Ralph Lauren · 1998 · Harry Frémont

Romance

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Mandarin, pink pepper and violet leaves over rose, jasmine and geranium, drying to velvety woods, patchouli, oakmoss and musk.

Ralph Lauren says

You’ll smell mandarin essence, pink pepper, white violet leaves, rose, jasmine, marigold, geranium, patchouli, oakmoss and musk.

More from Ralph Lauren’s description

It also mentions Velvety soft woods.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Romance’s scent picture, a draft: mandarin, pink pepper, violet, rose, jasmine, marigold drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Romance, top notes: Mandarin, Pink pepper, Violet

Heartas it settles

Romance, heart: Rose, Jasmine, Marigold, Geranium

Dry-downwhat stays

Romance, dry-down: Patchouli, Oakmoss, Musk, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

12 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 & lavender6 florals1 sweet1 spices1 powder

6 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

Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares mandarin, pink pepper, violet (sweet violet), rose and 4 more$66.67 for 100 ml · about half of Romance’s $140
Replica On a DateMaison Margiela · shares pink pepper, rose, geranium (rose geranium), patchouli and 2 more$170 for 100 ml · about the same as Romance’s $140
CarbonAjmal · shares violet (sweet violet), rose, jasmine, patchouli and 2 more$24.99 for 100 ml · about a fifth of Romance’s $140
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.