Dior · 1988 · Maurice Roger and Jean-Louis Sieuzac

Fahrenheit

VersionEau de Toilette

Dior says

You’ll smell Sicilian mandarin, violet and leather.

More from Dior’s description

It also mentions masculine Wood, Violet accord, birch, styrax and cade.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Fahrenheit’s scent picture, a draft: mandarin, violet, leather glove, birch, styrax, cade drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Fahrenheit, top notes: Mandarin, Bergamot

Heartthe first hours

Fahrenheit, heart: Violet, clove

Dry-downhours later

Fahrenheit, dry-down: Leather glove, Birch, styrax, cade, Patchouli, Iso E Super, Galaxolide, Coumarin, Vanillin

On the label

What’s inside it

20 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

3 citrus3 herbs & lavender3 florals3 woods2 sweet3 spices1 musks1 powder1 green

Citrus3

Bergamot oilLimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender3

Linalyl acetateLinaloolTerpineol

Florals3

HydroxycitronellalGeranyl acetateCitronellol

Woods3

Patchouli oilIso E Super (pencil shavings)Vertofix

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (tonka)

Spices3

Clove bud oilEugenolIsoeugenol

Musks1

Galaxolide (clean linen)

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Green1

Methyl 2-octynoate

Not in Ingredients yet6

Pinene, not in Ingredients yetBeta-caryophyllene, not in Ingredients yetTerpinolene, not in Ingredients yetAlpha-terpinene, not in Ingredients yetCarvone, not in Ingredients yetEugenyl acetate, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell5

AlcoholWaterOctinoxate (a UV filter)Octisalate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)

Named by Dior, never on a label

Sicilian mandarinVioletLeather, not in Ingredients yetBirchStyraxCade

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

How far it carries

Perfumers call it sillage.

Close to the skin

An arm’s length

Across a room

Not researched yet. We gather wearers’ reports for the most popular perfumes first.

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Counted from the printed lists: 20 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.