Frédéric Malle · 2017 · Dominique Ropion

Promise

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Pink pepper, rosemary and apple over Bulgarian and Turkish rose with clove, drying down to patchouli, labdanum and oud-like woods.

Frédéric Malle says

You’ll smell Pink Pepper, Rosemary Oil, Apple Accord, Bulgarian Rose Oil, Turkish Rose Absolute, Clove Oil, Patchouli Heart, Ambroxan, labdanum and Cypriol Heart.

More from Frédéric Malle’s description

It also mentions Trompe-l'œil oud.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Promise’s scent picture, a draft: pink pepper, rosemary, apple, rose, clove, patchouli drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Promise, top notes: Pink pepper, Rosemary, Apple

Heartas it settles

Promise, heart: Rose, Clove

Dry-downwhat stays

Promise, dry-down: Patchouli, Ambroxan (ambergris), Labdanum, Cypriol, Oud, Oakmoss, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

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 & lavender5 florals1 sweet1 spices1 powder1 earth & moss

5 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

Jubilation 40 ManAmouage · shares rosemary, rose, clove, patchouli and 3 more$550 for 100 ml · about the same as Promise’s $470
Amnesia RoseAedes de Venustas · shares pink pepper, rose, patchouli, cistus and 2 more$245 for 100 ml · about half of Promise’s $470
SignatureBaldessarini · shares pink pepper, apple, patchouli, cistus and 2 moreabout $86 for 90 ml · about a fifth of Promise’s $470
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.