Givenchy · 1998 · Alberto Morillas

Pi

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Toilette

Mandarin and pine needle over a woody heart, settling on ironwood and sweet benzoin resin.

Givenchy says

You’ll smell mandarin, pine needle, infinium, ironwood and Benzoin Crystals.

More from Givenchy’s description

It also mentions Woody accord and Benzoin.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Pi’s scent picture, a draft: mandarin, pine, woody notes, benzoin, coumarin (new-mown hay), geraniol (rose) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Pi, top notes: Mandarin, Pine

Heartas it settles

Pi, heart: Infinium, Geraniol (rose), Isoeugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Pi, dry-down: Woody notes, Benzoin, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

8 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 & lavender2 florals1 sweet1 spices1 powder

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

Not for the smell10

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.