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Memo Paris Palais Bourbon
Memo Paris

Palais Bourbon

woody
amber
warm spicy
oud
smoky
balsamic
vanilla
EDP · 2024 · unisex

Memo Paris is a Parisian niche fragrance house known for exploring olfactory narratives inspired by places and memories. Palais Bourbon, released in 2024, takes its name from the historic seat of the French National Assembly, a fitting source for a fragrance that balances classical elegance with contemporary depth.

Palais Bourbon opens with clove, coriander, and incense alongside mandarin orange and patchouli, immediately establishing a warm, spiced character with smoky undercurrents. The heart amplifies this through cinnamon, saffron, and cypriol oil, joined by jasmine and vetiver for subtle floral and herbaceous contrast. The base settles into a rich, woody foundation of oud, sandalwood, amber, and vanilla-touched patchouli that anchors the fragrance's smoky, amber-dominant DNA throughout.

This is a fragrance for those drawn to complex, aromatic compositions that don't shy away from darkness or spice. It works as a contemplative evening scent or during cooler months when its woody warmth feels most grounded. If you gravitate toward sophisticated, incense-laden fragrances with substantive oud presence, Palais Bourbon aligns with The Mystic, The Homesteader, and The Reverie.

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Main Accordsreported by community
woody
100%
amber
100%
warm spicy
100%
oud
75%
smoky
75%
balsamic
75%
vanilla
50%
aromatic
50%
patchouli
50%
earthy
50%
Fragrance Notescommunity verified
Top · 0–30 min
Clove
Clove
Intensely aromatic and medicinal with a sharp, almost numbing warmth, clove is one of perfumery's most assertive spice notes. It appears in classic oriental and masculine fragrances where its forcefulness is a feature, not a bug. Even in small amounts it announces itself clearly, adding drama and depth.
Coriander
Coriander
Warm, spicy, and faintly citrusy, coriander seed smells quite different from the green herb, with a dry, woody warmth and a slight floral quality. It adds a spiced, slightly exotic character to masculine fragrances without the sharpness of pepper or the sweetness of vanilla. A supporting spice note that adds complexity.
Incense
Incense
The dry, smoky, slightly woody scent of burning resin, incense in perfumery usually means frankincense or similar resins, adding a contemplative, almost spiritual quality. It creates distance and mystery, making fragrances feel larger than they are. A hallmark of niche, serious perfumery.
Mandarin Orange
Mandarin Orange
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.
Heart · 30 min – 3 hrs
Cinnamon
Cinnamon
Sweet, warm, and instantly comforting, cinnamon bark has a familiar warmth that slides easily into oriental and gourmand fragrances. Used sparingly it adds a pleasant warmth; used heavily it can dominate. It has a slightly sharp, peppery facet alongside its sweetness that keeps it from being purely foodie.
Cypriol Oil Or Nagarmotha
Cypriol Oil Or Nagarmotha
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.
Saffron
Saffron
The most expensive spice in the world has a leathery, honeyed, slightly metallic quality that is immediately recognizable. In perfumery, saffron adds a dark, animalic richness, it's the note that gives oud-rose fragrances their distinctive regal depth. A little goes a long way; too much reads as medicinal.
Vetiver
Vetiver
Earthy, smoky, and complex, vetiver root is extracted from a grass native to India and has a scent that is simultaneously rooty, woody, and slightly lemony. It's one of perfumery's great base notes: tenacious, unisex, and endlessly adaptable. A fragrance built around vetiver feels grounded and deeply confident.
Base · 3–12 hrs
Amber
Amber
A warm, resinous accord rather than a single ingredient, amber is typically built from labdanum, benzoin, and vanilla to create a rich, honeyed, almost solar warmth. It's the quintessential base-note family, adding a comforting richness that makes fragrances feel complete. The difference between a fragrance feeling cold and feeling alive.
Oud
Oud
The most prized and expensive raw material in perfumery, a resinous wood produced by agarwood trees infected with a specific mold. Real oud is animalic, smoky, leathery, and sometimes medicinal, with enormous lasting power. It anchors the great Middle Eastern fragrances and has become the defining luxury note of contemporary perfumery.
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.
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.
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The MysticBest match88% 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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The Homesteader81% match
Rooted, warm, and entirely self-sufficient.

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

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The Reverie81% 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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Scent Profile
woody100%amber100%warm spicy100%oud75%smoky75%
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Memo Paris Palais Bourbon— Prices, Coupons & Buying Guide

Best price today: Palais Bourbon is $174.99. Without a coupon the lowest price is $174.99. Gush tracks 47+ retailers updated every 2 hours.

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Is $174.99 a good price for Palais Bourbon? +
Yes. The current best price is $174.99 and MSRP is $340.00. At $174.99 you save 49% vs retail.
What does Memo Paris Palais Bourbon smell like? +
Memo Paris is a Parisian niche fragrance house known for exploring olfactory narratives inspired by places and memories. Palais Bourbon, released in 2024, takes its name from the historic seat of the French National Assembly, a fitting source for a fragrance that balances classical elegance with contemporary depth. Palais Bourbon opens with clove, coriander, and incense alongside mandarin orange and patchouli, immediately establishing a warm, spiced character with smoky undercurrents. The heart amplifies this through cinnamon, saffron, and cypriol oil, joined by jasmine and vetiver for subtle floral and herbaceous contrast. The base settles into a rich, woody foundation of oud, sandalwood, amber, and vanilla-touched patchouli that anchors the fragrance's smoky, amber-dominant DNA throughout. This is a fragrance for those drawn to complex, aromatic compositions that don't shy away from darkness or spice. It works as a contemplative evening scent or during cooler months when its woody warmth feels most grounded. If you gravitate toward sophisticated, incense-laden fragrances with substantive oud presence, Palais Bourbon aligns with The Mystic, The Homesteader, and The Reverie.
What are the notes in Memo Paris Palais Bourbon? +
Top: Clove, Coriander, Incense, Mandarin Orange, Patchouli. Heart: Cinnamon, Cypriol Oil Or Nagarmotha, Jasmine, Saffron, Vetiver. Base: Amber, Oud, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Vanilla.
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