Spicy, 1996: Dry pepper fashion
Choose Spicy by the note, not by the bottle photo. “Dry pepper fashion” in 1996 titles that note, and 2010 is strength or time. Shop lighting is not lasting power. Read Caron as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Spicy is argued.
Spicy sits in the Warmth group of this atlas. Resin and dessert — amber, spice, gourmand, vanilla, tobacco and leather. Pepper, clove and cinnamon as heat without a kitchen — structure, not baking. Concentration is oil in alcohol, not a quality score. EDT (about 5–15%) shows more top; EDP (about 15–20%) shows more heart and base. Houses vary; this is not a lab assay.
One or two sprays on skin or cloth — sternum or hair, not a cloud in a lift. Let it turn an hour before you add more. Winter, coat weather. On hot skin clove becomes dentist. Yes. Warm, moist skin amplifies sweet and spice; dry or cool skin can turn the same juice woody, soapy or short. Test on your skin, not only a blotter.
IFRA sets industry limits on some naturals and synthetics. A reformulation is usually a legal edit, not a betrayal. This atlas is not a safety sheet. Any ethics or materials I should know? Read the materials chapter for the actual load. Niche and designer often share a family and disagree on dose.
On the blotter, keep 1996, “Dry pepper fashion,” and 2010. Without them Spicy blurs.1996
Figures to keep
- Year of the note
- 1996
- Figure kept
- 2010
- Scent
- Spicy
- Trial line
- Dry pepper fashion