Argos Decants and Samples

Argos builds fragrances like miniature myths, each one a scene from the old stories rendered in scent. You get bright, sun struck openings that tumble into something warmer and more decadent, fruit and flowers up top, resins and skin and wood underneath. The house leans generous with projection and stays close to the mood of its namesakes, so wearing one feels less like a note pyramid and more like stepping into a painting. It is exactly the kind of range that rewards trying before you commit, because the character shifts a lot from the first spray to the dry down.

Every Argos scent here is bought at full retail from the house and never sourced from the grey market. We pour to order with lab grade Socorex syringes into the real decant sizes you see below (commonly 1ml, 2ml, 5ml and 10ml), and each one is measured, filled and sealed the day it ships. That means you can live with a scent for a week or two, learn how it wears on your skin, and only size up to a full bottle once you are sure it is yours.

The Argos range

• Adonis Awakens. A sunrise in a bottle, bright bergamot and grapefruit that bloom into Bulgarian rose and jasmine over a soft sweet warmth. From $12.
• Triumph of Bacchus. A boozy fruit feast, white peach, green apple and a splash of rum sinking into earthy patchouli, vetiver and tonka. Huge and celebratory. From $12.
• Birth of Venus. Luminous and fruity floral, peach, grapefruit and orange blossom laced with raspberry, rose and a whisper of chocolate. From $13.
• Triumph of Bacchus Extrait. The same saffron, rum and orchard fruit up top, but plunged into a darker, richer base of tobacco and Mysore sandalwood. From $16.
• Fall of Phaeton. Warm and smouldering, bright bergamot and ginger plunging into labdanum, lavender and agarwood, then a soft leather glow. From $13.
• Neptune's Trident. Fresh and marine aromatic, bergamot, mandarin and lavender over green tea and geranium, settling into a clean woody skin. From $16.

How to start

Pick the two or three names that pull at you and start with a 2ml of each, enough for several proper wears on skin and clothes. Build a little set so you can compare a bright floral against a boozy amber and feel where your taste really sits. When one keeps calling you back, size up to a 5ml or 10ml, and let that be the one you eventually take to a full bottle.

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