Ariana Grande · 2020

R.E.M.

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5
Ariana Grande asks $75 for 100 ml
30 ml$54
50 ml$64
100 ml$75

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Quince, fig, salted caramel and marshmallow, then pear and lavender blossom, settling on tonka, white musk and sandalwood.

Ariana Grande says

You’ll smell quince, fig, Salted Caramel, marshmallow, Pear Blossom, Lavender Blossom, Tonka Bean, White Musk and sandalwood.

More from Ariana Grande’s description

It also mentions Pear.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

R.E.M.’s scent picture, a draft: quince, fig, salted caramel, spun sugar, pear, lavender drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

R.E.M., top notes: Quince, Fig, Salted caramel, Spun sugar

Heartas it settles

R.E.M., heart: Pear, Lavender, Hydroxycitronellal (lily of the valley)

Dry-downwhat stays

R.E.M., dry-down: Tonka (coumarin), White musk, Sandalwood

What’s inside it

What the label names

4 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.

1 herbs & lavender2 florals1 sweet

6 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

Vanilla Candy Rock Sugar 42Kayali · shares Salted Caramel, marshmallow, pear, tonka and 1 more$150 for 100 ml · about twice R.E.M.’s $75
Wild RushInitio · shares Salted Caramel, lavender and sandalwood$420 for 90 ml
Gris CharnelBDK Parfums · shares fig, tonka and sandalwoodabout $254 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.