Korres

Midnight Dahlia

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

VersionEau de Toilette

Lychee, dahlia and bergamot over peony, cedar and red berries, drying to earthy patchouli, amber and a sweet dessert-like touch.

Korres says

You’ll smell lychee, dahlia, bergamot, peony, cedarwood, raspberry, patchouli, gourmand and amber.

More from Korres’s description

It also mentions Red berries and Earthy amber.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Midnight Dahlia’s scent picture, a draft: lychee, bergamot, peony, cedar, raspberry, patchouli drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Midnight Dahlia, top notes: Lychee, Dahlia, Bergamot, Rosemary

Heartas it settles

Midnight Dahlia, heart: Peony, Cedar, Raspberry, Eugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Midnight Dahlia, dry-down: Patchouli, Gourmand notes, Amber

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 citrus2 herbs & lavender5 florals1 spices1 powder

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

Not for the smell4

AlcoholWaterBrassica campestris (rapeseed) seed oil, not in Ingredients yetHelianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Mon ParisYSL · shares bergamot, peony, cedar (Atlas cedar), raspberry and 1 more$162 for 90 ml
La Nuit TrésorLancôme · shares lychee, bergamot, raspberry and patchouliabout $185 for 100 ml
DiamondsArmani · shares lychee, cedar (Atlas cedar), raspberry and patchouliabout $130 for 100 ml · about the same as Midnight Dahlia’s $68

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