Promise Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle 2017

Promise by Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle

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Promise is a popular perfume by Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle for women and men and was released in 2017. The scent is spicy-woody. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is being marketed by Estēe Lauder Companies.

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Perfumer

Dominique Ropion

Fragrance Notes

Top Notes	Pink pepper Rosemary Apple
Heart Notes	Bulgarian rose Turkish rose absolute Clove
Base Notes	Patchouli Ambroxan Labdanum Cypriol Castoreum

Ratings

Scent

7.8198 Ratings

Longevity

9.1184 Ratings

Sillage

8.8184 Ratings

Bottle

8.1187 Ratings

Value for money

6.474 Ratings

Submitted by Franfan20, last update on 20.05.2022.

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04/05/2021

8
Scent 9
Longevity 9
Sillage 6
Bottle 6
Pricing

Basti87

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Basti87

There's something about

For once, a comment on a fragrance I neither own nor will eventually acquire. Happens rarely. I deal quite rarely with fragrances that do not really fit into my Beuteschema or that I do not consider. This one, however, I find quite exciting artistically, as it's kind of completely out of the ordinary and already kind of special. Have I accidentally discovered only because I got a sample of this fragrance with a purchase.
The brand seems to have quite high quality, if you believe the reviews. Next to this Promise, I tested the Musc Ravageur, which is really hyped (including by the good Jeremy). Both are very high quality in my opinion what I also expect from this price category.

As that is just with samples that you do not choose: The Gafhr is always great that you get a style that does not suit you. Happened here. But I find times quite good to test something that so times does not fit into the Beuteschema. Here star perfumer Ropion has created a very unusual creation. But I must say: I find somehow cool. Nothing for me to wear, but artistically I find the great.
In the main role is Rose. In the pyramid is soagr two again: Bulgarian and Turkish. This rose note is very present from the beginning and really authentic. Nice earthy notes make this rose seem freshly dug up instead of just smelling the blossom. On top of that, there is a stark ethereal spiciness. This ethereal spice is really powerful and needs to be dealt with. For some, this vibe could already give you a headache. On top of that comes a completely unsweet apple, almost caramelized. Cypriol and very earthy patchouli are also very present. Overall, very gloomy and thus rather almost exclusively a fragrance in the dark.
The performance is really strong, which would often be a disadvantage with this DNA. Who likes to tick off and stand out can get here but big eyes. Notice you will definitely with this fragrance, this is but an anti-crowdpleaser. Character is definitely present. It has a dark and mysterious appearance. Sillage is room-filling and durability is clearly 10hours+.

I wouldn't know what to do with 100ml. Not even 30ml. Artistically, I still find him very interesting and he gives the wearer quite something

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03/30/2021

10
Scent 10
Longevity 10
Sillage 10
Bottle 10
Pricing

FilipMurray
15 Reviews

FilipMurray

Promise!

The Night, Dawn, The Moon and Promise.
I think the appropriate name for Promise would be Darkness.

The opening is like a freshly painted laboratory with some crazy alchemist drinking an apple brandy.
After just few minutes, that vibe disappears and then you can smell apples, roses and Nagarmotha.

Drydown is full of labdanum. It literally suffocates how strong it is. I'm an oversprayer, but I can't do more than 2-3 sprays without consequences - nausea and headache.

This scent is the definition of a dark scent. I can imagine Sauron, Voldemort, Darth Vader and other villains smelling like this perfume.

Great oriental fragrance from my favorite house and from my favorite - Mr. Ropion.

Longevity: one week
Aura: 800 meters

Now seriously, 3 sprays are enough for at least whole day and everyone who has a nose in the room will smell you.

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02/07/2021

10
Scent 10
Longevity 10
Sillage 10
Bottle

Razvanyke
114 Reviews

Razvanyke

My favourite Pepper bomb with apple note

Oh this is a good one, would gladly tell you about it.

One single spray is enough to give you a blast of Pink pepper and then you can feel apple, rose coming in and a lot of cypriol. This gives to Promise a very animalic smell and just like with the Amouage Journey Man, this is not for a beginner who is coming from Sauvage, Dolce Gabanna or similar sweet smells.

The dry down has a bit of patchouli and labdanum which gives it a leathery nuance but all the time the pepper and the cypriol are there. I do feel a bit of rose, but it is very toned down I would say.

This is a true beast, one spray on the skin is enough to last for more than 3 days even if you shower in-between, be careful with the application.
I have worn Promise on one of my trips during Corona and with a casual clothing and a smile, this perfume contributed to a very nice atmosphere be it in the airport or even in the airplane, I think it is a classy special smell which you do not get to feel at each corner.

Even with a FFP2 mask on for over 8 hours, I kept smelling Promise constantly, I imagine how was for the others - and this only from 2 sprays.

Maybe this is not a perfume for everybody, but for sure it´s for me. Top !

