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Pierre Guillaume Paris Harmatan Noir 11 unisex
Pierre Guillaume Paris

Harmatan Noir 11 unisex

green
woody
aromatic
fresh spicy
salty
fresh
2006 · unisex

Pierre Guillaume Paris is a niche French house known for unconventional compositions that prioritize raw materials and unexpected combinations over commercial appeal. The brand has built a reputation for challenging traditional fragrance conventions.

Harmatan Noir 11 opens with a striking saline accord that immediately sets it apart, backed by green and woody aromatics with a subtle spicy edge. The heart develops around cedar, fig leaf, and hay, with mojito and salt creating an herbaceous, almost mineral quality. The base layers in galbanum and petitgreen alongside sandalwood and woody notes, maintaining the fragrance's angular, slightly austere character throughout. The overall effect is green and salty rather than sweet, with a fresh spicy undertone that keeps it tactile and grounded.

This fragrance works best for those drawn to unconventional compositions and aromatic sophistication. It's equally suited to men and women and performs well as a spring or summer fragrance, though its mineral-herbaceous nature makes it work year-round for those who appreciate its crisp sensibility. It aligns with The Tactician, The Aristocrat, and The Homesteader scent profiles.

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Main Accordsreported by community
green
100%
woody
75%
aromatic
50%
fresh spicy
50%
salty
50%
fresh
50%
Fragrance Notescommunity verified
Top · 0–30 min
salt
salt
Heart · 30 min – 3 hrs
cedar
cedar
fig leaf
fig leaf
The green, milky, and slightly sharp scent of freshly torn fig leaves rather than the fruit itself. Fig leaf is one of perfumery's most vivid green notes, with a raw, sap-like quality and a distinctive slightly sour, green-milk character. Used to add an intense, photosynthetic naturalism to green and woody compositions.
hay
hay
Warm, sweet, and slightly smoky, the scent of dried grass and summer fields. Hay in perfumery reads as coumarin-adjacent: warm, powdery, and nostalgic, with an honest, agricultural quality that grounds sweeter notes. It adds the smell of the countryside to orientals and woods, making them feel warmer and more organic.
mojito
mojito
The Cuban cocktail rendered as a fragrance accord, combining mint, lime, rum, and a hint of sugar cane for a refreshing, slightly sweet, and herbal freshness. Mojito notes read as carefree and summery, instantly evoking warm evenings and holiday bars. Used in casual, seasonal, and explicitly fun fragrances.
salt
salt
Base · 3–12 hrs
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.
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.
salt
salt
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.
woody notes
woody notes
Who Wears ThisScent DNA matches
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The TacticianBest match87% match
Precision over excess. Always.

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

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The Aristocrat87% match
Timeless doesn't try. It simply is.

Cool, clean, commanding. Heritage aromatics, classic citrus, dry fougères, refined woods.

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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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Crisp, dry, clean, worn close. Citrus, aromatic herbs, light woods, soft musks.
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green100%woody75%aromatic50%fresh spicy50%salty50%
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Pierre Guillaume Paris is a niche French house known for unconventional compositions that prioritize raw materials and unexpected combinations over commercial appeal. The brand has built a reputation for challenging traditional fragrance conventions. Harmatan Noir 11 opens with a striking saline accord that immediately sets it apart, backed by green and woody aromatics with a subtle spicy edge. The heart develops around cedar, fig leaf, and hay, with mojito and salt creating an herbaceous, almost mineral quality. The base layers in galbanum and petitgreen alongside sandalwood and woody notes, maintaining the fragrance's angular, slightly austere character throughout. The overall effect is green and salty rather than sweet, with a fresh spicy undertone that keeps it tactile and grounded. This fragrance works best for those drawn to unconventional compositions and aromatic sophistication. It's equally suited to men and women and performs well as a spring or summer fragrance, though its mineral-herbaceous nature makes it work year-round for those who appreciate its crisp sensibility. It aligns with The Tactician, The Aristocrat, and The Homesteader scent profiles.
What are the notes in Pierre Guillaume Paris Harmatan Noir 11 unisex? +
Top: salt. Heart: cedar, fig leaf, hay, mojito, salt. Base: galbanum, petitgrain, salt, sandalwood, woody notes.
What other fragrances smell like Pierre Guillaume Paris Harmatan Noir 11 unisex? +
Based on shared notes, Alexandria Fragrances Aphrodite (sandalwood, woody notes, salt, salt), Pierre Guillaume Paris Praline de Santal 18.1 unisex (petitgrain, sandalwood, cedar, salt) may smell similar to Harmatan Noir 11 unisex.
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