AERIN · 2015

Mediterranean Honeysuckle

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Sparkling grapefruit, bergamot and mandarin over honeysuckle, lily of the valley, gardenia and jasmine, ending on soft musk.

AERIN says

You’ll smell honeysuckle, grapefruit, bergamot, mandarin, lily of the Valley, gardenia and Jasmine Sambac Absolute.

More from AERIN’s description

It also mentions Italian bergamot, Mandarin oil, Ambrox and Musk.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Mediterranean Honeysuckle’s scent picture, a draft: honeysuckle, grapefruit, bergamot, mandarin, lily of the valley, gardenia drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Mediterranean Honeysuckle, top notes: Grapefruit, Bergamot, Mandarin

Heartas it settles

Mediterranean Honeysuckle, heart: Honeysuckle, Lily of the valley, Gardenia, Jasmine

Dry-downwhat stays

Mediterranean Honeysuckle, dry-down: Cetalox (ambergris), Musk

What’s inside it

What the label names

6 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.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender3 florals

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

Not for the smell6

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Vitamin EBHT (keeps it fresh)Dilauryl thiodipropionate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares grapefruit, bergamot, mandarin, gardenia and 2 more$66.67 for 100 ml · about the same as Mediterranean Honeysuckle’s $35
LibreYSL · shares bergamot, mandarin, jasmine, ambergris and 1 more$185 for 90 ml
ValayaParfums de Marly · shares bergamot, mandarin, lily of the valley, ambergris and 1 more$410 for 75 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.