Byredo · 2008

Gypsy Water

VersionEau de Parfum

Zesty lemon, bergamot, juniper and pepper over pine needles, soft incense and iris, drying to amber, sandalwood and vanilla.

Byredo says

You’ll smell bergamot, Juniper Berries, lemon, pepper, incense, iris (orris), Pine Needle, amber, sandalwood and vanilla.

More from Byredo’s description

It also mentions Iris and Pine needles.

The house’s page

The drawn Gypsy Water bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Gypsy Water’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, juniper, lemon, black pepper, frankincense, iris drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Gypsy Water, top notes: Bergamot, Juniper, Lemon, Black pepper

Heartas it settles

Gypsy Water, heart: Frankincense, Iris, Pine

Dry-downwhat stays

Gypsy Water, dry-down: Amber, Sandalwood, Vanilla

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 citrus1 herbs & lavender1 florals

Herbs & lavender1

Florals1

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

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Decision 42Amouage · shares bergamot, juniper, frankincense, pine and 2 more
Love HibiscusAmouage · shares bergamot, frankincense, orris, sandalwood and 1 more
Lyric ManAmouage · shares bergamot, frankincense, pine, sandalwood and 1 more
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.