Amouage · 2010 · Karine Vinchon

Memoir Man

VersionEau de Parfum

Amouage says

You’ll smell absinth, wormwood, basil, mint, rose, frankincense, Lavender Absolute, sandalwood, vetiver, Guaiac Wood, amber, vanilla, musk, oakmoss, leather and tobacco.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Memoir Man’s scent picture, a draft: artemisia, basil, mint, rose, frankincense, lavender drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Memoir Man, top notes: artemisia, basil, mint

Heartthe first hours

Memoir Man, heart: Rose, Frankincense, Lavender

Dry-downhours later

Memoir Man, dry-down: Sandalwood, Vetiver, guaiacwood, Vanilla, Musk, Oakmoss, Leather glove, tobacco, Coumarin

On the label

What’s inside it

7 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

1 citrus1 herbs & lavender2 florals1 sweet2 spices

Citrus1

Limonene

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals2

CitronellolGeraniol

Sweet1

Coumarin (tonka)

Spices2

EugenolIsoeugenol

Not for the smell1

Alcohol

Named by Amouage, never on a label

WormwoodBasilMintRoseFrankincenseLavender AbsoluteSandalwoodVetiverGuaiac WoodVanillaMusk, not in Ingredients yetOakmossLeather, not in Ingredients yetTobacco

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

How far it carries

Perfumers call it sillage.

Close to the skin

An arm’s length

Across a room

Not researched yet. We gather wearers’ reports for the most popular perfumes first.

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Counted from the printed lists: 7 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.