Dior · 2009 · François Demachy

Ambre Nuit

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Rich rose wrapped in soft spice over warm, glowing amber, with sandalwood and cedar underneath.

Dior says

You’ll smell amber and Damascus rose.

More from Dior’s description

It also mentions Rose, Spicy scents, Turkish Rose and Soft spicy notes.

The house’s page

The drawn Ambre Nuit bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Ambre Nuit’s scent picture, a draft: amber, rose, virginia cedar, bergamot, patchouli, sandalwood drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Ambre Nuit, top notes: Bergamot

Heartas it settles

Ambre Nuit, heart: Rose, Cinnamon

Dry-downwhat stays

Ambre Nuit, dry-down: Amber, Virginia cedar, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Dior names

What the label names

26 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.

4 citrus4 herbs & lavender6 florals5 woods1 sweet1 amber & resins4 spices1 powder

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

Not for the smell8

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Benzyl benzoateRed 4Yellow 5Blue 1Diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Chance Eau TendreChanel · shares rose$185 for 100 ml
DiorivieraDior · shares rose$350 for 100 ml
Idôle Peach 'N RosesLancôme · shares rose$149 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.