Penhaligon's · 2016

Endymion Concentré

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Parfum

Bergamot, lavender and sage over geranium and a suede accord, settling onto leather, incense, nutmeg and a touch of coffee.

Penhaligon's says

You’ll smell bergamot, lavender, sage, geranium, leather (suede accord), leather, incense and nutmeg.

More from Penhaligon's’s description

It also mentions Coffee.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Endymion Concentré’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, lavender, sage, geranium, leather, frankincense drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Endymion Concentré, top notes: Bergamot, Lavender, Sage

Heartas it settles

Endymion Concentré, heart: Geranium, Leather, Cinnamon

Dry-downwhat stays

Endymion Concentré, dry-down: Frankincense, Nutmeg, Coffee, Virginia cedar, Patchouli, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Coumarin (new-mown hay), Vanillin (vanilla)

What’s inside it

What Penhaligon's names

BergamotLavenderSageGeraniumLeather (suede accord)IncenseNutmegCoffee

What the label names

27 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 citrus6 herbs & lavender7 florals4 woods2 sweet4 spices2 powder

Citrus2

Limonenealpha-Terpinene

Herbs & lavender6

Lavender oilPineneCamphorLinalyl acetateLinaloolTerpineol

Florals7

Geranium oilHydroxycitronellalCitronellolGeranyl acetateAmyl salicylateGeraniol (rose)Rose ketones

Woods4

Cedarwood oilPatchouli oilIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)Vertofix

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices4

Eugenolbeta-CaryophylleneCinnamon bark oilIsoeugenyl acetate

Powder2

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)Anise alcohol
3 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell3

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Fakhar BlackLattafa · shares bergamot, lavender, sage, geranium (rose geranium) and 1 moreabout $29 for 100 ml
I WillArmani · shares bergamot, lavender, sage and Suede Accord$170 for 100 ml
Lumiere GarconFrench Avenue · shares bergamot, sage, geranium (rose geranium) and frankincenseabout $49 for 100 ml
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