Parfums de Marly

Meliora

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Blackcurrant, raspberry and lemon over rose, ylang-ylang and jasmine tea, settling into vanilla, musk and praline.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Meliora’s scent picture, a draft: blackcurrant, raspberry, lemon, rose, ylang-ylang, jasmine drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Meliora, top notes: Blackcurrant, Raspberry, Lemon

Heartas it settles

Meliora, heart: Rose, Ylang-ylang, Jasmine

Dry-downwhat stays

Meliora, dry-down: Vanilla, Musks, Praline

What’s inside it

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 spices

10 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

Because It's YouArmani · shares blackcurrant (cassis), raspberry, rose, jasmine and 2 more$159 for 100 ml · about a quarter of Meliora’s $410
Trésor Midnight RoseLancôme · shares blackcurrant (cassis), raspberry, rose, jasmine and 2 moreabout $105 for 50 ml · about a third of Meliora’s $410
Club de Nuit Intense ManArmaf · shares blackcurrant (cassis), lemon, rose, jasmine and 2 more$50 for 105 ml · about a tenth of Meliora’s $410
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.