Bentley · 2013 · Nathalie Lorson

For Men Intense

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Parfum

Black pepper and african geranium over incense, leather and labdanum resin, drying to cedar, patchouli and sandalwood.

Bentley says

You’ll smell african geranium, black pepper, incense SFE, leather NP, Labdanum Res, clary sage, cedarwood, patchouli and sandalwood.

More from Bentley’s description

It also mentions Incense, Labdanum resin, Leather notes, Sandalwood note, Bergamot, Bay leaves, Cinnamon, Rumwood, Leather, Benzoin and Cedar.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

For Men Intense’s scent picture, a draft: geranium, black pepper, frankincense, leather np, labdanum, clary sage drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

For Men Intense, top notes: Geranium, Black pepper, Frankincense, Bergamot, Bay

Heartas it settles

For Men Intense, heart: Leather np, Labdanum, Clary sage, Cinnamon

Dry-downwhat stays

For Men Intense, dry-down: Cedar, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Benzoin

What’s inside it

What Bentley names

African geraniumBlack pepperIncense SFELeather NPLabdanum ResClary sageCedarwoodPatchouliSandalwoodLabdanum resinBergamotBay leavesCinnamonRumwoodBenzoin

What the label names

9 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 citrus1 herbs & lavender4 florals2 spices1 powder

Citrus1

Limonene

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals4

Hexyl cinnamal (aldehydes)CitronellolGeraniol (rose)Farnesol

Spices2

EugenolCinnamal

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)
10 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell10

AlcoholWaterOctinoxate (a UV filter)Octisalate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)Benzyl benzoateExt violet 2Yellow 5Red 33Red 4

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Overture ManAmouage · shares geranium (rose geranium), frankincense, leather NP, cistus and 5 more$395 for 100 ml
Overture 41Amouage · shares geranium (rose geranium), frankincense, leather NP, cistus and 4 more$550 for 100 ml
Fate WomanAmouage · shares black pepper, frankincense, leather NP, cistus and 4 more

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