Dior · 2020 · François Demachy

Homme

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

VersionEau de Toilette

Bergamot and a hint of spice over raw Atlas cedar and earthy patchouli, drying to smoky vetiver and velvety cedar.

Dior says

You’ll smell atlas cedar, patchouli heart and vetiver.

More from Dior’s description

It also mentions Haitian Vetiver and Spices.

The house’s page

The drawn Homme bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Homme’s scent picture, a draft: cedar, patchouli, vetiver, bergamot, geranium, iso e super (pencil shavings) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Homme, top notes: Bergamot, Geranium

Dry-downwhat stays

Homme, dry-down: Cedar, Patchouli, Vetiver, Iso E Super (pencil shavings), Coumarin (tonka), Vanillin (vanilla)

What’s inside it

What the label names

23 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.

5 citrus5 herbs & lavender6 florals3 woods2 sweet1 spices1 musks

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

Not for the smell7

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Yellow 10Red 4Violet 2Diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

OperaXerjoff · shares cedar (Atlas cedar), patchouli and vetiver$308 for 100 ml · about twice Homme’s $142
Reflection ManAmouage · shares cedar (Atlas cedar), patchouli and vetiver$395 for 100 ml
Honour ManAmouage · shares cedar (Atlas cedar), patchouli and vetiver$395 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.