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Van Cleef Arpels Tsar for men
Van Cleef Arpels

Tsar for men

Citrus
Fresh
Floral
White Floral
Green
Aromatic
Woody
EDT · 1989 · mens

Van Cleef & Arpels Tsar for Men is a 1989 fougère that represents the house's approach to masculine fragrance, bringing its jewelry-box sensibility to a classic aromatic-woody structure.

The opening combines artemisia, bergamot, and rosemary with cinnamon and coriander for an herbal-spiced lift, backed by green notes and neroli. The heart develops a rich floral bed of carnation, geranium, and lily of the valley, anchored by orris root and supported by pine and juniper berries, which keeps things fresh and slightly woody. The base layers amber, oakmoss, and vetiver with cedar, sandalwood, and patchouli, while coconut and tonka bean add a subtle sweetness that prevents the composition from becoming austere. Leather and musk round out the finish, giving it an animalic warmth.

Tsar works best for someone seeking a refined, herbaceous fougère with enough depth to reward close attention. It's suitable for cooler months and professional settings where a sophisticated, understated presence reads as more refined than loud. The fragrance bridges formal and casual wear without strain. If you connect with The Sensualist, The Aristocrat, and The Homesteader, Tsar deserves consideration.

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Main Accordsreported by community
Citrus
21%
Fresh
32%
Floral
82%
White Floral
29%
Green
90%
Aromatic
100%
Woody
100%
Vetiver
20%
Patchouli
20%
Earthy
70%
Musky
20%
Powdery
25%
Amber
20%
Warm Spicy
31%
Spicy
25%
Vanilla
20%
Sweet
40%
Gourmand
20%
Leather
60%
Creamy
40%
Fragrance Notesbrand verified
Top · 0–30 min
Artemisia
Artemisia
The wormwood family, artemisia adds a dry, herbal, slightly bitter greenness that evokes wild Mediterranean hillsides and ancient apothecaries. It's the botanical that gives absinthe its distinctive aura. In perfumery it grounds compositions in something honest and slightly difficult, which makes them feel more real.
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.
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.
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.
Green Notes
Green Notes
Lavender
Lavender
One of perfumery's most essential and beloved notes, clean, herbal, and slightly sweet with a calming, familiar quality that works in almost any context. Lavender is simultaneously the most versatile and the most human of ingredients: it appears in barbershop colognes, romantic florals, and sophisticated orientals alike. A note that simply works.
Neroli
Neroli
Distilled from bitter orange blossoms, neroli sits at the intersection of citrus and floral, bright and slightly waxy, with a honeyed depth that other citrus notes lack. It's one of the most complex natural ingredients in perfumery, simultaneously fresh and rich. A little neroli makes almost any fragrance feel expensive.
Rosemary
Rosemary
Herbal, camphorous, and slightly pine-like, rosemary is a Mediterranean herb with a clean, almost medicinal crispness. It adds freshness and a culinary familiarity to fragrances, grounding more abstract notes in something real. A pillar of classic fougère (fern) fragrances and modern herbal compositions.
Heart · 30 min – 3 hrs
Caraway
Caraway
Carnation
Carnation
Spicy, clove-like, and slightly powdery, carnation is one of perfumery's oldest floral notes, with a warm, almost peppery character that distinguishes it from softer flowers. It has a vintage, slightly old-fashioned quality that is coming back into fashion. Think pressed flowers in an old book, warm and complex.
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.
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.
Juniper Berries
Juniper Berries
Dry, piney, and slightly citrusy, juniper is the botanical soul of gin, with a resinous, slightly spicy freshness that is entirely its own. In perfumery it adds a crisp, outdoorsy quality that bridges woody and spicy families. Used in masculine fragrances to evoke cold mountain air, stone trails, and bracing northern landscapes.
Lily Of The Valley
Lily Of The Valley
Crisp, green, and dewy, this spring flower smells like rain on cool grass with a clean, soap-like clarity. It's one of perfumery's most requested scents despite being nearly impossible to extract naturally, so it's almost always recreated synthetically. The result is fresh, tender, and timelessly elegant.
Orris Root
Orris Root
Pine Tree
Pine Tree
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.
Tarragon
Tarragon
Anise-like, green, and slightly sharp, tarragon has a distinctive herbal character with a faint licorice quality that is more delicate than star anise. It adds a French culinary elegance to fragrances, evoking fine dining and herb gardens. Surprisingly versatile, it appears in both fresh aromatic and oriental compositions.
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.
Cedar
Cedar
Coconut
Coconut
Creamy, tropical, and slightly sunscreen-like, coconut reads as summery and carefree. In light doses it adds a beachy sweetness; in heavier use it can veer into suntan lotion territory. Most effective when paired with citrus or florals to lift it from the beach bar and into the realm of wearable tropical fragrance.
Leather
Leather
One of perfumery's most complex accords, smoky, animalic, and slightly woody, evoking tanned hide, polished saddles, or fine gloves depending on the recipe. Leather adds sophistication and edge simultaneously, and is deeply associated with masculinity in Western perfumery (though the best leather fragrances transcend gender entirely).
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.'
Oakmoss
Oakmoss
The defining ingredient of classic chypre perfumery, damp, forest-floor earthy with a faint bitterness and incredible complexity. Real oakmoss is now heavily restricted by IFRA regulations, which is why vintage chypres smell so different from modern ones. When present, it creates a raw, outdoorsy anchor that no synthetic fully replicates.
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.
Tonka Bean
Tonka Bean
Sweet, powdery, and almond-like with hay-like, slightly tobacco undertones, tonka bean is one of perfumery's most useful base notes. It shares coumarin with fresh hay and freshly cut grass, adding a warmth that feels nostalgic and comforting. Essential in gourmand and soft oriental fragrances.
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.
Who Wears ThisScent DNA matches
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The SensualistBest match86% match
You fill the room without trying.

