Juliette Has A Gun
4 fragrances
Juliette Has A Gun, a project of Romano Ricci, is a house that likes a short, legible formula. Its four scents here range from a single-molecule ambroxan skin scent to a lime-and-ginger cocktail, a creamy jasmine and coconut floral, and a light oud with raspberry. Choose this brand if heavy, ornate perfumes tire you and you prefer a clean, modern trail.
Where to start with Juliette Has A Gun
- Juliette Has A Gun Not A Perfume: launched in 2010 and built from one ingredient, Ambroxan, a material first developed by Firmenich in the 1950s as a stand-in for ambergris. On skin it wears as a quiet, slightly powdery warmth that reads like skin, only cleaner.
- Juliette Has A Gun Moscow Mule Perfume: from 2017; lime, lemon and bergamot over hedione, apple and ginger, drying down to white musk, musk mallow and amberwood.
- Juliette Has A Gun Sunny Side Up: a 2017 creamy floral where vanilla absolute, amyris and jasmine lead into orris root, coconut milk and sandalwood, with ambrette and Iso-E-Super underneath.
- Juliette Has A Gun Another Oud: a 2015 unisex scent with raspberry and bergamot on top, oud and musk in the heart, and ambroxan as the main base note.
How to choose
Want something that smells like skin, only better, for daily wear? Not A Perfume. Summer, brunch and anything outdoors suit Moscow Mule with its lime and ginger fizz. For evenings and cooler weather, Sunny Side Up offers vanilla and coconut softness, and Another Oud gives a fruity-woody profile for those curious about oud but wary of the smoky versions. Since Not A Perfume and Another Oud share ambroxan, trying both side by side shows how much a little raspberry and oud change the same backbone.
Questions about Juliette Has A Gun
What is Not A Perfume made of?
It contains a single ingredient, Ambroxan, which usually plays a supporting role in the base of other fragrances.
Which Juliette Has A Gun scent works in summer?
Moscow Mule Perfume, with lime, lemon, bergamot, apple and ginger, is the brightest of the four.
Is Another Oud a heavy oud?
It pairs oud with raspberry, bergamot, musk and ambroxan, so it sits on the fruity, softer side of oud scents.