Matière Première · Aurélien Guichard

Encens Suave

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5
Matière Première asks about $403 for 100 ml
50 mlabout $280
100 mlabout $403

The houseUnisex

VersionExtrait de Parfum

Smoky, resinous incense with warm amber, a roasted coffee note and a sweet vanilla finish.

Matière Première says

You’ll smell Incense Oil Oman, amber, coffee and vanilla.

More from Matière Première’s description

It also mentions Resin Incense Somalia, Amber note made of resins and Incense Oil Somalia.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Encens Suave’s scent picture, a draft: frankincense, amber, coffee, vanilla, coumarin (new-mown hay), citral (lemon) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Encens Suave, top notes: Frankincense, Citral (lemon)

Heartas it settles

Encens Suave, heart: Geraniol (rose)

Dry-downwhat stays

Encens Suave, dry-down: Amber, Coffee, Vanilla, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

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 amber & resins

4 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

Vanille FataleTom Ford · shares frankincense, coffee and vanilla$405 for 50 ml · about twice Encens Suave’s about $403
Vanille 44Le Labo · shares frankincense and vanilla$555 for 100 ml
Black Opium Over RedYSL · shares coffee and vanilla$174 for 90 ml · about half of Encens Suave’s about $403
More from Matière Première5 more perfumes

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