10/30/2020

8.5
Scent 9
Longevity

JacSi9

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JacSi9

Top Review 20

Of uncanny scent memories and the shade of the apple trees

There's a mystical, spooky thread running through my perfume days. It comes out of nowhere. There he is apparently waiting for me, while the earth is turning before him and the days go by. When he opens the door to my consciousness, he rings with the self-evidence of a DHL messenger. Then suddenly a scent appears on the cognitive screen that I haven't smelled for months. So I order a sample for a new test, and not infrequently that composition makes it into my collection as a bottle or larger filling. I smelled Promise briefly in a department store last winter. That's it. And now it stands as 10ml travel spray next to my other fragrances. The mystery thread has struck again with full force. No defense.

Promise starts with an apple. Not a sentence that would win any literary awards, but at least it's true. Not a fresh, crunchy apple. Not green and crunchy, not part of Edeka commercials. It had already been lying near the trunk of the apple tree for some time, deep red and in its ripeness well on its way to the apple beyond. But it can still be eaten. Why people experiment with wood varnish near an apple tree, I do not know. But that is the situation - I am only the rapporteur here. This somewhat pungent metallic smell lingers in the background and recedes in intensity as the scent progresses. Just like the apple I mentioned.

The sun has long since retired. There is nothing cheerful, nothing sweet and certainly nothing Tutti Frutti. There are already indications of what will be important later: A dark, heavy carpet of earthy woodiness makes its way through the opening. Wafts of smoke drift through the air on the horizon. Something alcoholic resonates. There could also be a wooden barrel hidden in the immediate vicinity, in which an apple brandy was stored for a long time. Perhaps too long.

The start is in my opinion the most challenging part of Malle's promise. Maybe one reason for the rather restrained reviews here on Parfumo. Objectively speaking, I would have rated them higher - as objectively as one can look at something like that. The complexity of the scent is comparatively limited. Which does not detract from the complexity of the fragrance. In my opinion, the latently fermenting fruitiness of the apple in particular withdraws and makes room for an oud-like impression. The earthiness of patchouli coupled with the dark woody scent of cypriol and the slightly animalistic edge of beaver's horehound are responsible for this. Labdanum lends rather restrained warmth. I think this is a very smart solution. In comparison with Frédéric Malles The Night, 100ml will cost "only" 275 Euros instead of the 1,100 Euros. And the best: I like it much better.

After the aforementioned main development, the dark, smoky, somewhat bitter oud impression remains with a good deal of stamina. I do not perceive the rose components separately. With this fragrance one can expect a good deal of depth. The "fruitiness" resonates as an echo. A certain smokiness remains, but fits in willingly. I perceive the fragrance as very broad, with high volume, almost a little juicy.

The dose makes the poison here. Low doses, perhaps under textile, Promise is well wearable for those who do not feel disguised with it. Primarily in the evening and at night. Cold temperatures are not only welcome here, but part of the job description. My Travel Spray will last a long time thanks to the power and special nature of the fragrance. The application possibilities are limited, but there must also be scents for special moments. Although I am not a great expert when it comes to Arabic scents. But here I have the impression that marketing really goes hand in hand with the product. The fragrance shows edge, leaves the terrain of the western habit and stops.

I like Promise best after the 30-minute mark and I can only recommend to give the fragrance time. Just as the haunting thread gave me time to prepare myself subconsciously. For pome fruit lying in the shade of the apple trees, saying goodbye to our reality. For wood varnish experiments. And to one of the most interesting oud impressions I've seen in a long time.

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07/04/2020

9.5
Scent 9
Longevity 9
Sillage 9
Bottle

Montexx
20 Reviews

Montexx

Promise me LOVE.

Im definitely in Love with this one. I knew that Dominique Ropion for FM are the best combination but i wanted to be sure. A friend of mine got it and i was like i need this 2.
This one starts very oudy and it changes to smoke and incense and wood/leather.
I dont smell any roos actually. This one has a very good silage. ( i think just 2 sparys) are enough for the night out. Btw this is a real night out parfume if you go out just do this, But remember go easy on it because this is very strong parfume. I’m not sure if i can compare this one with some other parfums? Help me if you do.
So i would say agan another masterpiece by DR.

05/30/2020

6.5
Scent 9
Longevity 9
Sillage 7
Bottle

Insa

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Insa

Helpful Review 7

The tree's cut down.

Since I am currently trying to test my nose a little bit, I have been trying to sniff the ingredients of various perfumes for some time now.
So:
Without looking at the fragrance pyramid, I ordered a bottling and then smelled it on my arm
My first impression:
Whew! It's really loud
A woody-resinous scent can be perceived.
Paired with something green and floral in the background. I don't realize that it is supposed to be Cypriol, Rosemary and Rose, but my nose is also not yet so well trained in such complex scent compositions.

I'm going to smell my arm again Somehow it also has something slightly fruity, which gives the fragrance a certain sweetness.
But only very tentatively and therefore also difficult to identify.
It's probably the apple flavour. But I wouldn't have recognized it.

