Guy Laroche · 1982 · Pierre Wargnye

Drakkar Noir

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Toilette

Bergamot, lavender and rosemary over carnation, cinnamon and coriander, drying to leather, sandalwood, amber and tree moss.

A shop’s page says

You’ll smell bergamot, lavender, rosemary, carnation, cinnamon, coriander, amber, leather and sandalwood.

The shop’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Drakkar Noir’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, lavender, rosemary, carnation, cinnamon, coriander drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Drakkar Noir, top notes: Bergamot, Lavender, Rosemary

Heartas it settles

Drakkar Noir, heart: Carnation, Cinnamon, Coriander

Dry-downwhat stays

Drakkar Noir, dry-down: Amber, Leather, Sandalwood, Treemoss, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What a shop’s page names

BergamotLavenderRosemaryCarnationCinnamonCorianderLeatherSandalwood

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 & lavender6 florals1 sweet1 spices1 earth & moss

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals6

Benzyl salicylateHydroxycitronellalGeraniol (rose)CitronellolFarnesolCinnamyl alcohol

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices1

Eugenol

Earth & moss1

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

Not for the smell8

AlcoholWaterBenzyl alcoholAvobenzone (a UV filter)Octisalate (a UV filter)Benzyl benzoateA light stabiliserDiethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

KourosYSL · shares bergamot, lavender, rosemary, carnation and 3 moreabout $122 for 100 ml
OscarOscar de la Renta · shares bergamot, lavender, rosemary, carnation and 2 more$109 for 100 ml
London for MenBurberry · shares bergamot, lavender, cinnamon and leather$112 for 100 ml

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