Argos Neptune's Trident Extrait

Description

Neptune's Trident is the most wearable thing Argos has made — a green-tea-and-citrus marine that trades the house's usual boozy density for something calm, clean and transparent. Composed in 2025 by Christian Petrovich, the Greek-inspired house's founder and the nose behind Triumph of Bacchus and Birth of Venus, it opens on bergamot and mandarin with a cardamom-and-lavender lift, then settles into green tea, geranium and orange blossom over salted woods. Reviewers single out the tea-and-musk drydown and repeatedly call it the most versatile composition Petrovich has released — a striking turn for a house better known for its heavier gourmands.

How It Differs From Argos Triumph of Bacchus

• Triumph of Bacchus: boozy sweet tobacco, rum and vanilla — a dense, warm night-time scent that wants cold weather.
• Neptune's Trident: fresh, green and airy — tea, citrus and salted woods built for daylight and heat.
• Same nose, opposite use case: they are not variations on a theme. If you liked Bacchus for its density, Trident will feel like a different house; if Bacchus was too heavy, this is the one to try.

Scent Character

• Floral — 29% (orange blossom, jasmine sambac, geranium)
• Fresh — 29% (bergamot, mandarin, green tea)
• Woody — 18% (vetiver, sandalwood)
• Sweet — 10% (a soft, non-gourmand warmth)
• Amber-Resinous — 7% (labdanum and ambergris)
• Spicy — 7% (cardamom)

Translation: a fresh-floral core sitting over green tea and salted woods — oceanic in feel rather than in any literal marine-note sense.

Fragrance Pyramid

Top: Bergamot, Mandarin Orange, Cardamom, Lavender

Heart: Green Tea, Geranium, Jasmine Sambac, Orange Blossom

Base: Vetiver, Musk, Sandalwood, Ambergris, Iris, Labdanum

Performance

• Longevity: reports genuinely vary. Expect 6–8 hours as a realistic average; some wearers report noticeably more, others find it closer to six.
• Sillage: strong for roughly the first hour, moderate through hour three, then close to the skin.
• Projection: around two to three feet initially, settling to arm's length.
• Worth knowing: the extrait concentration shows most on fabric, where it holds considerably longer than on skin. Fresh compositions like this one are always more skin-dependent than heavy ambers.

Best Occasions & Season

• Season: Spring and Summer. Warm weather is exactly where the tea and citrus work.
• Occasions: Everyday wear, leisure, daytime and warm-weather events. Comfortably office-safe.
• Gender: Genuinely unisex — there is nothing gendered in a tea-citrus-vetiver structure.
• Skip for: cold winter evenings or formal occasions where you want weight and presence.

Concentration & Provenance

Concentration: Extrait de Parfum
Perfumer: Christian Petrovich
House: Argos — the Greek-mythology-inspired niche house behind Triumph of Bacchus and Birth of Venus
Launched: 2025

Try Before You Commit

Fresh, tea-driven compositions are the most skin-dependent category there is — the same juice can read crisp on one wearer and soapy on another. A decant answers that question for the price of a coffee: 1mL from $11.99, 5mL from $54.99 and 10mL from $71.99, against $299.99 for the 100ml bottle.

A note on sample sizes: vials are not filled to the very top — headspace is left deliberately to prevent leakage in transit. You still receive the exact volume specified for your selection.

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FAQ

Is Neptune's Trident for men or women?
Unisex, and unusually genuinely so. The tea, citrus and vetiver structure has no gendered lean, and it is worn about equally by both.

Is there oud in it?
No agarwood at all. The resinous depth in the base comes from labdanum and ambergris, which is why it reads warm and slightly salty rather than smoky.

How does it compare to Birth of Venus?
Birth of Venus is a peach-and-raspberry fruity floral with chocolate in the base — sweet, feminine-leaning and built for cooler weather. Neptune's Trident is the fresh, green, warm-weather counterpart. Same house and same perfumer, entirely different wardrobe slot.

How long does it actually last?
Around 6–8 hours on skin for most wearers, with a strong opening hour. Reports do vary in both directions, so a sample is the reliable way to know how it behaves on you.