Vilhelm Parfumerie Great Lord Fragrance Samples | Authentic Decants (3ml, 5ml, 10ml)

Top Notes

• Plum
• Italian Mandarin
• Sri Lankan Cardamom

Heart Notes

• Dark Leather
• Violet
• Greek Saffron
• Oakmoss
• Corsican Immortelle
• Chinese Osmanthus

Base Notes

• Indonesian Patchouli
• Crackling Amber
• Pink Sugar
• Musk

The note structure above follows Vilhelm Parfumerie's current product-specific Great Lord page.

Great Lord opens with a combination of ripe plum, bright Italian mandarin, and aromatic Sri Lankan cardamom. The fruit gives the opening a rich, slightly juicy quality while the cardamom introduces warmth and spice almost immediately.

The heart becomes darker and more complex. Leather and saffron add richness, while violet and osmanthus introduce softer floral and subtly fruity nuances. Oakmoss brings an earthy green quality, and immortelle contributes a warm, distinctive aromatic character.

The drydown shifts toward patchouli, amber, musk, and pink sugar. The result is warm and slightly sweet without losing the leather, spice, and earthy depth established in the heart.

Great Lord's combination of plum, leather, saffron, patchouli, amber, and musk gives it a richer profile that is particularly well suited to dinners, evenings out, date nights, special occasions, and cooler-weather wear.

Fall and winter are especially natural settings for its spicy, leathery, and ambery character, although it can also work during cooler spring evenings or whenever you prefer a more substantial fragrance.

Longevity, projection, and sillage can vary depending on skin chemistry, application, climate, and environment.

Great Lord combines several distinct fragrance themes at once: ripe fruit, aromatic spice, leather, florals, moss, patchouli, amber, and restrained sweetness. A sample lets you experience how those contrasting elements develop together on your own skin.

Sampling is particularly useful if you enjoy darker niche fragrances but want to determine how prominent the plum, saffron, leather, immortelle, and pink sugar facets become for you before committing to a full bottle.

A larger Great Lord travel-size decant provides additional applications while remaining convenient for evenings, trips, special events, and fragrance rotation.

• 3ml Sample: Approximately 25–30 sprays
• 5ml Travel Spray: Approximately 40–50 sprays
• 10ml Travel Spray: Approximately 85–100 sprays
• 30ml: Approximately 250–300 sprays

Spray counts are estimates and may vary slightly depending on the atomizer and how each spray is applied.

Each Great Lord decant sold by Bluegrass Fragrance Company is transferred from an authentic original Vilhelm Parfumerie bottle. The fragrance is not diluted, reformulated, or intentionally altered.

Each order is hand-filled into a glass atomizer and carefully packaged for convenient application, storage, and travel.

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Are these authentic Vilhelm Parfumerie Great Lord samples?

Yes. Each Great Lord sample or decant sold by Bluegrass Fragrance Company is transferred from an authentic original Vilhelm Parfumerie bottle.

What does Vilhelm Parfumerie Great Lord smell like?

Great Lord opens with plum, Italian mandarin, and cardamom before developing into dark leather, violet, saffron, oakmoss, immortelle, and osmanthus. Patchouli, amber, pink sugar, and musk create a warmer and slightly sweeter drydown.

Is Great Lord sweet?

It has noticeable sweetness from plum and pink sugar, but leather, saffron, cardamom, oakmoss, patchouli, and amber keep the fragrance from becoming purely sugary.

Is Great Lord fruity?

Yes. Plum is one of the defining top notes, joined by Italian mandarin. Chinese osmanthus in the heart can also contribute a naturally fruity, apricot-like impression.

Is Great Lord a leather fragrance?

Leather is an important part of the heart, specifically listed by Vilhelm Parfumerie as dark leather. However, the fragrance also has substantial fruity, spicy, floral, mossy, and ambery facets.

Is Great Lord spicy?

Yes. Sri Lankan cardamom and Greek saffron provide clear spicy elements, balanced by plum, florals, leather, and amber.

Is Great Lord powdery?

Violet and musk can create a soft or slightly powdery impression for some wearers, but the fragrance is more strongly defined by fruit, spice, leather, amber, and patchouli.

Is Great Lord unisex?

Great Lord can be worn by anyone who enjoys its plum, leather, saffron, amber, and patchouli profile. Fragrance preferences are personal, and the composition is not dependent on a specific wearer.

What seasons are best for Great Lord?

Its leather, saffron, patchouli, amber, and musk make fall and winter particularly natural seasons. It can also work well during cool spring evenings.

Is Great Lord good for summer?

It can be worn year-round according to preference, but its rich leather, amber, patchouli, and spice may feel heavier in very hot weather. Lighter application may be preferable during summer evenings.

Is Great Lord good for date night?

Its combination of plum, leather, saffron, amber, musk, and subtle sweetness makes it well suited to dinners, dates, evening events, and special occasions.

Is Great Lord part of a collection?

Yes. Great Lord is part of Vilhelm Parfumerie's The Triptych Collection alongside Chimilka and Sun Cities.

Who created Great Lord?

Great Lord is credited to perfumer Jérôme Epinette.

What is a fragrance decant?

A fragrance decant is authentic fragrance transferred from an original full-size bottle into a smaller independent atomizer. It allows you to sample the fragrance or carry a convenient travel size without purchasing the manufacturer's full bottle.

Is Great Lord diluted?

No. The Great Lord transferred into each Bluegrass Fragrance Company decant is not diluted, reformulated, or intentionally altered.

Is the original Vilhelm Parfumerie bottle included?

No. This listing is for an independently prepared Great Lord sample or travel-size decant. The original Vilhelm Parfumerie retail bottle and manufacturer packaging are not included unless specifically stated otherwise.

Is Great Lord suitable for travel?

The smaller sample and travel-size atomizers are convenient for travel and everyday carrying. Always follow applicable airline and transportation rules for liquids.