Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Man in Black’s scent picture, a draft: tuberose, leather, benzoin, guaiacwood, ambery rum, iris drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Man in Black, top notes: Vibrant spices accord, Obsessive ambery accord

Heartas it settles

Man in Black, heart: Tuberose, Leather, Ambery rum

Dry-downwhat stays

Man in Black, dry-down: Benzoin, Guaiacwood, Iris, Tonka (coumarin)

What’s inside it

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.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender4 florals1 sweet1 spices

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

Not for the smell5

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Octisalate (a UV filter)Pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Fucking FabulousTom Ford · shares Leather Accord, orris and tonka
Eau d'Ombré LeatherTom Ford · shares Leather Accord, benzoin and tonka
MaterialAmouage · shares benzoin, guaiacwood and tonka

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