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histoires de parfums 1804
histoires de parfums

1804

Floral
Rose
Jasmine
White Floral
Fruity
Woody
Patchouli
EDP · 2001 · women

Histoires de Parfums is a niche French house founded by Frédéric Malle, known for creating fragrances tied to specific historical moments and figures. 1804, released in 2001, takes its name from the year Napoleon was crowned emperor, positioning itself as a fragrance connected to French grandeur and historical narrative.

Opening with bright tropical top notes of pineapple and peach alongside creamy tiare flower, 1804 quickly moves into its floral heart dominated by rose and jasmine with supporting notes of lily-of-the-valley, nutmeg, and cloves. The spiced florals give the composition a slightly austere, classical feel before the base settles into warm patchouli, vanilla, benzoin, and sandalwood, creating a sweetly woody finish. The overall character is a refined floral oriental that balances brightness with depth.

This fragrance works best for someone seeking an elegant, slightly spiced floral with enough warmth and complexity to feel substantial without being heavy. It suits daytime wear through evening and performs well across seasons, though it leans toward cooler months when its creamy-woody base feels most appropriate. If you're drawn to The Reverie, The Romantic, and The Mystic, 1804 should resonate with your preferences.

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Main Accordsreported by community
Floral
100%
Rose
90%
Jasmine
80%
White Floral
53%
Fruity
70%
Woody
74%
Patchouli
37%
Earthy
37%
Musky
37%
Warm Spicy
60%
Spicy
53%
Balsamic
37%
Vanilla
74%
Sweet
100%
Gourmand
37%
Creamy
37%
Tropical
26%
Fragrance Notesbrand verified
Top · 0–30 min
Pineapple
Pineapple
Vivid, tropical, and intensely sweet with a slightly fermented, almost winey quality, pineapple is one of the most assertive tropical fruit notes. It adds an immediate, unambiguous tropical sweetness that can dominate if used too heavily. In moderate amounts it adds a lively, summery energy to fruity and aquatic compositions.
Peach
Peach
Ripe, juicy, and velvety, peach has a warm, slightly creamy sweetness that feels lush rather than childish in the right context. It adds a fruity sensuality to floral and oriental fragrances, and its slightly fuzzy quality can even play into tactile, skin-like accords. A note that feels like high summer.
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.
Heart · 30 min – 3 hrs
Nutmeg
Nutmeg
Warm, woody, and softly spiced with a slight sweetness that makes it gentler than clove or pepper. Nutmeg adds a quiet, autumnal warmth to fragrances without sharpness. It blends seamlessly into woody and oriental bases, acting more as a supporting character than a lead note.
Cloves
Cloves
Jasmine
Jasmine
Intoxicating, heady, and slightly animalic, jasmine is one of the few flowers that smells as rich in a bottle as it does climbing a garden wall at dusk. It has an almost fleshy, indolic quality that stops it reading as purely 'clean.' Jasmine is a workhorse in both feminine and masculine perfumery, adding depth and soul.
Lily-of-the-Valley
Lily-of-the-Valley
Rose
Rose
The queen of floral notes and the most-used ingredient in fine perfumery. Real rose is simultaneously velvety, honeyed, and slightly spicy, nothing like the synthetic candy version. Depending on the variety used, it can anchor a composition or drift through it like a ghost, adding warmth without dominating.
Base · 3–12 hrs
Patchouli
Patchouli
Dense, earthy, and darkly sweet, patchouli is the scent of damp soil and dried herbs with an almost chocolatey richness. It polarizes people because in high concentrations it's overwhelming, but as a supporting note it adds depth and longevity that almost nothing else can match. The backbone of countless oriental and chypre fragrances.
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.
Benzoin
Benzoin
Sweet, warm, and balsamic, benzoin resin smells like vanilla mixed with incense, with a powdery, slightly medicinal edge. It adds a comforting warmth and fixative quality to oriental fragrances, and blends beautifully with spices. Often used to smooth and round off sharp edges in complex base notes.
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.
Who Wears ThisScent DNA matches
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The ReverieBest match88% match
You live slightly outside the present — and your scent proves it.

Warm, experimental sweetness. Caramelized woods, unusual ambers, avant-garde gourmand.

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The Romantic83% match
Your fragrance is a love letter you never stop writing.

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

🌙
The Mystic83% match
You wear what others can't place — and that's exactly the point.

Warm incense, dry resins, airy woods, smoke with softness. Never obvious.

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Scent Profile
Floral100%Rose90%Jasmine80%White Floral53%Fruity70%
Fragrance Family
Floral Oriental
EDP
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histoires de parfums 1804— Prices, Coupons & Buying Guide

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Cheapest price for histoires de parfums 1804? +
$4.99 at ScentSplit. Gush compares 47+ retailers updated every 2 hours.
What does histoires de parfums 1804 smell like? +
Histoires de Parfums is a niche French house founded by Frédéric Malle, known for creating fragrances tied to specific historical moments and figures. 1804, released in 2001, takes its name from the year Napoleon was crowned emperor, positioning itself as a fragrance connected to French grandeur and historical narrative. Opening with bright tropical top notes of pineapple and peach alongside creamy tiare flower, 1804 quickly moves into its floral heart dominated by rose and jasmine with supporting notes of lily-of-the-valley, nutmeg, and cloves. The spiced florals give the composition a slightly austere, classical feel before the base settles into warm patchouli, vanilla, benzoin, and sandalwood, creating a sweetly woody finish. The overall character is a refined floral oriental that balances brightness with depth. This fragrance works best for someone seeking an elegant, slightly spiced floral with enough warmth and complexity to feel substantial without being heavy. It suits daytime wear through evening and performs well across seasons, though it leans toward cooler months when its creamy-woody base feels most appropriate. If you're drawn to The Reverie, The Romantic, and The Mystic, 1804 should resonate with your preferences.
What are the notes in histoires de parfums 1804? +
Top: Pineapple, Peach, Tiare Flower. Heart: Nutmeg, Cloves, Jasmine, Lily-of-the-Valley, Rose. Base: Patchouli, Vanilla, Benzoin, Musk, Sandalwood.
What fragrance family is 1804? +
histoires de parfums 1804 belongs to the Floral Oriental fragrance family. It is an EDP.
What other fragrances smell like histoires de parfums 1804? +
Based on shared notes, Rasasi Hamasaat Musk Memoirs (Patchouli, Vanilla, Jasmine, Rose), Rasasi Musk Naqaya (Patchouli, Vanilla, Jasmine, Rose), Serge Lutens Serge Lutens Feminite Du Bois (Vanilla, Benzoin, Rose, Peach), Tiziana Terenzi Tiziana Terenzi Kirke (Patchouli, Vanilla, Lily-of-the-Valley, Peach), Xerjoff Xxy (Patchouli, Vanilla, Jasmine, Peach) may smell similar to 1804.
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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