The smell in short
It smells mostly fresh spicy and vanilla. Bergamot and cumin at the top, heliotrope and iris in the middle and benzoin and cedar at the base.
- Lasts
- 3 to 6 hours
- Best in
- winter
Chapter One notes
Top notes
What you smell first
Heart notes
The main smell
Base notes
What stays on your skin
Smell profile
Main accords
How strong each part of the smell is
Best seasons and time of day
About Frazer Parfum Chapter One EDP
Chapter One EDP comes from Frazer Parfum. This one is the Eau de Parfum.
Longevity on skin
It lasts a medium time, about 3 to 6 hours on skin. As an Eau de Parfum, it has more perfume oil than an Eau de Toilette, which helps it last. Joop! and Tom Ford Velvet Orchid last longer, if that matters to you. Base notes like benzoin and cedar are the part that stays longest on the skin.
Chapter One sillage
Projection is very strong: it fills the room. Two sprays are usually enough. It spreads further than Joop! and Tom Ford Velvet Orchid.
Chapter One: day or night?
It works in the day and at night.
Best seasons to wear it
The best time of year to wear it is winter. It is less suited to summer. Ranked by season: winter, fall, spring and summer.
Other Frazer Parfum perfumes
The house has 15 perfumes here, led by Namibia unisex, After The Rains unisex and Chapter Five unisex.
Who will like it
The strongest accord is fresh spicy (100%), followed by vanilla and white floral. You will probably like it if you enjoy fresh spicy and vanilla smells and notes like heliotrope and benzoin. Less obvious notes include heliotrope, jasmine and sandalwood. Perfume fans rate it 3.83 out of 5.
If you like Chapter One, try these
Similar picks to try: Joop! (7 shared notes), Tom Ford Velvet Orchid (7 shared notes), Slava Zaitsev Maroussia (9 shared notes) and Nino Cerruti 1881 (9 shared notes). For a cheaper option, Slava Zaitsev Maroussia starts from €19.
More questions
Is Chapter One expensive?
It is mid priced: about €45 in Europe.
Can men wear Chapter One?
It is made for women, but anyone who likes the smell can wear it.