Armani · 2006 · Dominique Ropion, Carlos Benaïm and Olivier Polge

Code Femme

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Armani asks $123 for 50 ml
50 ml$123

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Orange flower and ginger over honey and sandalwood.

Armani says

You’ll smell orange flower, ginger, honey and sandalwood.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Code Femme’s scent picture, a draft: orange flower, ginger, honey, sandalwood, coumarin (new-mown hay) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Code Femme, top notes: Orange flower, Ginger

Dry-downwhat stays

Code Femme, dry-down: Honey, Sandalwood, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Armani names

Orange flowerGingerHoneySandalwood

What the label names

8 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 & lavender4 florals1 sweet

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals4

Benzyl salicylateHexyl cinnamal (aldehydes)CitronellolGeraniol (rose)

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)
8 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell8

AlcoholWaterBenzyl alcoholAvobenzone (a UV filter)A light stabiliserBenzyl benzoateExt. violet 2Red 33

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

BeeZoologist · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), ginger, honey and sandalwood$240 for 60 ml
Crystal NoirVersace · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), ginger and sandalwood$158 for 90 ml
L'Interdit RougeGivenchy · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), ginger and sandalwood$175 for 80 ml · about the same as Code Femme’s $123
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.