Swiss Arabian · 2016

Casablanca

Budget$, 1 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Juicy apple and grape over patchouli, powdery iris and white woods, sinking into caramel, amber, balsam, musk and soft suede.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Casablanca’s scent picture, a draft: apple, grape, white woods, patchouli, iris, caramel drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Casablanca, top notes: Apple, Grape, Citral (lemon)

Heartas it settles

Casablanca, heart: White woods, Patchouli, Iris

Dry-downwhat stays

Casablanca, dry-down: Caramel, Amber, Peru balsam, Musk, Leather, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

4 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 & lavender1 sweet

2 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell2

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Essence of CasablancaSwiss Arabian · shares apple, grape, patchouli, orris and 1 more$112 for 100 ml · about twice Casablanca’s $55
9 PM Night OutAfnan · shares apple, patchouli, caramel and suede$50 for 100 ml · about the same as Casablanca’s $55
Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares apple, patchouli, cashmere knit and suede$66.67 for 100 ml · about the same as Casablanca’s $55
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.