Rochas · 1970

Eau de Rochas

VersionEau de Toilette

Fizzy bergamot, mandarin, lemon and verbena over narcissus, jasmine and lily of the valley, drying to oakmoss, myrrh and patchouli.

Rochas says

You’ll smell bergamot, mandarin, lemon, verbena, narcissus, jasmine, lily of the valley, oak moss, myrrh and patchouli.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Eau de Rochas’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, mandarin, lemon, lemon verbena, narcissus, jasmine drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Eau de Rochas, top notes: Bergamot, Mandarin, Lemon, Lemon verbena

Heartas it settles

Eau de Rochas, heart: Narcissus, Jasmine, Lily of the valley

Dry-downwhat stays

Eau de Rochas, dry-down: Oakmoss, Myrrh, Patchouli, Coumarin (tonka)

What’s inside it

What Rochas names

BergamotMandarinLemonVerbenaNarcissusJasmineLily of the valleyOak mossMyrrhPatchouli

What the label names

9 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 & lavender4 florals1 sweet1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals4

Hexyl cinnamal (aldehydes)HydroxycitronellalCitronellolGeraniol

Sweet1

Coumarin (tonka)

Powder1

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

Not for the smell6

AlcoholWaterOctinoxate (a UV filter)BHT (keeps it fresh)Benzyl benzoateDiethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

BeautifulEstée Lauder · shares bergamot, mandarin, jasmine, lily of the valley and 3 more$115 for 75 ml
SugardaddyFugazzi · shares bergamot, mandarin, jasmine, oakmoss and 1 more$255 for 100 ml
Light Blue Pour HommeDolce & Gabbana · shares bergamot, mandarin, lemon, oakmoss and 1 more$112 for 100 ml

Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.