Maison Margiela · 2018

Replica Under the Lemon Trees

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

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Toilette

Zesty kalamansi lime and petitgrain with cardamom, then coriander, maté and green tea, over cedar, cistus and soft musk.

Maison Margiela says

You’ll smell Kalamansi Lime Accord, Petit Grain Essence, Cardamom Essence, Coriander Essence, Mate Absolute, Green Tea Extract, Cedarwood Essence, labdanum (cistus absolute) and musks.

More from Maison Margiela’s description

It also mentions Lemons.

The house’s page

The drawn Replica Under the Lemon Trees bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Replica Under the Lemon Trees’s scent picture, a draft: lime, bitter orange, cardamom, coriander, mate, tea drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Replica Under the Lemon Trees, top notes: Lime, Bitter orange, Cardamom, Lemon

Heartas it settles

Replica Under the Lemon Trees, heart: Coriander, Mate, Tea

Dry-downwhat stays

Replica Under the Lemon Trees, dry-down: Cedar, Labdanum, Musks, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Maison Margiela names

Kalamansi Lime AccordPetit Grain EssenceCardamom EssenceCoriander EssenceMate AbsoluteGreen Tea ExtractCedarwood EssenceLabdanum (cistus absolute)MusksLemons

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.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender2 florals1 sweet1 spices

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals2

Benzyl salicylateGeraniol (rose)

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices1

Eugenol
6 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell6

AlcoholWaterBenzyl alcoholBenzyl benzoateYellow 5Diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

OutlandsAmouage · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), cardamom, coriander, cistus and 2 more$475 for 100 ml
TerraRayhaan · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), cardamom, coriander, cistus and 2 moreabout $41 for 100 ml · about a quarter of Replica Under the Lemon Trees’s $170
Guilty Pour HommeGucci · shares lime, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), cardamom, cedar (Atlas cedar) and 1 more$140 for 90 ml · about the same as Replica Under the Lemon Trees’s $170
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.