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Eau Capitale
meets Portrait of a Lady.

Compare the recorded scent profiles, then decide what to sample.

Shared ground

Rose · Patchouli

Both records list these notes. Shared notes do not guarantee the same smell.

The distinction

Eau de parfum leads with rose; Eau de parfum leads with warm spicy. The table below separates their listed profiles and voting data.

At a glance
Eau Capitale Eau de Parfum bottle
Diptyque

Eau Capitale

Eau de parfum

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Portrait of a Lady bottle
Frederic Malle

Portrait of a Lady

Eau de parfum

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ConcentrationEau de parfumEau de parfum
Listed bottle sizesNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Brand originFranceFrance
Made inNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Listed year20192010
Leading accordsrose · patchouli · woodywarm spicy · amber · rose
Notes unique to this recordPink Pepper, BergamotClove, Raspberry, Black Currant, Cinnamon, Red Berries, Turkish Rose, Incense, Sandalwood, Ylang-Ylang, Incense, Sandalwood, Musk, Benzoin, Amber, Cedar, Ambergris, Vanilla
Longevity / 53.48 · 951 votes4.10 · 5,324 votes
Projection / 42.38 · 999 votes2.93 · 5,845 votes

Scores are category averages, not hours or controlled measurements. Different vote samples are not a head-to-head wear test. “Unique” notes here means absent from the other record, not proof of a formula difference.

Compare the labels

Ingredients, side by side.

Read the declared lists for the editions shown. Shared entries do not mean identical formulas, proportions or scent.

Declared on both

  • Aqua (water)
  • Parfum (fragrance)
  • Alpha-isomethyl ionone
  • Limonene
  • Linalool
  • Citronellol
  • Geraniol
  • Benzyl benzoate
  • Cinnamal
  • Eugenol
  • Citral
  • Farnesol
  • Benzyl alcohol

Listed only on Eau Capitale

  • Alcohol denat. (sd alcohol 40-b)
  • Alcohol
  • Hydroxycitronellal
  • Benzyl salicylate
  • Hexyl cinnamal
  • Ethylhexyl salicylate
  • Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane
  • Tris(tetramethylhydroxypiperidinol) citrate
  • Methyl benzoate
  • Bht
  • Pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate
  • Tocopherol

Listed only on Portrait of a Lady

  • Alcohol denat.

Matching ignores capitalization and a small set of water and fragrance naming variants. “Only” refers to these published lists, not proof that an ingredient is absent from the other formula.

Eau Capitale

Eau de parfum · US listing

Alcohol denat. (sd alcohol 40-b) - Aqua (water) - Parfum (fragrance) - Alcohol - Alpha-isomethyl ionone – Limonene - Hydroxycitronellal - Linalool – Citronellol - Benzyl salicylate - Geraniol - Benzyl benzoate - Hexyl cinnamal - Cinnamal - Eugenol - Citral - Farnesol - Ethylhexyl salicylate - Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane - Tris(tetramethylhydroxypiperidinol) citrate - Benzyl alcohol - Methyl benzoate – Bht - Pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate – Tocopherol. vol. 77°

Source: Diptyque official US product page · Checked 2026-09-21

Portrait of a Lady

Eau de parfum · US listing

Alcohol denat., Fragrance (parfum), Water\aqua\eau, Alpha-isomethyl ionone, Citronellol, Geraniol, Limonene, Cinnamal, Benzyl benzoate, Eugenol, Linalool, Citral, Farnesol, Benzyl alcohol

Source: Frederic Malle official US product page · Checked 2026-09-22 · Formula reference ILN44325

These are published ingredient declarations, separate from scent notes. “Parfum” or “fragrance” can represent a mixture without listing every component. Formulations can change by market and batch; check the packaging on your bottle. A matching or missing entry does not establish suitability for an allergy.

Follow your curiosity.

A starting point, not a verdict

Eau de parfum

Start here if the listed rose and patchouli direction interests you. Try it on skin before deciding.

Eau de parfum

Start here if the listed warm spicy and amber direction interests you. Try it on skin before deciding.