Givenchy · 1991 · Dominique Ropion

Amarige

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Toilette

Heady gardenia over mimosa, settling onto smooth, rich woods.

Givenchy says

You’ll smell gardenia, mimosa and precious woods.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Amarige’s scent picture, a draft: gardenia, mimosa, precious woods, coumarin (new-mown hay), limonene (orange peel), eugenol (clove) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Amarige, top notes: Gardenia, Limonene (orange peel)

Heartas it settles

Amarige, heart: Mimosa, Eugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Amarige, dry-down: Precious woods, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Givenchy names

What the label names

10 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 herbs & lavender4 florals1 sweet2 spices1 green

10 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

Allegra BaciamiBvlgari · shares gardenia$304 for 100 ml · about twice Amarige’s $159
L'Eau PapierDiptyque · shares mimosa$195 for 100 ml · about the same as Amarige’s $159
212 Men NYCCarolina Herrera · shares gardenia$165 for 200 ml · about half of Amarige’s $159
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.