Warm, smooth, projecting. Leather, tobacco, dry amber, bold woods.

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The Aristocrat85% match
Timeless doesn't try. It simply is.

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

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The Homesteader83% match
Rooted, warm, and entirely self-sufficient.

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

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Scent Profile
Citrus21%
Fresh32%
Floral82%
White Floral29%
Green90%
Fragrance Family
Fougère
EDT

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What does Van Cleef Arpels Tsar for men smell like? +
Van Cleef & Arpels Tsar for Men is a 1989 fougère that represents the house's approach to masculine fragrance, bringing its jewelry-box sensibility to a classic aromatic-woody structure. The opening combines artemisia, bergamot, and rosemary with cinnamon and coriander for an herbal-spiced lift, backed by green notes and neroli. The heart develops a rich floral bed of carnation, geranium, and lily of the valley, anchored by orris root and supported by pine and juniper berries, which keeps things fresh and slightly woody. The base layers amber, oakmoss, and vetiver with cedar, sandalwood, and patchouli, while coconut and tonka bean add a subtle sweetness that prevents the composition from becoming austere. Leather and musk round out the finish, giving it an animalic warmth. Tsar works best for someone seeking a refined, herbaceous fougère with enough depth to reward close attention. It's suitable for cooler months and professional settings where a sophisticated, understated presence reads as more refined than loud. The fragrance bridges formal and casual wear without strain. If you connect with The Sensualist, The Aristocrat, and The Homesteader, Tsar deserves consideration.
What are the notes in Van Cleef Arpels Tsar for men? +
Top: Artemisia, Bergamot, Cinnamon, Coriander, Green Notes, Lavender, Neroli, Rosemary. Heart: Caraway, Carnation, Geranium, Jasmine, Juniper Berries, Lily Of The Valley, Orris Root, Pine Tree, Rose, Tarragon. Base: Amber, Cedar, Coconut, Leather, Musk, Oakmoss, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Tonka Bean, Vetiver.
What fragrance family is Tsar for men? +
Van Cleef Arpels Tsar for men belongs to the Fougère fragrance family. It is an EDT.
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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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