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Fougère

Icons & legends

Eight bottles and noses that still define Fougère.

Icons for Fougère are bottles and people — Nahéma, Chanel, Guerlain stay as names.

Scores below are editorial marks inside this atlas, not lab assays.

People

Fougère Royale — France
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Fougère Royale

1882– · France

Parquet’s coumarin-lavender-moss; the family’s birth.

Fougère Royale (1882–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Fougère Royale as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Fougère is argued.

Jicky — France
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Jicky

1889– · France

Guerlain’s cousin: lavender-vanilla-civet on the new hinge.

Jicky (1889–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Jicky as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Fougère is argued.

Brut

1964– · United States

Drugstore fern; democratic fougère.

Brut (1964–, United States) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Brut as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Fougère is argued.

Azzaro Pour Homme

1978– · France

Anise-lavender fern of the late 1970s.

Azzaro Pour Homme (1978–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Azzaro Pour Homme as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Fougère is argued.

Drakkar Noir — France
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Drakkar Noir

1982– · France

DHM fougère; 1980s volume.

Drakkar Noir (1982–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Drakkar Noir as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Fougère is argued.

Cool Water — Switzerland
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Cool Water

1988– · Switzerland

Bourdon’s aquatic fougère; the graft that ate the aisle.

Cool Water (1988–, Switzerland) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Cool Water as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Fougère is argued.

Paul Parquet

c. 1850s–1912 · France

Nose of Fougère Royale; coumarin as architecture.

Paul Parquet (c. 1850s–1912, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Paul Parquet as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Fougère is argued.

Pierre Bourdon

1946– · France

Cool Water’s nose; fern plus sea.

Pierre Bourdon (1946–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Pierre Bourdon as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Fougère is argued.

Debate

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