# En Passant

**Brand:** Frederic Malle · **Perfumer:** Olivia Giacobetti · **Year:** 2000
**Rating:** 4.7 / 5 (3 ratings) · **Popularity:** #234

## Notes
**Top:** Banana, Basil, Calamus, Cucumber, Galbanum, Orange, Water
**Heart:** Carnation, Honey, Jasmine, Lilac, Lily\-of\-the\-Valley, Petitgrain, Rose, Spanish Broom
**Base:** Amber, Cedarwood, Musk, Sandalwood, Vanilla, Wheat

## Top reviews
- ★5/5 — "Beautiful, but my goodness this is strong (I have 2015 batch), be careful with the sprays. Used prudently it's a delicate chiffon of intruigue, one spray too many and it's a sweet honey gas bomb which will have people gasping for breath, and it lasts forever. Update: very similar to Relection Woman, which is better. They both have a fuckton of calone, but RW wins with the resiny incense base."
- ★5/5 — "I am finally sampling Frederic Malle En Passant and I'm a little ashamed to say that as long as I've been enthusing about fragrance, 20 years at least, this is the first time I have ever smelled this one. I believe it is meant to be some kind of contemporary classic, so better later than never.

With notes of lilac, cucumber, cedar, and white musk, I am still trying to put into words what a beauti…"

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