Givenchy

Gentleman Réserve Privée

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

VersionEau de Parfum

Bergamot and smooth whisky over chestnut, powdery iris and sweet benzoin resin, drying to cedar, vetiver and patchouli.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Gentleman Réserve Privée’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, whisky scotland, chestnut, iris, benzoin, cedar drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Gentleman Réserve Privée, top notes: Bergamot, Whisky scotland

Heartas it settles

Gentleman Réserve Privée, heart: Chestnut, Iris, Benzoin

Dry-downwhat stays

Gentleman Réserve Privée, dry-down: Cedar, Vetiver, Patchouli, Coumarin (tonka)

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 & lavender4 florals1 sweet1 amber & resins2 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

ZephirineLiberty London (LBTY.) · shares bergamot, benzoin, cedar (Atlas cedar), vetiver and 1 more$297 for 100 ml · about twice Gentleman Réserve Privée’s $155
Reflection 45 ManAmouage · shares orris, benzoin, cedar (Atlas cedar), vetiver and 1 more$550 for 100 ml
OscarOscar de la Renta · shares bergamot, orris, benzoin, vetiver and 1 more$109 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.