Penhaligon's · 2016 · Christophe Raynaud

The Coveted Duchess Rose

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5

VersionEau de Parfum

Bright mandarin over two kinds of rose, centifolia and Damascene, settling into vanilla and wood.

A shop’s page says

You’ll smell mandarin, Rose Centifolia, Damascene Rose, vanilla and wood.

More from Penhaligon's’s description

It also mentions Rose and Ambrox.

The shop’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

The Coveted Duchess Rose’s scent picture, a draft: mandarin, rose, vanilla, woody notes, cetalox (ambergris) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

The Coveted Duchess Rose, top notes: Mandarin

Heartas it settles

The Coveted Duchess Rose, heart: Rose

Dry-downwhat stays

The Coveted Duchess Rose, dry-down: Vanilla, Woody notes, Cetalox (ambergris)

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 & lavender3 florals1 spices

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

Rose CocoaAERIN · shares mandarin, rose, vanilla and ambergris$275 for 50 ml · about the same as The Coveted Duchess Rose’s $350
SìArmani · shares mandarin, rose and vanilla$174 for 100 ml · about a third of The Coveted Duchess Rose’s $350
Neroli 36Le Labo · shares mandarin, rose and vanilla$348 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.