Jo Malone London · 2013 · Christine Nagel

Peony & Blush Suede Cologne

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Jo Malone London asks $170 for 100 ml
30 ml$92
50 ml$122
100 ml$170

The houseUnisex

Crisp red apple over peony, jasmine and rose, settling into soft suede with a trace of honey.

Jo Malone London says

You’ll smell Red Apple, peony and leather (suede).

More from Jo Malone London’s description

It also mentions Peonies, Jasmine, Rose, Leather (blush suede), Gillyflower and Honey.

The house’s page

The drawn Peony & Blush Suede Cologne bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Peony & Blush Suede Cologne’s scent picture, a draft: apple, peony, leather, jasmine, rose, honey drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Peony & Blush Suede Cologne, top notes: Apple, Limonene (orange peel)

Heartas it settles

Peony & Blush Suede Cologne, heart: Peony, Jasmine, Rose, Isoeugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Peony & Blush Suede Cologne, dry-down: Leather, Honey

What’s inside it

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 & lavender5 florals2 spices1 powder

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

Not for the smell5

AlcoholWaterBenzyl alcoholBenzyl benzoatePentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Velvet OrchidTom Ford · shares suede, jasmine, rose and honey$240 for 100 ml
NefsNishane · shares suede, jasmine, rose and honey$665 for 50 ml
Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares apple, suede, jasmine and rose$66.67 for 100 ml · about a third of Peony & Blush Suede Cologne’s $170
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.