful as a base note extender. Often found in the drydown of accessible woody fragrances.
Iris
Iris
One of perfumery's most prized and expensive ingredients, iris has a powdery, cool, almost carrot-like richness that is hard to describe and impossible to mistake. It's simultaneously earthy and refined, like the inside of an old Parisian couture house. Iris root (orris) adds quiet luxury to anything it touches.
Tiare Flower
Tiare Flower
The soul of Polynesia in perfumery, tiare (Tahitian gardenia) is creamy, white-floral, and intensely tropical with a coconut-adjacent creaminess and the sheer sweetness of paradise. It's the key note in monoi oil, the traditional Polynesian beauty oil. A fragrance featuring tiare immediately evokes warm Pacific waters.
Base · 3–12 hrs
Musk
Musk
The base layer of almost every modern fragrance, a soft, warm, skin-like scent that extends longevity and bridges other notes together. Natural musk was once derived from deer (now banned); today's musks are synthetic and range from clean and soapy to dark and animalic. The right musk makes a fragrance smell like 'you.'
Sandalwood
Sandalwood
Creamy, smooth, and milky with a soft, skin-like warmth that clings beautifully. True Mysore sandalwood is one of perfumery's most precious ingredients, simultaneously wood and skin, never cold or sharp. It rounds off sharp edges in any composition and makes the wearer smell subtly, irresistibly warmer.
Vanilla
Vanilla
Warm, sweet, and universally appealing, vanilla is to fragrance what salt is to cooking. Real vanilla is complex and slightly smoky, though most perfumery vanilla is synthetic and reads as clean, sweet, and creamy. It slows the evaporation of other notes and is the reason certain fragrances feel like a second skin.
Who Wears ThisScent DNA matches
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The RomanticBest match90% match
Your fragrance is a love letter you never stop writing.

Warm roses, vanilla, amber, creamy musks. Soft, evolving, intimate.

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The Heirloom85% match
You carry something beautiful that most people have forgotten.

Powdery, soft, classically sweet. Iris, aldehydes, gentle florals, quiet vintage warmth.

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The Homesteader82% match
Rooted, warm, and entirely self-sufficient.

Warm skin musks, sandalwood, soft cedar, clean vetiver. Grounding, intimate, unhurried.

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Scent Profile
Floral100%Iris90%Woody100%Musky60%Powdery42%
Fragrance Family
Floral Oriental
EDT

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What does Givenchy Play in the City for Her for women smell like? +
Play in the City for Her is Givenchy's 2013 take on urban femininity, arriving as an EDT with a floral-oriental structure that balances sweetness with subtle earthiness. The fragrance opens with licorice and red berries, a slightly anise-forward top that feels more intriguing than straightforward fruity. The heart settles into creamy floral territory with iris, tiare, and amyris creating a soft, almost powdery heart note. Musk, sandalwood, and vanilla form the base, anchoring the composition with warmth and a gentle creamy-woody quality that prevents the fragrance from reading as purely saccharine. This works best for someone drawn to mainstream feminine florals with a bit of character, particularly those who appreciate iris and vanilla as anchoring notes rather than background players. It's versatile enough for daily wear but polished enough for evening. If you gravitate toward The Romantic, The Heirloom, or The Homesteader, this fragrance will likely appeal to you.
What are the notes in Givenchy Play in the City for Her for women? +
Top: Licorice, Red Berries. Heart: Amyris, Iris, Tiare Flower. Base: Musk, Sandalwood, Vanilla.
What fragrance family is Play in the City for Her for women? +
Givenchy Play in the City for Her for women belongs to the Floral Oriental fragrance family. It is an EDT.
What other fragrances smell like Givenchy Play in the City for Her for women? +
Based on shared notes, Bon Parfumeur Bon Parfumeur 302 (Musk, Sandalwood, Iris, Red Berries), Ahmed Al Maghribi Garnet (Musk, Sandalwood, Iris, Red Berries), Khadlaj La Fede Lavish Rouge (Musk, Sandalwood, Iris, Red Berries), Bujairami Red Static inspired by Rouge Trafalgar Esprit de (Musk, Vanilla, Iris, Red Berries), Xerjoff Damarose (Musk, Sandalwood, Iris, Red Berries) may smell similar to Play in the City for Her for women.
What is a grey market fragrance retailer? +
Grey market retailers sell authentic fragrances sourced through unofficial distribution -- typically excess inventory from authorized distributors. The product is real and identical to retail. FragranceNet (est. 1997), Jomashop, and MaxAroma are well-established with millions of verified reviews.

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