Better World Fragrance House · 2025 · Michael Carby

Summer Mink

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Better World Fragrance House asks $152 for 100 ml
30 ml$86
100 ml$152

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Sparkling citrus and herbal clary sage over jasmine, rose and cool spices, settling onto vetiver, ambergris-like woods and creamy musk.

Better World Fragrance House says

You’ll smell Italian Citrus, Clary Sage, petitgrain, Jasmine Sambac, Rose Oil, spices, vetiver, Ambrofix and musk.

More from Better World Fragrance House’s description

It also mentions Warm, creamy base notes, Cold spices and Sparkling citruses.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Summer Mink’s scent picture, a draft: italian citrus, clary sage, petitgrain, jasmine, rose, spicy notes drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Summer Mink, top notes: Italian citrus, Clary sage, Petitgrain, Sweet orange, Lemon, Bergamot, Lavender

Heartas it settles

Summer Mink, heart: Jasmine, Rose, Spicy notes, Clove

Dry-downwhat stays

Summer Mink, dry-down: Vetiver, Ambrofix (ambergris), Musk, Patchouli, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Coumarin (new-mown hay), Vanillin (vanilla)

What’s inside it

What Better World Fragrance House names

Italian CitrusClary SagePetitgrainJasmine SambacRose OilVetiverAmbrofix (ambergris)MuskSparkling citruses

What the label names

25 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.

7 citrus5 herbs & lavender4 florals2 woods2 sweet3 spices1 musks1 powder

Citrus7

LimoneneBitter orange oilLemon oilBergamot oilCitralTerpinolenealpha-Terpinene

Herbs & lavender5

PineneLavender oilLinalyl acetateLinaloolTerpineol

Florals4

Benzyl salicylateCitronellolGeranyl acetateGeraniol (rose)

Woods2

Patchouli oilIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices3

beta-CaryophylleneEugenolClove bud oil

Musks1

Galaxolide (musk)

Powder1

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

Not for the smell2

AlcoholWater

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

BeautifulEstée Lauder · shares clary sage, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), jasmine, rose and 1 more$115 for 75 ml · about the same as Summer Mink’s $152
OscarOscar de la Renta · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), jasmine, rose, vetiver and 1 more$109 for 100 ml
Neroli 36Le Labo · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), jasmine, rose and cashmere knit$348 for 100 ml · about twice Summer Mink’s $152

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