Paragon
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- Authentic original perfume
- Try before the full bottle
- Travel-ready 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
- Long-lasting scent
Paragon by Initio Parfums Prives opens aromatic and calm, with lavender and sage set against bright bergamot. Plum brings a juicy sweetness to the centre, balanced by palo santo and a crack of black pepper that keeps it from turning too soft. Sandalwood and oud close it out, warm and woody, with a long, dry finish. Launched in 2022, both men and women wear it, and it suits whoever wants a scent that feels composed rather than loud, even in a work setting. Voters keep it for autumn and winter, mostly in the evening. Most wearers vote its longevity long-lasting. Most wearers call the sillage moderate too, so it sits close without fading fast. A 3ml decant is enough to wear it through a week of shorter days.
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The community verdict
Most find Paragon long-lasting with moderate projection, giving its aromatic woods room to unfold. Lavender, sage and bergamot lead to plum and palo santo, then sandalwood. It suits autumn evenings, with winter and nights working too; its fruity side stays measured.
Summarised with AI from perfume-community reviews
- Heartafter a few minutes
- Black Pepper
- Palo Santo
- Plum
- Basewhat lingers
- Scent profile
- Unisex
- Launched
- 2022
- Decant sizes
- 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
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Initio Parfums Prives Paragon, hour by hour
How it opens, settles and lingers on skin.
Ripe plum and sage on polished sandalwood in an old study.
What you smell
First spray0–15 min
Heart15 min – 2 h
- Black Pepper
- Palo Santo
- Plum
Dry-down2 h – 7–12 h
- Lasts
- 7–12 h
- Long lasting
- Sillage
- Moderate, 2 of 4
What wearers say
Votes from fragrance communities, most-voted answers first.
Longevity1,375 votes
Most voted: 58%Long lasting
27%Moderate
Sillage1,359 votes
Most voted: 60%Moderate
30%Strong
Season1,375 votes
Most voted: 50%Autumn
30%Winter
Time of day1,375 votes
Most voted: 45%Evening
25%Night out
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Longevity1,375 votes
- Very weak1%14 votes
- Weak2%28 votes
- Moderate27%372 votes
- Long lasting (Most voted)58%804 votes
- Eternal11%157 votes
Sillage1,359 votes
- Intimate5%68 votes
- Moderate (Most voted)60%812 votes
- Strong30%412 votes
- Enormous5%67 votes
Season1,375 votes
- Spring15%206 votes
- Summer5%68 votes
- Autumn (Most voted)50%688 votes
- Winter30%413 votes
Time of day1,375 votes
- Daytime20%275 votes
- Office10%137 votes
- Evening (Most voted)45%619 votes
- Night out25%344 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
Yes
No
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The house
More from Initio Parfums Prives
Initio Parfums Prives is a French niche house, launched in 2015 around one idea: that a scent can change how you feel, and its perfume names say so openly. Most of the range is warm and woody, with musk, sandalwood and vanilla at the base and pink pepper, black pepper or saffron for a spark. Side Effect is the one to try first: tobacco, rum and warm spice. Oud for Greatness, as the name promises, is built around oud. Musk Therapy is cleaner, citrus and florals resting on musk, and Rehab is a woody lavender with a herbal side.
Frequently asked questions
What does Initio Parfums Prives Paragon smell like?
Initio Parfums Prives Paragon opens with Bergamot, Lavender and Sage. The heart brings Black Pepper, Palo Santo and Plum. It dries down to Agarwood (Oud) and Sandalwood.
Is Initio Parfums Prives Paragon long lasting?
Shoppers on fragrance communities most often rate its longevity as long lasting (58% of votes), and 70% rate it long lasting or eternal. They most often rate its sillage as moderate (60% of votes). How long it lasts on you also depends on your skin and how much you apply.
Is Initio Parfums Prives Paragon good for summer?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rate it mainly for autumn; summer takes only 5% of season votes.
Is Initio Parfums Prives Paragon good for winter?
Shoppers on fragrance communities favour other seasons, but winter still takes 30% of season votes.
Is Initio Parfums Prives Paragon 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 Initio Parfums Prives Paragon 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 Initio Parfums Prives Paragon?
Paragon is made by Initio Parfums Prives. It was launched in 2022.
How many wears is a 10ml decant of Initio Parfums Prives Paragon?
A 10ml decant of Initio Parfums Prives Paragon 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 Initio Parfums Prives perfumes can I try?
Besides Initio Parfums Prives Paragon, 10ML has Side Effect, Oud for Greatness and Musk Therapy from Initio Parfums Prives, each decanted from the original bottle.
Is this Initio Parfums Prives Paragon decant the original perfume?
Yes. Every Initio Parfums Prives Paragon decant is filled by hand from an original Initio Parfums Prives 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.