Palquis

Vanilla and praline give the finish a gourmand sweetness, supported by smooth sandalwood, cedar and musk.

For creamy sweetness, compare Deep Sea Pink’s almond, coconut and vanilla with Deep Sea Gold’s tropical fruit, candied apple and praline. Love'n Blue Purple pairs raspberry and rose with Virginia cedar; Love'n Blue Rose instead combines pear, plum, freesia and lily-of-the-valley, despite the word Rose in its name. Lover Flowers sets violet, green apple and lilac against styrax and patchouli. Lover Intense takes the fruit towards plum and red berries, with jasmine, orange blossom, white musk and Ambroxan. Start with the pair closest to your preferred texture, then compare them on separate blotters.

For a drier contrast, try Cassius Oud’s incense, cypriol and leather beside creamy Deep Sea Pink. For white flowers, compare Love’n Blue Couture’s jasmine and lily-of-the-valley with the berry-and-rose direction of Purple. Choose by the printed edition name: Purple and Couture both use purple bottles.

Deep Sea Black adds a blackcurrant–rose–patchouli comparison to the sweeter Deep Sea pair. Set it beside Pink to explore floral woods versus almond and coconut; judge the two on separate blotters.

Within Cassius, Extreme offers citrus, passionfruit and violet, Silver pairs pineapple with jasmine and hyacinth, and Oud takes the smoky leather route. For a sweeter Lover comparison, set Lady’s raspberry, rose and caramel beside Flowers’ violet and green apple.