Defender
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- Authentic original perfume
- Try before the full bottle
- Travel-ready 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
- Long-lasting scent
Defender by Boadicea The Victorious opens on cognac and red fruits, warmed by honey and a dark thread of licorice. Ginger and grapefruit add a sharper edge before tonka bean, Peru balsam and labdanum settle it into a resinous, balsamic base. Launched in 2024, it is built unisex and suits anyone who wants a spiced, boozy scent for cold nights rather than daytime wear. Voters reach for it in winter and fall, almost always at night or in the evening. Voters lean toward calling its longevity long-lasting, while sillage leans only as far as moderate, so it stays closer to the skin than it announces itself. A 3ml decant is enough to test its cognac and honey warmth before you decide on more.
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The community verdict
For someone drawn to honeyed fruit and cognac, Defender settles from red fruits into tonka bean, Peru balsam and labdanum. The leading verdict is long-lasting with moderate projection, though some find its reach strong. Its rich style fits winter nights, with autumn and evenings also working well.
Summarised with AI from perfume-community reviews
- Topfirst impression
- Cognac
- Ginger
- Grapefruit
- Honey
- Licorice
- Red Fruits
- Basewhat lingers
- Labdanum
- Peru Balsam
- Tonka Bean
- Scent profile
- Unisex
- Launched
- 2024
- Decant sizes
- 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
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Boadicea The Victorious Defender, hour by hour
How it opens, settles and lingers on skin.
Cognac and honey sticky on a pewter flask after nightfall.
Main accordsamber, sweet, fruity, woody, balsamic
What you smell
First spray0–15 min
- Cognac
- Ginger
- Grapefruit
- Honey
- Licorice
- Red Fruits
Dry-down2 h – 7–12 h
- Labdanum
- Peru Balsam
- Tonka Bean
- Lasts
- 7–12 h
- Long lasting
- Sillage
- Moderate, 2 of 4
What wearers say
Votes from fragrance communities, most-voted answers first.
Longevity280 votes
Most voted: 48%Long lasting
27%Moderate
Sillage235 votes
Most voted: 49%Moderate
34%Strong
Season250 votes
Most voted: 38%Winter
34%Autumn
Time of day250 votes
Most voted: 38%Night out
33%Evening
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Longevity280 votes
- Very weak4%10 votes
- Weak10%28 votes
- Moderate27%75 votes
- Long lasting (Most voted)48%135 votes
- Eternal11%32 votes
Sillage235 votes
- Intimate9%22 votes
- Moderate (Most voted)49%115 votes
- Strong34%80 votes
- Enormous8%18 votes
Season250 votes
- Spring18%45 votes
- Summer10%25 votes
- Autumn34%85 votes
- Winter (Most voted)38%95 votes
Time of day250 votes
- Daytime19%47 votes
- Office10%26 votes
- Evening33%82 votes
- Night out (Most voted)38%95 votes
Which size is right for you?
Every size is decanted from the same original bottle.
At 3 sprays a day.
Loved by 50,000+
Why scent lovers try it with us before they buy the bottle.
Hand-decanted from the original bottle
Decanted by hand from authentic bottles, never diluted.
Wear it for days before you commit
Live with it at work, at night and at the weekend before you buy a full bottle.
Just like the full bottle
A fine-mist atomiser sprays like the original, so it opens, projects and lasts on your skin the way the full bottle does.
10ML vs a blind buy
What a decant gives you that a bottle bought unsmelled can’t.
Why 10ML?
Blind buy
Authentic original perfume
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Smell it on your skin before you buy
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Try several scents for one bottle’s price
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No
Travel-ready atomiser
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No full bottle wasted if it’s not for you
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The house
More from Boadicea The Victorious
Boadicea The Victorious is an independent British niche house, launched in 2008 and named after the warrior queen Boadicea. Its perfumes are warm, spiced and resinous: amber, labdanum, patchouli and oud form the core, with saffron, leather and guaiac wood adding weight. Blue Sapphire is the place to start, aromatic herbs over oud. Valiant is brighter, citrus and white flowers on wood, and Bodacious turns sweet with cherry and warm spice. Christian Provenzano is the perfumer credited on the range here. Most of the line is unisex, and a few lean masculine.
Frequently asked questions
What does Boadicea The Victorious Defender smell like?
Boadicea The Victorious Defender opens with Cognac, Ginger, Grapefruit and Honey. It dries down to Labdanum, Peru Balsam and Tonka Bean. Shoppers on fragrance communities describe its main accords as amber, sweet, fruity, woody and balsamic.
Is Boadicea The Victorious Defender long lasting?
Shoppers on fragrance communities most often rate its longevity as long lasting (48% of votes), and 60% rate it long lasting or eternal. They most often rate its sillage as moderate (49% of votes). How long it lasts on you also depends on your skin and how much you apply.
Is Boadicea The Victorious Defender good for summer?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rate it mainly for autumn and winter; summer takes only 10% of season votes.
Is Boadicea The Victorious Defender good for winter?
Yes. Shoppers on fragrance communities vote winter its best season, with 38% of season votes.
Is Boadicea The Victorious Defender for day or night?
Shoppers on fragrance communities mostly wear it after dark: 71% of time-of-day votes are for evenings and nights out, 29% for daytime or the office.
Can I wear Boadicea The Victorious Defender to the office?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rarely pick it for the office: only 10% of time-of-day votes go to the office.
Who makes Boadicea The Victorious Defender?
Defender is made by Boadicea The Victorious. It was launched in 2024.
How many wears is a 10ml decant of Boadicea The Victorious Defender?
A 10ml decant of Boadicea The Victorious Defender holds about 200 sprays, roughly 67 days of wear at 3 sprays a day. The 3ml decant holds about 60 sprays, around 20 days. The 30ml decant holds about 600 sprays, around 200 days.
Which other Boadicea The Victorious perfumes can I try?
Besides Boadicea The Victorious Defender, 10ML has Blue Sapphire, Valiant and Bodacious from Boadicea The Victorious, each decanted from the original bottle.
Is this Boadicea The Victorious Defender decant the original perfume?
Yes. Every Boadicea The Victorious Defender decant is filled by hand from an original Boadicea The Victorious 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.