Armani · 2004 · Antoine Lie, Antoine Maisondieu and Clément Gavarry

Code

VersionEau de Toilette

Armani says

You’ll smell Green Mandarin, lavandin, Tonka Bean Absolute and Cedarwood Heart.

More from Armani’s description

It also mentions Tonka Bean, Cedarwood, green mandarin from Italy, warm tonka bean absolute, cedarwood, LAVANDIN HEART, TONKA BEAN, CEDAR WOOD, Green Mandarin Superessence and Lavandin Heart.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Code’s scent picture, a draft: mandarin, lavender, tonka, cedar drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Code, top notes: Mandarin

Heartthe first hours

Code, heart: Lavender

Dry-downhours later

Code, dry-down: Tonka, Cedar

On the label

What’s inside it

9 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender4 florals1 sweet1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals4

HydroxycitronellalHexyl cinnamalGeraniolCitronellol

Sweet1

Coumarin (tonka)

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Not for the smell6

AlcoholWaterOctisalate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)A light stabiliserBenzyl alcohol

Named by Armani, never on a label

Green MandarinLavandinTonka Bean AbsoluteCedarwood Heart

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

How far it carries

Perfumers call it sillage.

Close to the skin

An arm’s length

Across a room

Not researched yet. We gather wearers’ reports for the most popular perfumes first.

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Counted from the printed lists: 9 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.