Matiere Premiere · Eau de Parfum
Parisian Musc
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- Authentic original perfume
- Try before the full bottle
- Travel-ready 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
- Long-lasting scent
Parisian Musc by Matiere Premiere is built almost entirely around musk, kept sheer rather than heavy. Virginia cedar opens it dry and woody, then gives way to ambrette, soft at the centre and close to skin. Ambrettolide and ambroxan round out the base, adding a clean, faintly salty glow to the finish. An Eau de Parfum from 2019, it is unisex and suits anyone after a musk that reads modern rather than powdery or old-fashioned. Spring and summer are its seasons in the vote, worn through the day, in the office and into early evening. Longevity comes out clearly long-lasting in the community vote, though sillage leans moderate, so it stays personal rather than loud. A 3ml decant is plenty to wear daily for a week and see how it sits with you.
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The community verdict
A soft, creamy musk, Parisian Musc pairs Virginia cedar with ambrette and ambroxan. Most find it long-lasting; projection more often sits at moderate, though some find it close to the skin. It suits spring days and the office, with summer also working well for its quiet style.
Summarised with AI from perfume-community reviews
- Topfirst impression
- Virginia Cedar
- Heartafter a few minutes
- Brand
- Matiere Premiere
- Concentration
- Eau de Parfum
- Scent profile
- Unisex
- Launched
- 2019
- Decant sizes
- 3ml, 10ml
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Matiere Premiere Parisian Musc, hour by hour
How it opens, settles and lingers on skin.
Cedar shavings swept from a workbench, a fresh cotton shirt on its hook.
What wearers say
Votes from fragrance communities, most-voted answers first.
Longevity100 votes
Most voted: 58%Long lasting
25%Moderate
Sillage100 votes
Most voted: 45%Moderate
25%Intimate
Season190 votes
Most voted: 39%Spring
32%Summer
Time of day235 votes
Most voted: 34%Daytime
28%Office
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Longevity100 votes
- Very weak2%2 votes
- Weak5%5 votes
- Moderate25%25 votes
- Long lasting (Most voted)58%58 votes
- Eternal10%10 votes
Sillage100 votes
- Intimate25%25 votes
- Moderate (Most voted)45%45 votes
- Strong25%25 votes
- Enormous5%5 votes
Season190 votes
- Spring (Most voted)39%75 votes
- Summer32%60 votes
- Autumn13%25 votes
- Winter16%30 votes
Time of day235 votes
- Daytime (Most voted)34%80 votes
- Office28%65 votes
- Evening23%55 votes
- Night out15%35 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 Matiere Premiere
Matiere Premiere is a Paris niche house, set up in 2019 by a perfumer from a Grasse perfume-making family, and its name, French for raw material, sums up the idea. Each perfume puts one ingredient in the spotlight and builds only what it needs around it. Parisian Musc is the clean, skin-close starting point, all soft musk. Encens Suave takes incense into warm, spiced territory, and Crystal Saffron makes saffron the centre of attention. Radical Rose is rose at full volume, warm and spiced. Fans of vanilla get Vanilla Powder and its richer Vanilla Powder Extrait. Across the range you also meet benzoin, labdanum, heliotrope, coconut and palo santo. Wearing one for a week tells you more than a quick spray on a card.
Frequently asked questions
What does Matiere Premiere Parisian Musc smell like?
Matiere Premiere Parisian Musc opens with Virginia Cedar. The heart brings Ambrette (Musk Mallow). It dries down to Ambrettolide, Ambroxan and Musk.
Is Matiere Premiere Parisian Musc long lasting?
Shoppers on fragrance communities most often rate its longevity as long lasting (58% of votes), and 68% rate it long lasting or eternal. They most often rate its sillage as moderate (45% of votes). How long it lasts on you also depends on your skin and how much you apply.
Is Matiere Premiere Parisian Musc good for summer?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rate it a summer scent: spring and summer are its most-voted seasons, and summer takes 32% of season votes.
Is Matiere Premiere Parisian Musc good for winter?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rarely pick it for winter: only 16% of season votes go to winter.
Is Matiere Premiere Parisian Musc for day or night?
Shoppers on fragrance communities mostly wear it by day: 62% of time-of-day votes are for daytime or the office, 38% for evenings and nights out.
Can I wear Matiere Premiere Parisian Musc to the office?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rate it well for the office: the office takes 28% of time-of-day votes, close behind its most-voted time.
Who makes Matiere Premiere Parisian Musc?
Parisian Musc is made by Matiere Premiere. It was launched in 2019. The concentration is Eau de Parfum.
How many wears is a 10ml decant of Matiere Premiere Parisian Musc?
A 10ml decant of Matiere Premiere Parisian Musc holds about 200 sprays, roughly 67 days of wear at 3 sprays a day. The 3ml decant holds about 60 sprays, around 20 days.
Which other Matiere Premiere perfumes can I try?
Besides Matiere Premiere Parisian Musc, 10ML has Encens Suave, Crystal Saffron and Radical Rose from Matiere Premiere, each decanted from the original bottle.
Is this Matiere Premiere Parisian Musc decant the original perfume?
Yes. Every Matiere Premiere Parisian Musc decant is filled by hand from an original Matiere Premiere 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.