Marc Jacobs · 2012
Dot
The houseFor women
VersionEau de Parfum
Red berries and honeysuckle over jasmine and orange blossom, drying to vanilla, driftwood and musk.
A shop’s page says
You’ll smell Red Berries, honeysuckle, jasmine, Orange Blossom, vanilla, driftwood and musk.
What’s inside it
What a shop’s page names
What the label names
8 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 florals1 powder
Herbs & lavender1
Heart3
as it settles
Dry-down2
what stays
5 more lines on the label, not there for the smell
Not for the smell5
AlcoholWaterBHT (keeps it fresh)Acrylates/octylacrylamide copolymer, not in Ingredients yetHydrolyzed jojoba esters, not in Ingredients yet
Our match of the notes
Shares its notes
Sacrifice for HerAjmal · shares jasmine, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vanilla and cashmere knit
Neroli 36Le Labo · shares jasmine, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vanilla and cashmere knit
LibreYSL · shares jasmine, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vanilla and cashmere knitMatched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.