Acqua di Parma · 2022

Zafferano

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Bright mandarin and bergamot with coriander over jasmine, rose and saffron, settling into warm vanilla, tonka and patchouli.

Acqua di Parma says

You’ll smell mandarin, bergamot, coriander, orange, Jasmine Sambac, geranium, rose, saffron, Orange Blossom, vanilla, Tonka Bean and patchouli.

More from Acqua di Parma’s description

It also mentions Mandarin, Vanilla, Bitter orange, Jasmine and Woods.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Zafferano’s scent picture, a draft: mandarin, bergamot, coriander, sweet orange, jasmine, geranium drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Zafferano, top notes: Mandarin, Bergamot, Coriander, Sweet orange

Heartas it settles

Zafferano, heart: Jasmine, Geranium, Rose, Saffron, Orange blossom

Dry-downwhat stays

Zafferano, dry-down: Vanilla (vanillin), Tonka (coumarin), Patchouli, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Galaxolide (musk)

What’s inside it

What the label names

20 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

4 citrus4 herbs & lavender4 florals1 woods2 sweet4 spices1 musks

8 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell8

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Octisalate (a UV filter)Yellow 5Red 4Blue 1Pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Eros FlameVersace · shares mandarin, sweet orange, geranium (rose geranium), rose and 4 more$149 for 100 ml · about half of Zafferano’s about $341
OutlandsAmouage · shares bergamot, coriander, geranium (rose geranium), rose and 4 more$475 for 100 ml
BeautifulEstée Lauder · shares mandarin, bergamot, jasmine, rose and 4 more$115 for 75 ml · about half of Zafferano’s about $341
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.