Empire
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- Authentic original perfume
- Try before the full bottle
- Travel-ready 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
- Long-lasting scent
Empire by Boadicea The Victorious, composed by Christian Provenzano, is a rich fruity floral built for cooler months. Peach, pink pepper, plum, Sicilian bergamot and Sicilian mandarin open it juicy and lightly spiced. Gardenia, jasmine sambac, magnolia and May rose bloom through the heart, full and sweet rather than green. The base runs deep, with amber, patchouli, raspberry, sandalwood, vanilla, vetiver and white musk turning powdery and warm at the close. It launched in 2016 and is shared by men and women, suiting anyone who likes a fruit-laced floral with real weight behind it. Voters reach for it in winter and autumn, mostly at night and in the evening. On longevity, the vote settles on long-lasting, and sillage reads strong. A 10ml decant is enough to live with it through a run of cold-weather nights before you choose more.
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The community verdict
Winter nights call for Empire, where peach and plum give way to gardenia and jasmine sambac, then raspberry, amber and patchouli. The largest group reports long-lasting wear and strong projection; others find it exceptionally long-lasting or moderate in reach. Autumn evenings work too.
Summarised with AI from perfume-community reviews
- Topfirst impression
- Peach
- Pink Pepper
- Plum
- Sicilian Bergamot
- Sicilian Mandarin
- Heartafter a few minutes
- Gardenia
- Jasmine Sambac
- Magnolia
- May Rose
- Perfumer
- Christian Provenzano
- Scent profile
- Unisex
- Launched
- 2016
- Decant sizes
- 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
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Boadicea The Victorious Empire, hour by hour
How it opens, settles and lingers on skin.
Plum and raspberry jam spread thick beside a vase of gardenias.
Main accordsfloral, fruity, sweet, powdery, musky
What you smell
First spray0–15 min
- Peach
- Pink Pepper
- Plum
- Sicilian Bergamot
- Sicilian Mandarin
Heart15 min – 2 h
- Gardenia
- Jasmine Sambac
- Magnolia
- May Rose
Dry-down2 h – 7–12 h
- Lasts
- 7–12 h
- Long lasting
- Sillage
- Strong, 3 of 4
What wearers say
Votes from fragrance communities, most-voted answers first.
Longevity251 votes
Most voted: 44%Long lasting
27%Eternal
Sillage251 votes
Most voted: 46%Strong
25%Moderate
Season250 votes
Most voted: 37%Winter
33%Autumn
Time of day250 votes
Most voted: 37%Night out
32%Evening
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Longevity251 votes
- Very weak2%6 votes
- Weak6%15 votes
- Moderate21%53 votes
- Long lasting (Most voted)44%110 votes
- Eternal27%67 votes
Sillage251 votes
- Intimate7%18 votes
- Moderate25%63 votes
- Strong (Most voted)46%115 votes
- Enormous22%55 votes
Season250 votes
- Spring18%45 votes
- Summer12%30 votes
- Autumn33%82 votes
- Winter (Most voted)37%93 votes
Time of day250 votes
- Daytime19%47 votes
- Office12%29 votes
- Evening32%81 votes
- Night out (Most voted)37%93 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
Yes
Yes
Smell it on your skin before you buy
Yes
No
Try several scents for one bottle’s price
Yes
No
Travel-ready atomiser
Yes
No
No full bottle wasted if it’s not for you
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No
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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 Empire smell like?
Boadicea The Victorious Empire opens with Peach, Pink Pepper, Plum and Sicilian Bergamot. The heart brings Gardenia, Jasmine Sambac, Magnolia and May Rose. It dries down to Amber, Patchouli, Raspberry and Sandalwood. Shoppers on fragrance communities describe its main accords as floral, fruity, sweet, powdery and musky.
Is Boadicea The Victorious Empire long lasting?
Shoppers on fragrance communities most often rate its longevity as long lasting (44% of votes), and 71% rate it long lasting or eternal. They most often rate its sillage as strong (46% of votes). How long it lasts on you also depends on your skin and how much you apply.
Is Boadicea The Victorious Empire good for summer?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rate it mainly for autumn and winter; summer takes only 12% of season votes.
Is Boadicea The Victorious Empire good for winter?
Yes. Shoppers on fragrance communities vote winter its best season, with 37% of season votes.
Is Boadicea The Victorious Empire for day or night?
Shoppers on fragrance communities mostly wear it after dark: 70% of time-of-day votes are for evenings and nights out, 30% for daytime or the office.
Can I wear Boadicea The Victorious Empire to the office?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rarely pick it for the office: only 12% of time-of-day votes go to the office.
Who makes Boadicea The Victorious Empire?
Empire is made by Boadicea The Victorious. Its perfumer is Christian Provenzano. It was launched in 2016.
How many wears is a 10ml decant of Boadicea The Victorious Empire?
A 10ml decant of Boadicea The Victorious Empire 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 Empire, 10ML has Blue Sapphire, Valiant and Bodacious from Boadicea The Victorious, each decanted from the original bottle.
Is this Boadicea The Victorious Empire decant the original perfume?
Yes. Every Boadicea The Victorious Empire 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.