Jaguar · 2009 · Dominique Preyssas

Classic Black

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Toilette

Bitter orange, mandarin and green apple over geranium, cardamom, tea and sea air, drying to moss, sandalwood, tonka and vetiver.

A shop’s page says

You’ll smell bitter orange, mandarin, green apple, geranium, cardamom, tea, seawater, nutmeg, moss, sandalwood, tonka bean, vetiver and cedar.

The shop’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Classic Black’s scent picture, a draft: bitter orange, mandarin, apple, geranium, cardamom, tea drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Classic Black, top notes: Bitter orange, Mandarin, Apple

Heartas it settles

Classic Black, heart: Geranium, Cardamom, Tea, Marine notes, Nutmeg

Dry-downwhat stays

Classic Black, dry-down: Oakmoss, Sandalwood, Tonka (coumarin), Vetiver, Cedar

What’s inside it

What a shop’s page names

Bitter orangeMandarinGreen appleGeraniumCardamomTeaSeawaterNutmegMossSandalwoodTonka beanVetiverCedar

What the label names

11 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 sweet2 spices1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals4

Benzyl salicylateHydroxycitronellalCitronellolGeraniol (rose)

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices2

EugenolIsoeugenol

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)
2 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell2

AlcoholWater

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

ErosVersace · shares mandarin, apple, geranium (rose geranium), oakmoss and 4 more$129 for 100 ml
Eros FlameVersace · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), mandarin, geranium (rose geranium), oakmoss and 4 more$149 for 100 ml
Chrome LegendAzzaro · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), apple, tea, oakmoss and 3 more

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