What does it smell like?
It smells mostly warm spicy and woody. Cardamom and bergamot at the top, cinnamon and rose in the middle and vanilla and mahogany at the base.
- Came out
- 2015
- Lasts
- 6 to 9 hours
- Best in
- winter
Hortense 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
Rance 1795 Hortense EDP in detail
Rance 1795 is the house behind Hortense EDP. It comes as Eau de Parfum.
Who will like it
The strongest accord is warm spicy (100%), followed by woody and aromatic. You will probably like it if you enjoy warm spicy and woody smells and notes like cinnamon and vanilla. Less obvious notes include black pepper, incense and cedar. Perfume fans rate it 4.09 out of 5.
Hortense for work or evenings
It works in the day and at night.
Longevity on skin
It stays on skin for about 6 to 9 hours, so one spray in the morning can carry you through the day. As an Eau de Parfum, it has more perfume oil than an Eau de Toilette, which helps it last. It lasts about as long as Philipp Plein Parfums Philipp Plein No Limits and Roja Dove Roja A Midsummer Dream Eau De Parfum 100 Ml. Base notes like vanilla and mahogany are the part that stays longest on the skin.
Rance 1795 perfumes worth knowing
The house has 20 perfumes here, led by Elise, Heroique and Secrete Euphorie unisex.
Hortense sillage
Projection is strong: people around you will notice it. Two sprays are usually enough. It spreads further than Roja Dove Roja A Midsummer Dream Eau De Parfum 100 Ml.
Perfumes that smell like Hortense
Similar picks to try: Philipp Plein Parfums Philipp Plein No Limits (6 shared notes), Roja Dove Roja A Midsummer Dream Eau De Parfum 100 Ml (5 shared notes), Laura Biagiotti Aura Perfume A E O M (6 shared notes) and Frederic Malle Portrait Of A Lady (6 shared notes).
More questions
What is the best season for Hortense?
Winter.
When did Hortense come out?
It came out in 2015.
Can men wear it?
It is made for women, but anyone who likes the smell can wear it.