Elizabeth Arden · 1993 · David Apel

Sunflowers

Budget$, 1 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Toilette

Melon, peach and bergamot over jasmine, cyclamen, rose and orange blossom, resting on sandalwood, moss and musk.

Elizabeth Arden says

You’ll smell bergamot, melon, peach, osmanthus, jasmine, cyclamen, rose, sandalwood, moss and musks.

More from Elizabeth Arden’s description

It also mentions Orange blossom.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Sunflowers’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, melon, peach, osmanthus, jasmine, cyclamen drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Sunflowers, top notes: Bergamot, Melon, Peach, Osmanthus

Heartas it settles

Sunflowers, heart: Jasmine, Cyclamen, Rose, Orange blossom

Dry-downwhat stays

Sunflowers, dry-down: Sandalwood, Oakmoss, Musks

What’s inside it

What the label names

12 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.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender8 florals1 spices

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

Not for the smell11

AlcoholWaterBenzyl alcoholBenzyl benzoateAvobenzone (a UV filter)Octinoxate (a UV filter)Ci 42090Ci 15510Ci 15985Helianthus annuus (sunflower) extract, not in Ingredients yetPropylene glycol, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

OscarOscar de la Renta · shares bergamot, peach, jasmine, cyclamen and 4 more$109 for 100 ml · about twice Sunflowers’s $45
Interlude WomanAmouage · shares bergamot, jasmine, rose, sandalwood and 3 more
Quelques Fleurs L'OriginalHoubigant · shares bergamot, jasmine, rose, sandalwood and 3 more$250 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.