Purr by Katy Perry bottle
Katy Perry

Purr

3.8/5 · 4,176 votes Feminine 2010
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Fragrance notes

Top notes
Heart notes
Base notes

Character

Longevity2.8/5
Sillage2.6/5
Day100
Night60
Spring81
Summer54
Fall53
Winter43
Our take

Bamboo sits at the top alongside peach and red apple, giving the fruit a faint green snap, while gardenia adds a creamy white floral edge early on. Red apple adds a crisper contrast next to the softer peach. The fruit leans more toward ripe peach skin than syrup at this stage. It's present clearly at first, softening gradually rather than dropping off all at once.

Jasmine, freesia and rose carry the heart, soft and lightly powdery, before vanille, coconut, orchid, musk, amber and sandalwood turn the base into something warmer and creamier. The whole base stage moves slowly, each note arriving a little after the last. Coconut is the note that stands out most here, giving the drydown a lactonic, milky roundness that lingers longer than the fruit up top ever did.

Its sillage forms a gentle bubble, noticed clearly by someone standing close, the kind of presence that stays personal. Purr suits spring days best, worn for its creamy, fruity-floral sweetness above anything more austere, and the overall effect leans comfortable and familiar, built more for repeat wear than for a single big occasion.

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