Eight bottles and noses that still define Fruity.
Darker cells mean a higher score for this topic on that metric.
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Peach, berry and osmanthus as nectar and skin — not a candy aisle.
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.
Warm daylight. Cold skin collapses fruit into alcohol.
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.
Icons for Fruity are bottles and people — Nahéma, Chanel, Guerlain stay as names.
Scores below are editorial marks inside this atlas, not lab assays.
1919– · France
Jacques Guerlain’s peach-oakmoss chypre; fruit as velvet tragedy.
Mitsouko (1919–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Mitsouko as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Fruity is argued.
1944– · France
Roudnitska’s plum-peach over spice and moss.
Femme (1944–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Femme as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Fruity is argued.
1990s– · Germany
Calendar fruit flanks that taught “fruity” as a retail season.
Escada seasonals (1990s–, Germany) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Escada seasonals as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Fruity is argued.
2012– · France
Iris-praline-fruit; fruit as gourmand on-ramp.
La Vie Est Belle (2012–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read La Vie Est Belle as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Fruity is argued.
2010– · France
Cassis top over rose-patchouli — adult fruit as a spark, not a soda.
Portrait of a Lady (2010–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Portrait of a Lady as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Fruity is argued.
1874–1963 · France
Gave fruit a tragic job inside Mitsouko.
Jacques Guerlain (1874–1963, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Jacques Guerlain as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Fruity is argued.
1905–1996 · France
Femme’s ripe fruit; later Diorella’s melon-fruit chypre.
Edmond Roudnitska (1905–1996, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Edmond Roudnitska as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Fruity is argued.
— · China
Sweet olive: apricot, tea and suede — fruit without a candy aisle.
Osmanthus (—, China) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Osmanthus as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Fruity is argued.
An icon is a brief that other Fruity formulas still answer.
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