Parfums de Marly · 2011 · Hamid Merati-Kashani

Pegasus

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
Parfums de Marly asks $400 for 125 ml
75 ml$290
125 ml$400
200 ml$545

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Parfum

Bergamot, anise and almond over violet leaf, cypress and orange blossom, settling into vanilla, sandalwood and ambergris-like woods.

Parfums de Marly says

You’ll smell anise, bergamot, almond, cypress, Violet Leaves, Orange Blossom, Ambrox, vanilla and sandalwood.

More from Parfums de Marly’s description

It also mentions Radiant bergamot, A warm, captivating vanilla base and The smoothness of almond.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Pegasus’s scent picture, a draft: anise, bergamot, almond, cypress, violet, orange blossom drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Pegasus, top notes: Anise, Bergamot, Almond

Heartas it settles

Pegasus, heart: Cypress, Violet, Orange blossom

Dry-downwhat stays

Pegasus, dry-down: Cetalox (ambergris), Vanilla, Sandalwood

What’s inside it

What the label names

2 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.

1 citrus1 herbs & lavender

Citrus1

Herbs & lavender1

3 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

BambooGucci · shares bergamot, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), ambergris, vanilla and 1 more$138 for 75 ml · about half of Pegasus’s $400
Valaya ExclusifParfums de Marly · shares bergamot, almond, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vanilla and 1 more$430 for 75 ml · about twice Pegasus’s $400
Dia WomanAmouage · shares bergamot, violet (sweet violet), bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vanilla and 1 more$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Pegasus’s $400
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.