Penhaligon's · 2025

Fortuitous Finley

VersionEau de Parfum

Salty pistachio over green violet leaves and a touch of cardamom, resting on soft leather.

A shop’s page says

You’ll smell Salty Pistachio, Violet Leaves and leather.

More from Penhaligon's’s description

It also mentions Cardamom and Spice.

The shop’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Fortuitous Finley’s scent picture, a draft: pistachio, violet, leather, cardamom, oakmoss, coumarin (new-mown hay) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Fortuitous Finley, top notes: Pistachio, Cardamom, Citral (lemon)

Heartas it settles

Fortuitous Finley, heart: Violet

Dry-downwhat stays

Fortuitous Finley, dry-down: Leather, Oakmoss, 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 earth & moss

8 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

Ombré LeatherTom Ford · shares violet (sweet violet), leather and cardamom$240 for 100 ml
Santal 33Le Labo · shares violet (sweet violet), leather and cardamom$348 for 100 ml
I WillArmani · shares violet (sweet violet), leather and cardamom$170 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.