Diptyque · 2021 · Fabrice Pellegrin

Eau Rihla

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum Intense

Pink pepper and saffron over a soft leather note drawn from cedar, with iris and raspberry, ending in vanilla.

Diptyque says

You’ll smell leather, iris, cedar core and raspberry.

More from Diptyque’s description

It also mentions Pink peppercorn, Atlas cedar, Vanilla, Saffron, A leather note obtained from Chinese cedar wood, Pink pepper, Cedar and Musk.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Eau Rihla’s scent picture, a draft: leather, iris, cedar, raspberry, pink pepper, vanilla drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Eau Rihla, top notes: Pink pepper

Heartas it settles

Eau Rihla, heart: Raspberry, Geraniol (rose)

Dry-downwhat stays

Eau Rihla, dry-down: Leather, Iris, Cedar, Vanilla, Saffron, Musk

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 citrus2 florals1 spices1 powder1 green

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

BabycatYSL · shares leather, cedar (Atlas cedar), pink pepper, vanilla and 1 more$330 for 125 ml
RifaaqatParis Corner · shares leather, cedar (Atlas cedar), pink pepper, vanilla and 1 moreabout $23 for 85 ml · about a tenth of Eau Rihla’s $300
Trésor Midnight RoseLancôme · shares cedar (Atlas cedar), raspberry, pink pepper, vanilla and 1 moreabout $105 for 50 ml · about half of Eau Rihla’s $300
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.