Diptyque · 2015

Benjoin Bohème

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum Intense

Balmy Laotian benzoin and Peru balsam with spice, rockrose and patchouli, plus sandalwood and resinous styrax.

Diptyque says

You’ll smell benzoin, peru balsam, labdanum (rockrose) and patchouli.

More from Diptyque’s description

It also mentions Laotian benzoin, Balms, Spices, Benzoin (laotian benjamin), Angelica seed, Sandalwood and Styrax.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Benjoin Bohème’s scent picture, a draft: benzoin, peru balsam, labdanum, patchouli, angelica, sandalwood drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Benjoin Bohème, top notes: Angelica

Heartas it settles

Benjoin Bohème, heart: Isoeugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Benjoin Bohème, dry-down: Benzoin, Peru balsam, Labdanum, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Styrax, Coumarin (new-mown hay), alpha-Isomethyl ionone (violet)

What’s inside it

What the label names

6 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 florals1 sweet1 amber & resins1 spices1 powder

7 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

LustreAmouage · shares benzoin, cistus, patchouli, sandalwood and 1 more$475 for 100 ml · about the same as Benjoin Bohème’s $300
Cap CamaratMemo Paris · shares benzoin, cistus, patchouli and sandalwoodabout $285 for 75 ml · about the same as Benjoin Bohème’s $300
Million Gold ElixirRabanne · shares benzoin, cistus, patchouli and sandalwood$182 for 100 ml · about half of Benjoin Bohème’s $300
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.