Memoirs Of A Perfume Collector California Love Extrait

Description

California Love is Memoirs Of A Perfume Collector's newest release, from perfumer David Chieze — a bright, tropical-citrus fragrance built to feel like the first hour of a vacation. Passionfruit, orange, bergamot, and lemon open it with sun-on-skin brightness, a mojito-and-blackcurrant heart adds minty, sugared-lime, cocktail-bar energy, and it settles into clean musk, ambroxan, and a whisper of oakmoss for a warm, skin-close finish. It's an aromatic-fruity summer fragrance in the classic sense — light, upbeat, and built for daytime rather than an evening statement piece.

Scent Character

As the newest release in the catalog, we've drawn the notes and character below from cross-verified fragrance references rather than our internal scoring, which hasn't caught up to this release yet.

Fragrantica classifies this as an Aromatic Fruity fragrance, and that tracks with the note list: bright citrus and passionfruit up top, a minty-sweet mojito-blackcurrant heart, and a clean musk-ambroxan-oakmoss base. It reads lighter and fresher than the house's oud- and amber-heavy city fragrances — closer in spirit to the Cologne Intense releases (Pacific Grapefruit, Indian Vetiver) than to New York or Abu Dhabi.

Fragrance Pyramid

Top: Passionfruit, Orange, Bergamot, Lemon

Heart: Mojito, Blackcurrant

Base: Musk, Ambroxan, Oakmoss

Performance

• Longevity: No proprietary wear-time score is on file for this newest release yet. Going by its bright citrus-musk-ambroxan structure, expect the moderate performance typical of a fresh, fruity Extrait rather than the longer wear of the house's amber and oud fragrances.
• Sillage: Likely moderate and fairly close-to-skin given the citrus-and-musk build.

Best Occasions & Season

• Season: Spring, Summer
• Occasions: Casual, Leisure
• Gender: Unisex

Concentration & Provenance

Concentration: Extrait de Parfum
Perfumer: David Chieze
House: British niche house Memoirs Of A Perfume Collector, London; newest release in the catalog
Year: 2026

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FAQ

What does California Love smell like?
Bright and tropical — passionfruit, orange, and lemon up top, a minty mojito-blackcurrant heart, and a clean musk-ambroxan-oakmoss finish. It's classified as Aromatic Fruity and built for warm-weather, daytime wear.

How long does it last?
This is the newest release in the catalog and doesn't have a proprietary performance score on file yet. Based on its citrus-musk structure, expect moderate wear typical of a fresh fruity Extrait rather than the longer-lasting amber and oud fragrances in the rest of the line.

Is it a men's or women's fragrance?
Unisex — the citrus-mojito-musk build is designed to wear on any skin.

Who is the perfumer?
David Chieze, the same nose behind this release; it's his first credited fragrance in the Memoirs Of A Perfume Collector catalog per our research.