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History
Tigre d’Eau 22.1 is an eau de parfum by Pierre Guillaume Paris, composed by Pierre Guillaume and released in 2023. The house files it under theme 22, “Fougère, Balmy Ambery”, as the second fougère after Djhenné 22. It describes it as the allegory of a white tiger lying in fresh grass.
Tigre d’Eau continues theme 22 “Fougère”, opened in 2012 by Djhenné in its amber version. This time, Pierre Guillaume frees himself from the expected fougère codes, often fixed in the lavender-coumarin duo. Power and freshness take a vegetal form, like a vital sap, sweet and salty, halfway between chlorophyll and a tasty infusion of citrus, spices and balms.
The name draws on the symbolism of the Water Tiger year in the Chinese calendar. Sensitive and intuitive, the Water Tiger knows how to draw in its claws and act with flexibility and wisdom: a powerful yet supple water, at once biting and calm.
The olfactory inspiration is an image, a white tiger lying in fresh grass, between vegetal bite and balmy caress. The biting freshness of coconut water infused with grapefruit zest and pink pepper is met by the silky, enveloping warmth of a fern heart, twisted with a jet of chlorophyll and tonka bean, before a base of salted caramel.
Tigre d’Eau thus belongs to the reworking of themes that structures the house catalog, where each variation explores a fresh facet of an established olfactory family.
Fragrance notes
Tigre d’Eau unfolds in three movements, from the biting freshness to salted caramel.
The thread is sweet and salty: a vegetal freshness sliding into a gourmand base without weight.
Scent profile
Tigre d’Eau is a vegetal fougère rather than a classic one. Coconut water, grapefruit and pink pepper give it a fresh, biting attack, far from the barbershop fougère; chlorophyll carries that green into the heart.
Its signature is the slide into salted caramel, which closes the composition on a sweet-salty, balmy and enveloping softness, never turning into a heavy gourmand. It is a contemporary fougère, fresh by day, soft by night.
Vegetal bite and balmy caress: the olfactory allegory of a white tiger lying in fresh grass.Pierre Guillaume Paris, press kit
Key characteristics
When and where to wear
Tigre d’Eau is a fine-weather fougère, at ease in spring and summer, while its salted caramel base lets it hold in mid-season. Fresh by day, soft in the evening.
How to wear it
Seasonal fit
| Season | Fit | Critical notes |
|---|---|---|
| Spring | ★★★★ | The vegetal freshness blooms. |
| Summer | ★★★★ | Its season. |
| Autumn | ★★★☆ | Salted caramel warms it. |
| Winter | ★★★☆ | Soft and enveloping. |
Context fit
| Setting | Fit | Recommended use |
|---|---|---|
| Everyday | ★★★★ | Reference use. |
| Office | ★★★★ | Fresh and clean. |
| Outings | ★★★★ | An original sweet-salty. |
| Evening | ★★★☆ | In its softer reading. |
| Sport | ★★★☆ | Light and bracing. |
Similar perfumes
Pierre Guillaume’s vegetal fougère converses with his other salted fresh scents.
| Perfume | House · year | Why it is close |
|---|---|---|
| Djhenné 22 | Pierre Guillaume Paris · 2012 | The first opus of theme 22, an amber fougère of lavender and cacao, of which Tigre d’Eau is the vegetal, salted rereading. |
| Le Chant des Sirènes 27.1 | Pierre Guillaume Paris · 2025 | A balmy marine mineral from the house, sharing this taste for plant salt and tender freshness. |
| Fougère Royale | Houbigant · 1882 | The founding fougère, lavender and coumarin, whose codes Tigre d’Eau leaves behind for a vegetal form. |
Frequently asked questions
See also
Sources
- Official press kit, Tigre d’Eau 22.1 · Pierre Guillaume Paris
- Pierre Guillaume Paris catalog 2025-26 (English edition)
- Pierre Guillaume Paris, official Tigre d’Eau 22.1 page
- Pierre Guillaume Paris, official Tigre d’Eau 22.1 page (English site): Numbered collection, theme 22 “Fougère, Balmy Ambery”, 50 ml and 100 ml, from 120 euros, “The olfactory allegory of a white tiger lying in fresh grass” (accessed 5 November 2026)
- Parfumo, 22.1 Tigre d’Eau entry (German edition): year 2023; longevity 7.1/10 (39 votes), sillage 6.7/10 (38 votes), as of 5 November 2026