Juicy Couture · 2008

Viva La Juicy

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Vibrant berries and mandarin over honeysuckle and gardenia, melting into creamy caramel, vanilla and amber.

Juicy Couture says

You’ll smell creamy vanilla caramel, sensual amber, vibrant berries, sweet honeysuckle and mandarin.

More from Juicy Couture’s description

It also mentions Gardenia and Caramel.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Viva La Juicy’s scent picture, a draft: vanilla, amber, honeysuckle, mandarin, gardenia, caramel drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Viva La Juicy, top notes: Vibrant berries, Mandarin

Heartas it settles

Viva La Juicy, heart: Honeysuckle, Gardenia, Caramel

Dry-downwhat stays

Viva La Juicy, dry-down: Vanilla, Amber, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

7 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.

1 citrus1 herbs & lavender4 florals1 sweet

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

Not for the smell8

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Supremacy GalaAfnan · shares vanilla, honeysuckle, mandarin, gardenia and 1 more$60 for 90 ml · about half of Viva La Juicy’s $129
Voce VivaValentino · shares vanilla, mandarin and gardenia$180 for 100 ml
Flora Gorgeous GardeniaGucci · shares mandarin, gardenia and caramel$188 for 100 ml

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