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The Prelude

Wear it before you commit

Your first commitment should be to the fragrance, not the bottle size. Five testers, chosen by you, worn in your own life. The bottle can wait until the scent has earned it.

  1. Line drawing of a hand choosing between five tester vials beneath a perfume bottle

    Step 1

    Choose up to five

    Build your tray from any of the 20 fragrances: one tester per scent, five per order.

  2. Line drawing of a perfume bottle inside a shopping bag

    Step 2

    $10 flat shipping, or free pickup

    The testers themselves are free. One flat $10 covers the whole tray anywhere in the continental US, or collect free at the Sunnyvale atelier.

  3. Line drawing of an atomiser releasing a bloom of flowers

    Step 3

    A $10 credit toward your bottle

    When a shipped tray arrives, a $10 credit follows, good on any full-size spray, 50 ml or 100 ml, for 90 days. Commit to a bottle and the Prelude was free.

A place to start

Or begin with one of ours

Three trays the house would pour for a newcomer, each running from its freshest to its richest. Start with one and change any tester below: the tray is still yours to curate.

  1. First Five, For Him

    From bright bergamot to spiced vanilla: five ways a man's fragrance can sit on the skin.

    LEGENDE · KNIGHT · REGENT · CLARTE · FORTUNE

  2. First Five, For Her

    White flowers, soft musk, then cocoa and coffee: from daylight to after dark.

    INFINIE · MYSTERIA · EMBER · SERAPH · OPUS

  3. First Five, For Anyone

    The whole range of the house in one tray, from sea air to honeyed tobacco.

    AQUA · LUCIDE · SUNLATTE · FLARE · NEXUS

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Questions

What is The Prelude?

The Prelude is the ÉCLATAUR tester program: a fragrance tester set you curate yourself. Choose up to five testers from the collection, wear them in your own life, then commit to the bottle that earns it.

How much do testers cost?

Testers are free. You pay one flat $10 shipping per tester order, which covers up to five testers, or collect your tray free at the Sunnyvale atelier.

How many testers can I order?

Up to five per order, one per fragrance. Every tester is the true Eau de Parfum from the same batch as the full bottle, never a reformulation.

Can I order testers together with a full bottle?

No. Testers ship on their own and cannot mix with full-size products in one order; place them as a separate order and both go through.

What is the Prelude Credit?

When a shipped tester order completes, you receive a $10 credit toward any full-size spray in the permanent collection, 50 ml or 100 ml, valid for 90 days. It returns your shipping cost when you commit to a bottle. Roll-ons, sets and gift cards are not included. Pickup orders, being free, earn no credit.

Can I send a tray to a friend?

Yes. Build the tray, and at checkout choose "For a friend": give their address and email, your name and a note for the card. It is posted to them in the gift bag with no price in the parcel, and the atelier writes to them once, with the page for their testers and the Prelude credit in their own name. Your receipts come to you.

Can I reorder a tester I have already tried?

Yes, in a shipped tray: order it again whenever you want another wear. A tray collected free at the atelier holds fragrances you have not tested in the past 12 months.

Not sure which five?

Ask the perfumer

Tell us what you are looking for, in your own words. The perfumer reads every request and writes back by hand with the testers to try first.

  1. You write a few lines.
  2. The perfumer reads them. No quiz, no algorithm.
  3. You receive up to five names by email, within two working days.

A mood, a place, a fragrance you once loved. Up to 300 characters.

A note or a style that has never worked on you.

Answered by hand within two working days, Monday to Friday. Your address is used for the answer and nothing else.

Not ready to choose five?

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ÉCLATAUR is an independent handcrafted fragrance house. All compositions are original creations.