AERIN · 2019 · Olivier Cresp

Rose Cocoa

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5

VersionParfum

Mandarin and cinnamon over peony, rose and powdery iris, sinking into dark cocoa, oud, amber, vanilla and musk.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Rose Cocoa’s scent picture, a draft: mandarin, cinnamon, peony, rose, iris, cacao drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Rose Cocoa, top notes: Mandarin

Heartas it settles

Rose Cocoa, heart: Cinnamon, Peony, Rose, Champagne truffle

Dry-downwhat stays

Rose Cocoa, dry-down: Iris, Cacao, Agaroud, Amber, Vanilla, Musk, Cetalox (ambergris), Oud

What’s inside it

What the label names

11 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 & lavender5 florals2 spices1 powder

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

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Epic 56 WomanAmouage · shares cinnamon, rose, orris, vanilla and 2 more$550 for 100 ml · about the same as Rose Cocoa’s $275
Epic WomanAmouage · shares cinnamon, rose, orris, vanilla and 2 more$395 for 100 ml
Love DelightAmouage · shares mandarin, cinnamon, rose, cacao and 1 more$395 for 100 ml

Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.