Promise
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- Authentic original perfume
- Try before the full bottle
- 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
- Frederic Malle
- Scent profile
- Unisex
- Launched
- 2017
- Decant sizes
- 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
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Frederic 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.
Longevity1,810 votes
Most voted: 59%Eternal
30%Long lasting
Sillage1,902 votes
Most voted: 44%Enormous
40%Strong
Season1,810 votes
Most voted: 55%Winter
32%Autumn
Time of day1,810 votes
Most voted: 50%Night out
35%Evening
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Longevity1,810 votes
- Very weak1%24 votes
- Weak2%42 votes
- Moderate7%133 votes
- Long lasting30%540 votes
- Eternal (Most voted)59%1,071 votes
Sillage1,902 votes
- Intimate3%54 votes
- Moderate13%254 votes
- Strong40%762 votes
- Enormous (Most voted)44%832 votes
Season1,810 votes
- Spring10%181 votes
- Summer3%54 votes
- Autumn32%579 votes
- Winter (Most voted)55%996 votes
Time of day1,810 votes
- Daytime12%217 votes
- Office3%54 votes
- Evening35%634 votes
- Night out (Most voted)50%905 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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No
Try several scents for one bottle’s price
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No
Travel-ready atomiser
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No
No full bottle wasted if it’s not for you
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The house
More from Frederic Malle
Frederic Malle is a French niche house that began in 2000, and its perfumes favour depth and structure over passing trends. Rose, amber and musk run through the range, often warmed with cinnamon, cloves or saffron and grounded in patchouli and sandalwood. Portrait of a Lady is the one to try first: a dark, spiced rose resting on amber. Musc Ravageur, from the house's first year, is warm, powdery musk with vanilla. Promise turns rose earthy and woody, while The Moon sets sweet fruit against oud. Acne Studios goes the other way, fresh and aldehydic. Wear two or three for a week and the house style soon comes into focus.
Frequently asked questions
What does Frederic Malle Promise smell like?
Frederic 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 Frederic 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 Frederic Malle Promise good for summer?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rate it mainly for winter; summer takes only 3% of season votes.
Is Frederic Malle Promise good for winter?
Yes. Shoppers on fragrance communities vote winter its best season, with 55% of season votes.
Is Frederic 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 Frederic 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 Frederic Malle Promise?
Promise is made by Frederic Malle. It was launched in 2017.
How many wears is a 10ml decant of Frederic Malle Promise?
A 10ml decant of Frederic Malle Promise 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 Frederic Malle perfumes can I try?
Besides Frederic Malle Promise, 10ML has Portrait of a Lady, Musc Ravageur and The Moon from Frederic Malle, each decanted from the original bottle.
Is this Frederic Malle Promise decant the original perfume?
Yes. Every Frederic Malle Promise decant is filled by hand from an original Frederic 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.