Frédéric Malle Promise
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- Authentic original perfume
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- Travel-ready 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
- Long-lasting scent
Promise by Frederic Malle opens with crisp apple and pink pepper, warmed fast by rosemary, saffron and clove. Bulgarian and Turkish rose take over the centre, rich and true rather than powdery, which keeps the whole thing feeling grown rather than sugary. The base turns dark: cypriol, patchouli, castoreum and labdanum, smoky and faintly leathery, with ambroxan adding a clean, woody lift underneath. Launched in 2017, men and women both wear it, and it suits whoever wants a rose that reads more earthy than pretty. Voters save it for winter, for nights out and evenings. Most wearers vote its longevity eternal. The sillage vote leans enormous, so one spray is usually plenty. A 3ml decant is enough to know if you can handle that much rose.
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The community verdict
A woody, earthy rose with apple and pink pepper, Promise settles into patchouli and cypriol. Most find it exceptionally long-lasting; projection divides between strong and enormous. It suits winter nights and also works on autumn evenings, but its force rewards a light hand.
Summarised with AI from perfume-community reviews
- Brand
- Frédéric Malle
- Scent profile
- Unisex
- Launched
- 2017
- Decant sizes
- 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
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Frédéric Malle Promise, hour by hour
How it opens, settles and lingers on skin.
Roses and apple bruised on a plush chair after closing time.
What wearers say
Votes from fragrance communities, most-voted answers first.
Longevity
Most voted: 59%Eternal
Sillage
Most voted: 44%Enormous
Season
Most voted: 55%Winter
Time of day
Most voted: 50%Night out
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Longevity, 1,810 votes
- Very weak1%24 votes
- Weak2%42 votes
- Moderate7%133 votes
- Long lasting30%540 votes
- Eternal (Most voted)59%1,071 votes
Sillage, 1,902 votes
- Intimate3%54 votes
- Moderate13%254 votes
- Strong40%762 votes
- Enormous (Most voted)44%832 votes
Season, 1,810 votes
- Spring10%181 votes
- Summer3%54 votes
- Autumn32%579 votes
- Winter (Most voted)55%996 votes
Time of day, 1,810 votes
- Daytime12%217 votes
- Office3%54 votes
- Evening35%634 votes
- Night out (Most voted)50%905 votes
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Every size is decanted from the same original bottle.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Frédéric Malle Promise smell like?
Frédéric Malle Promise opens with Apple, Cloves, Pink Pepper and Rosemary. The heart brings Bulgarian Rose and Turkish Rose. It dries down to Ambroxan, Castoreum, Cypriol Oil or Nagarmotha and Labdanum.
Is Frédéric Malle Promise long lasting?
Shoppers on fragrance communities most often rate its longevity as eternal (59% of votes), and 89% rate it long lasting or eternal. They most often rate its sillage as enormous (44% of votes). How long it lasts on you also depends on your skin and how much you apply.
Is Frédéric Malle Promise good for summer?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rate it mainly for winter; summer takes only 3% of season votes.
Is Frédéric Malle Promise good for winter?
Yes. Shoppers on fragrance communities vote winter its best season, with 55% of season votes.
Is Frédéric Malle Promise for day or night?
Shoppers on fragrance communities mostly wear it after dark: 85% of time-of-day votes are for evenings and nights out, 15% for daytime or the office.
Can I wear Frédéric Malle Promise to the office?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rarely pick it for the office: only 3% of time-of-day votes go to the office.
Who makes Frédéric Malle Promise?
Promise is made by Frédéric Malle. It was launched in 2017.
How many wears is a 10ml decant of Frédéric Malle Promise?
A 10ml decant of Frédéric Malle Promise holds about 200 sprays, roughly 67 days of wear. The 3ml decant holds about 60 sprays, around 20 days. The 30ml decant holds about 600 sprays, around 200 days.
Which other Frédéric Malle perfumes can I try?
Besides Frédéric Malle Promise, 10ML has Portrait of a Lady, Musc Ravageur and The Moon from Frédéric Malle, each decanted from the original bottle.
Is this Frédéric Malle Promise decant the original perfume?
Yes. Every Frédéric Malle Promise decant is filled by hand from an original Frédéric Malle bottle, with nothing added or diluted, so it opens, dries down and lasts on your skin the way the bottle does. We sell only authentic originals.
What is a decant?
A small amount of a perfume, taken from its original bottle and put into a travel atomiser. You get the real fragrance in a size that lets you live with it for days before you decide on the full bottle.
How does the money-back guarantee work?
If a scent isn’t right for you, get in touch within 30 days of it arriving and we’ll arrange a refund. Terms apply. See our refund policy.