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1978 Les Bains Douches

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Amber · Citrus · Aromatic.

4.12 / 5Rating · 439 votes
Sizes offeredNot yet verified
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Year2018
Marketed forUnisex
PerfumerBertrand Duchaufour
The short answer

A scent, in focus.

1978 Les Bains Douches by Les Bains Guerbois has a listed amber, citrus, aromatic profile, with notes of Whiskey, Bitter Orange, Yuzu, Wormwood, White Tobacco.

Based on listed notes and accords.

Catalog snapshot · 2026-05-29. Ratings and votes come from the source dataset, not Parfum Bible users or live measurements. This entry has not yet received an individual editorial review.

The bottle / Formats

Sizes offered

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01 / The scent profile

Understand what you smell.

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The label / Ingredients

Inside the bottle.

Eau de parfum · France listing

Alcohol denat. (79 % vol), Parfum (fragrance), Aqua (water), Limonene, Coumarin, Linalool, Citronellol, Geraniol, Farnesol, Citral, Eugenol.

Official French product declaration. Any alcohol volume annotation is retained in source wording and is not a fragrance-oil concentration. Check your packaging for your batch.

Source: Les Bains Guerbois official French product ingredient declaration · Checked 2026-09-22

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Performance / Community impressions

How it wears.

Longevity

3.20 / 5

171 votes

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category average, not hours

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Projection

2.17 / 4

177 votes

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1 = intimate; higher = stronger

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Value perception

2.67 / 5

149 votes

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1 = overpriced; 5 = great value

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These are subjective reports, not controlled measurements.

492Own it
125Previously owned
616Want it
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Explore a combination

Layering ideas to try.

Starting points from listed profiles, not community-tested pairings or compatibility scores.

Suggested experiment

Both list Amber and Virginia Cedar. Explore 1978 Les Bains Douches’s amber direction alongside Santal 33’s woody profile. Shared notes offer a starting point for an experiment; the combination has not been wear-tested.

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Suggested experiment

Both list Amber and Rose. Explore 1978 Les Bains Douches’s amber direction alongside Tam Dao Eau de Toilette’s woody profile. Shared notes offer a starting point for an experiment; the combination has not been wear-tested.

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A little more clarity.

Before you try
What does 1978 Les Bains Douches smell like?

1978 Les Bains Douches by Les Bains Guerbois has a listed amber, citrus, aromatic profile, with notes of Whiskey, Bitter Orange, Yuzu, Wormwood, White Tobacco.

Who created it?

The listed perfumer is Bertrand Duchaufour.

How long does it last?

The longevity rating is 3.20 out of 5, from 171 category votes. This is not a measurement in hours. A wear test is the best way to assess it for you.

Which notes define 1978 Les Bains Douches?

Its listed notes include whiskey, bitter orange, yuzu, wormwood, white tobacco, clary sage, heliotrope, rose, amber, myrrh, mate, patchouli, atlas cedar, virginia cedar. These describe the scent rather than its full ingredient formula.

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1978 Les Bains Douches

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Les Bains Guerbois 1978 Les Bains Douches bottle
Leading accords
amber
citrus
aromatic
woody
whiskey
Relative prominence, not ingredient percentages.
Listed notes · a selection

Whiskey · Bitter Orange · Yuzu · Wormwood · White Tobacco · Clary Sage

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