fruitchouli

comparative more fruitchouli · superlative most fruitchouli

1. perfumeryComprising fruity and patchouli notes.

   Fruitchouli fans can make many fine distinctions among different examples of the genre, but they all tend to smell very similar to me, so I think the challenge is to find a way to make the fruitchouli feel distinctive, without making it too strange/inaccessible.

   2019 March 3, grayspoole, “What's your favorite Fruitchouli perfume, (light on the Orientality side...?)”, in Basenotes (forum), section #3

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   The lineage goes something like this: Coco Mademoiselle (2001), with its airy-earthy feeling of wet soil and petals (which Mat identifies as broadly derived from the original Opium (1977) and Coco (1984), to Flowerbomb (2005), Lady Vengeance (2006), Narciso Rodriguez for Her Eau de Parfum (2006), Portrait Of A Lady (2010), English Pear & Freesia (2010), Miss Dior Chérie (2011), La Vie Est Belle (2012), and Experimentum Crucis (2019) as one of the last major niche players to repeat the classic fruitchouli style.

   2025 April 8, Eddie Bulliqi, “The Millennial Fruitchouli Is Being Replaced”, in Fragrantica

plural fruitchoulis

1. perfumeryA fruitchouli fragrance.

   The combined success of Coco Mademoiselle, Miss Dior Chérie, and Flowerbomb cemented the fruitchouli as the defining olfactory signature of the decade.

   2026 May 30, Riha Hazina, A History of Perfume: The Story of Scents and Fragrances Through the Ages

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   I like to have an example of every major trend in perfumery in my collection. As I'm not a huge fan of fruitchoulis I don't want to spend much on one for my collection. Can anyone reccomend^([sic]) a decent, cheap, typical fruitchouli.

   2026 February 28, Iamblichus, “Reccomendations^([sic]) for a cheap typical fruitchouli?”, in Basenotes (forum)