Bvlgari · 2016 · Jacques Cavallier

Le Gemme Tygar

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

A burst of fresh grapefruit giving way to a deep ambergris accord.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Le Gemme Tygar’s scent picture, a draft: grapefruit, ambergris (cetalox), ginger, coumarin (new-mown hay), geraniol (rose) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Le Gemme Tygar, top notes: Grapefruit, Ginger

Heartas it settles

Le Gemme Tygar, heart: Geraniol (rose)

Dry-downwhat stays

Le Gemme Tygar, dry-down: Ambergris (Cetalox), Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

6 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 & lavender2 florals1 sweet

2 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell2

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

The One for MenDolce & Gabbana · shares grapefruit, ambergris and ginger$145 for 100 ml · about a third of Le Gemme Tygar’s $460
Cédrat 37Le Labo · shares ambergris and ginger$545 for 100 ml
InvictusRabanne · shares grapefruit and ambergris$130 for 100 ml · about a third of Le Gemme Tygar’s $460
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.