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Always Red Eau de Toilette
meets Promise Me.

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

Shared ground

Rose

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

The distinction

Eau de toilette leads with sweet; Concentration not recorded leads with rose. The table below separates their listed profiles and voting data.

At a glance
Elizabeth Arden Always Red Eau de Toilette bottle
Elizabeth Arden

Always Red Eau de Toilette

Eau de toilette

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Mauboussin Promise Me bottle
Mauboussin

Promise Me

Concentration not recorded

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ConcentrationEau de toiletteConcentration not recorded
Listed bottle sizesNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Brand originUnited StatesNot yet verified
Made inNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Listed year20242015
Leading accordssweet · fruity · woodyrose · patchouli · woody
Notes unique to this recordPassionfruit, Plum, Blood Orange, Pink Freesia, Velvet, Jasmine Sambac, Praline, Mahogany, Woodsy Notes, Red AmberSicilian Mandarin, White Heliotrope, Patchouli
Longevity / 52.25 · 8 votes3.43 · 134 votes
Projection / 41.71 · 7 votes2.56 · 158 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.

A label comparison will appear when both ingredient lists are verified for the same market.

Always Red Eau de Toilette

Ingredient list not yet verified for this edition and market.

Promise Me

Eau de parfum · FR listing · 90 mL

Alcohol denat., Parfum (fragrance), Aqua (water), Benzyl salicylate, Benzotriazolyl dodecyl p-cresol, Butylphthalimide, Ethylhexyl salicylate, Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane, Linalool, Hexyl cinnamal, Limonene, Citronellol, Isopropylphthalimide, Geraniol, Hydroxycitronellal, Alpha-isomethyl ionone, Pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Eugenol, Cinnamyl alcohol, Citral, Benzyl alcohol, CI 14700 (red 4), CI 19140 (yellow 5)

Official French discovery-set declaration for the 90 mL eau de parfum only; shower gel and body lotion excluded. Check your packaging for your batch.

Source: Mauboussin Parfums official French product ingredient declaration · Checked 2026-09-22

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 toilette

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

Concentration not recorded

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