Byredo · 2023

Animalique

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Bergamot and lemon over violet, mimosa and soft suede, settling into warm amber and a hint of tobacco leaf.

A shop’s page says

You’ll smell bergamot, lemon, violet, mimosa, leather (white suede) and amber.

More from Byredo’s description

It also mentions Leather (suede), Tobacco leaf and Sandalwood.

The shop’s page

The drawn Animalique bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Animalique’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, lemon, violet, mimosa, leather, amber drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Animalique, top notes: Bergamot, Lemon

Heartas it settles

Animalique, heart: Violet, Mimosa, Leather

Dry-downwhat stays

Animalique, dry-down: Amber, Tobacco, Sandalwood, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

4 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 florals1 sweet1 powder

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

Not for the smell5

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

London for MenBurberry · shares bergamot, mimosa, White Suede and tobacco$112 for 100 ml · about a third of Animalique’s $330
Green Irish TweedCreed · shares bergamot, lemon, violet (sweet violet) and sandalwood$490 for 100 ml
Interlude Black Iris ManAmouage · shares bergamot, violet (sweet violet), White Suede and sandalwood$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Animalique’s $330
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.