Maison Margiela · 2024 · Carlos Benaïm

Replica Afternoon Delight

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Maison Margiela asks $170 for 100 ml

VersionEau de Toilette

Bitter almond and angelica root over a warm madeleine-cake accord, carrot and musky ambrette, then creamy sandalwood and vanilla.

Maison Margiela says

You’ll smell bitter almond essence, angelica roots essence, madeleine accord, carrot heart, absolu ambrette, heart of New Caledonia sandalwood, infusion of premium Madagascar vanilla pod and musks.

More from Maison Margiela’s description

It also mentions Madeline Accord, Sandalwood and Madagascar Vanilla.

The house’s page

The drawn Replica Afternoon Delight bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Replica Afternoon Delight’s scent picture, a draft: almond, carrot, ambrette, sandalwood, vanilla, musks drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Replica Afternoon Delight, top notes: Almond, Angelica

Heartas it settles

Replica Afternoon Delight, heart: Madeleine accord, Carrot, Ambrette

Dry-downwhat stays

Replica Afternoon Delight, dry-down: Sandalwood, Vanilla, Musks, Coumarin (tonka)

What’s inside it

What Maison Margiela names

Bitter almond essenceAngelica roots essenceCarrot heartAbsolu ambretteHeart of New Caledonia sandalwoodInfusion of premium Madagascar vanilla podMusksSandalwoodMadagascar Vanilla

What the label names

6 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 & lavender2 florals1 sweet1 powder

Citrus1

Limonene

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals2

Benzyl salicylateHexyl cinnamal (aldehydes)

Sweet1

Coumarin (tonka)

Powder1

Anise alcohol
7 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell7

AlcoholWaterBenzyl alcoholOctisalate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)Benzyl 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

Lyric ManAmouage · shares angelica, sandalwood, vanilla and cashmere knit$395 for 100 ml · about twice Replica Afternoon Delight’s $170
Guidance 46Amouage · shares almond, ambrette, sandalwood and vanilla$550 for 100 ml
Lyric WomanAmouage · shares angelica, sandalwood, vanilla and cashmere knit$395 for 100 ml · about twice Replica Afternoon Delight’s $170
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.