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Parfums MDCI Un Coeur en Mai
Parfums MDCI

Un Coeur en Mai

Citrus
Fresh
Floral
Rose
Fruity
Green
Aromatic
EDP · 2009 · women

Parfums MDCI is a French independent fragrance house known for its emphasis on classical composition and quality ingredients. Founded by Michel Morsetti, the brand has built a reputation for sophisticated, understated fragrances that prioritize elegance over trend-chasing.

Un Coeur en Mai opens with a bright burst of galbanum and petitgrain, rounded out by melon and black currant for a fruity-green top that feels fresh and slightly spicy. The heart reveals a carefully balanced floral arrangement of mimosa, rose, and geranium, with pepper and coriander adding herbal spice and complexity. The base is spare and minimal, anchored by a soft musk that lets the florals linger without heaviness. Overall, this is a restrained composition with a tactile, powdery quality that leans green and aromatic rather than traditionally perfume-y.

Un Coeur en Mai works best for those who appreciate understated florals and classical fragrance architecture. It's equally suited to cooler months when its green spice feels grounding, or spring when the floral heart catches the season's energy. The fragrance has a somewhat intellectual, composed quality that suits deliberate wearing rather than casual reach-for. Explore similar fragrances: The Tactician, The Heirloom, and The Homesteader.

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Main Accordsreported by community
Citrus
100%
Fresh
90%
Floral
80%
Rose
70%
Fruity
60%
Green
50%
Aromatic
23%
Musky
100%
Spicy
40%
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Top · 0–30 min
Galbanum
Galbanum
One of perfumery's oldest raw materials, a bitter, intensely green resin with a cut-grass, slightly medicinal quality. It's the note that gives vintage green chypres their sharp, naturalistic edge. Galbanum alone is almost unpleasantly aggressive, but in a composition it adds a vivid green freshness that nothing else can match.
Melon
Melon
Fresh, watery, and clean, cantaloupe or honeydew melon adds a light, slightly aquatic sweetness to fragrance. It's a summer note that feels carefree and modern, closer to the transparent freshness of calone than to heavy tropical fruits. Used in light florals and aquatics to add a breezy, easy sweetness.
Petitgrain
Petitgrain
Crisp, woody, and slightly bitter, petitgrain is distilled from the leaves and twigs of the bitter orange tree, making it the green, herbal sibling of neroli and bergamot. It adds a clean, aromatic freshness to masculine fragrances in particular, with a slightly soapy, barbershop quality that is effortlessly wearable.
Bergamot
Bergamot
A sun-ripened Italian citrus with a brightness that goes beyond lemon, simultaneously tart, floral, and slightly spicy. It's the defining note of Earl Grey tea and the backbone of countless fresh colognes. Perfumers love it as an opener because it lifts the entire composition without overpowering what follows.
Black Currant
Black Currant
Heart · 30 min – 3 hrs
Mimosa
Mimosa
Powdery, honeyed, and softly floral, mimosa has a warm, golden sweetness that feels like sunshine in a bottle. The yellow puffball flowers of the mimosa tree produce an oil that is simultaneously floral, woody, and slightly animalic. A quintessential note of the French Riviera and romantic Provençal perfumery.
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.
Geranium
Geranium
Green, rosy, and slightly minty, geranium is one of perfumery's most useful ingredients, sitting at the intersection of floral, herbal, and green families. Rose geranium adds a natural, slightly ragged freshness to rose accords that synthetic rose can't match. It grounds floral compositions in something earthy and real.
Pepper
Pepper
The most essential spice note in perfumery, encompassing the dry, woody heat of black pepper and its many relatives. Pepper adds edge, lift, and a masculine vitality to fragrances without sweetness. It is the note that stops a composition from feeling comfortable and safe, adding a confident, assertive character.
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.
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.'
Who Wears ThisScent DNA matches
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The TacticianBest match93% match
Precision over excess. Always.

Crisp, dry, clean, worn close. Citrus, aromatic herbs, light woods, soft musks.

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The Homesteader84% match
Rooted, warm, and entirely self-sufficient.

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

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The Heirloom83% 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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Scent Profile
Citrus100%Fresh90%Floral80%Rose70%Fruity60%
Fragrance Family
Floral
EDP
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Parfums MDCI is a French independent fragrance house known for its emphasis on classical composition and quality ingredients. Founded by Michel Morsetti, the brand has built a reputation for sophisticated, understated fragrances that prioritize elegance over trend-chasing. Un Coeur en Mai opens with a bright burst of galbanum and petitgrain, rounded out by melon and black currant for a fruity-green top that feels fresh and slightly spicy. The heart reveals a carefully balanced floral arrangement of mimosa, rose, and geranium, with pepper and coriander adding herbal spice and complexity. The base is spare and minimal, anchored by a soft musk that lets the florals linger without heaviness. Overall, this is a restrained composition with a tactile, powdery quality that leans green and aromatic rather than traditionally perfume-y. Un Coeur en Mai works best for those who appreciate understated florals and classical fragrance architecture. It's equally suited to cooler months when its green spice feels grounding, or spring when the floral heart catches the season's energy. The fragrance has a somewhat intellectual, composed quality that suits deliberate wearing rather than casual reach-for. Explore similar fragrances: The Tactician, The Heirloom, and The Homesteader.
What are the notes in Parfums MDCI Un Coeur en Mai? +
Top: Galbanum, Melon, Petitgrain, Bergamot, Black Currant. Heart: Mimosa, Rose, Geranium, Pepper, Coriander. Base: Musk.
What fragrance family is Un Coeur en Mai? +
Parfums MDCI Un Coeur en Mai belongs to the Floral fragrance family. It is an EDP.
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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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