The 3 main characters are in this fragrance:
Resin, wood and patchouli.
You can smell it clearly.
I would've guessed Amber by now by smelling her Actually, there's Ambroxan in it.

So now to the conclusion.
I see this scent more in men and not overdosed.
It reminds me a little bit of a big, beautiful tree, which was cut down and cut open.
Now the resin is running out of him.
The wound is stuffed with patchouli and now the whole forest smells of it.

I think there will be many a hiker who is fascinated by this smell, but at the same time it can also polarize.
However you feel about this fallen tree. It will lie there like that for a long time to come.
(This pictorial representation is representative of the durability)

02/26/2020

8.5
Scent 9
Longevity 9
Sillage 9
Bottle

Emorandeira
370 Reviews

Emorandeira

For oud lovers without oud

One of my favourites of the FM línea with carnal flower and musc ravageur. I feel overall the spices... It is for me a very spicy perfume. I can smell also a very powerful but nice rose. I can feel also the Green Apple at the opening and a Woody/animalic background. It is for me like the typical spicy rose/oud parfums but changing the oud for a different animalic wood. The performance is great. Good longevity and strong sillage the first 2 hours. When i spray It i can feel It around for one two hours!! I thought It would have incense... But not hwhw. It is unisex and i think better for night time.

Scent: 8.5
Longevity: 9
Sillage: 8.5
Quality/price: 7
Originality: 9
Versatility: 5
Global: 9

12/25/2019

9
Scent 10
Longevity 8
Sillage 9
Bottle

Ovaissaleem
61 Reviews

Ovaissaleem

A Work of Art

Notes: Pink Pepper, Green Apple, Rosemary, Bulgarian Rose Oil, Turkish Rose Absolute, Clove, Patchouli, Labdanum, Ambroxan, Cypriol and Castoreum

A gorgeous and beautiful creation by Dominique Ropion. This opens with Green Apple and Pink Pepper but Apple note is more prominent to me and I get this note till the dry-down. As the scent starts settle on my skin, Rose note along with Cypriol which gives this a woody and earthy vibe. Patchouli and Labdanum are also detected near the dry-down. I also get hints of leather on my skin. Another masterpiece by Dominique with excellent performance.

11/24/2019

7
Scent 10
Longevity 8
Sillage 9
Bottle

Drseid
818 Reviews

Drseid

Broken Promise...

Promise opens with an intersting slightly sweet, but also tart unripened apple with underlying airy rose support. As the composition moves to its early heart, the apple vacates, leaving the airy rose to take the fore, adding sanitized light patchouli and mild pepper support, with faux-oud-like cypriol rising from the base, growing slowly in its intensity as time passes. As the composition moves to the late dry-down, the cypriol has become the star as the rose has long since vacated, staying so through the finish, only allowing hints of resinous dry honey-like labdanum to peep through in support. Projection is excellent, as is longevity at around 12 hours on skin.

When I first heard about "Promise" being another Ropion and Malle collaboration, I was really eager to try the composition, as Ropion does his best work under Malle's direction yielding great results like Portrait of a Lady, Une Fleur de Cassie, Carnal Flower, and the first offering in the Malle Middle East series, The Night. The chances of another winner seemed pretty high, but there was one key note that was a potential showstopper... cypriol. Cypriol is used by many perfume outfits to approximate the smell of oud. It might have been a tell-tale sign of things to come when Malle priced Promise significantly less than all the others in the Middle East series that used real oud within. I would like to say Ropion was able to skillfully tone down the cypriol in Promise, but alas it is the composition's downfall, marring an otherwise fine effort by the master. On the plus side, the tart apple note really is handled quite skillfully, pairing surprisingly well with the airy rose and the initially supporting cypriol. It is only when the cypriol becomes the star about midway through the heart phase of development that the composition loses its balance, and loses the "promise" of being a major winner for Malle. I suspect that with some time, a perfumer the caliber of Dominique Ropion would have been able to get the composition balance in tune, but alas, as is, Promise becomes the weakest effort of the Malle Middle East series, and leaves this writer considerably wanting. The bottom line is the $390 per 100ml bottle Promise has some innovative tricks up its sleeve, but just can't keep that faux oud from obscuring its finer points, earning a "good" to "very good" 3 to 3.5 out of 5 stars, and a tepid recommendation outside of any price considerations. If one considers the price tag, "Promise" is a tough sell.

03/01/2019

8.5
Scent 9
Longevity 8
Sillage 8
Bottle

SmellGoodGuy
33 Reviews

SmellGoodGuy

Dueling notes!

It’s all about the dry-down with this one. Initially you will be overwhelmed with competing notes, with the apple being the strongest. Although the tartness of the apple remains through all three phases, it learns to play nice with the rest of the notes. Expressly, the rose and oud, which also play large roles in the overall composition. The end result is quite a unique fragrance. I’m confidently signing off with the caveat of this being only for the intrepid frag head...

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