Gucci

Guilty Essence Pour Homme

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Toilette

Fresh, herbal lavandin with sweet orange blossom, resting on earthy patchouli.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Guilty Essence Pour Homme’s scent picture, a draft: lavender, orange blossom, patchouli, coumarin (new-mown hay) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Guilty Essence Pour Homme, top notes: Lavender

Heartas it settles

Guilty Essence Pour Homme, heart: Orange blossom

Dry-downwhat stays

Guilty Essence Pour Homme, dry-down: Patchouli, 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 & lavender3 florals1 sweet1 powder

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

Not for the smell8

AlcoholWaterOctinoxate (a UV filter)BHT (keeps it fresh)Ci 60730Ci 17200Ci 19140Diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

1 Million Night ElixirRabanne · shares lavender, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain) and patchouli$168 for 100 ml · about the same as Guilty Essence Pour Homme’s $137
Libre Vanille CoutureYSL · shares lavender, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain) and patchouli$185 for 90 ml
Guilty Pour HommeGucci · shares lavender, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain) and patchouli$140 for 90 ml · about the same as Guilty Essence Pour Homme’s $137
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.