Louis Vuitton · 2018 · Jacques Cavallier Belletrud

Ombre Nomade

Dark, leathery oud wood and a jammy raspberry wrapped in smoky incense, sweetened by vanilla-like benzoin resin.

Louis Vuitton says

You’ll smell Oud Wood, Benzoin Balm and incense.

More from Louis Vuitton’s description

It also mentions Benzoin tears, Raspberry, Bois de Oud, Larme de benzoin, Frankincense (encens), Raspberry (framboise) and Oud.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Ombre Nomade’s scent picture, a draft: oud, benzoin, frankincense, raspberry drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Ombre Nomade, top notes: Frankincense

Heartas it settles

Ombre Nomade, heart: Raspberry

Dry-downwhat stays

Ombre Nomade, dry-down: Oud, Benzoin

What’s inside it

What the label names

9 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 florals2 spices

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

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

La Yuqawam Pour HommeRasasi · shares agarwood, frankincense and raspberry
MaterialAmouage · shares agarwood, benzoin and frankincense
Interlude WomanAmouage · shares agarwood, benzoin and frankincense

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