Clive Christian · 2017

C Woody Leather

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5

The houseFor men

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Mandarin over saffron and tobacco, with leather, oud, green leaves and oakmoss.

Clive Christian says

You’ll smell mandarin, saffron and tobacco.

More from Clive Christian’s description

It also mentions Oud, Leather, Green leaves and Oak moss.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

C Woody Leather’s scent picture, a draft: mandarin, saffron, tobacco, leather, oakmoss, coumarin (new-mown hay) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

C Woody Leather, top notes: Mandarin

Heartas it settles

C Woody Leather, heart: Saffron, Geraniol (rose)

Dry-downwhat stays

C Woody Leather, dry-down: Tobacco, Leather, Oakmoss, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

7 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.

1 citrus1 herbs & lavender3 florals1 sweet1 powder

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

Not for the smell3

AlcoholWaterBenzophenone-2, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

London for MenBurberry · shares tobacco, leather and oakmoss$112 for 100 ml · about a tenth of C Woody Leather’s $430
GanymedeMarc-Antoine Barrois · shares mandarin, saffron and leather$200 for 100 ml · about a quarter of C Woody Leather’s $430
Arabians TonkaMontale · shares saffron, leather and oakmossabout $158 for 100 ml · about a fifth of C Woody Leather’s $430

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