Tom Ford · 2020

Bitter Peach

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5
Tom Ford asks $405 for 50 ml
30 ml$265
50 ml$405

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Blood orange and cardamom over rum-laced peach and jasmine, drying to patchouli, sandalwood, labdanum and vanilla.

Tom Ford says

You’ll smell peach (pêche de vigne accord), Blood Orange Oil, Davana Oil, Labdanum Absolute, Patchouli Oil Indonesia and Sandalwood Oil, New Calendonia.

More from Tom Ford’s description

It also mentions Peach (peche de vigne), Rum-infused davana oil, Patchouli, Sicilian Blood Orange Oil, Cardamom Oil, Heliotrope, Rum Absolute, Cognac Oil, Jasmine absolute sambac, Sandalwood Absolute, Benzoin Resinoid, Cashmeran, Vanilla and Tonka Bean Absolute.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Bitter Peach’s scent picture, a draft: peach, sweet orange, davana, labdanum, patchouli, sandalwood drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Bitter Peach, top notes: Sweet orange, Cardamom, Cognac, Bergamot, Lemon

Heartas it settles

Bitter Peach, heart: Peach, Davana, Heliotrope, Rum, Jasmine

Dry-downwhat stays

Bitter Peach, dry-down: Labdanum, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Benzoin, Cashmeran (cashmere wood), Vanilla (vanillin), Tonka (coumarin), Oakmoss, Peru balsam, Cedar, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Galaxolide (musk)

What’s inside it

What Tom Ford names

Peach (pêche de vigne accord)Blood Orange OilDavana OilLabdanum AbsolutePatchouli Oil IndonesiaSandalwood Oil, New CalendoniaRum-infused davana oilCardamom OilHeliotropeCognac OilJasmine absolute sambacSandalwood AbsoluteBenzoin ResinoidCashmeran (cashmere wood)VanillaTonka Bean Absolute

What the label names

33 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.

7 citrus5 herbs & lavender4 florals7 woods3 sweet2 amber & resins2 spices1 musks1 powder1 earth & moss

Citrus7

LimoneneBergamot oilBitter orange oilLemon oilCitralTerpinolenealpha-Terpinene

Herbs & lavender5

PineneCamphorLinaloolLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals4

JasmineCitronellolCinnamyl alcoholGeranyl acetate

Woods7

Patchouli oilSandalwood oilSantalolCedarwood oilIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)EbanolVertofix

Sweet3

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (new-mown hay)Benzaldehyde

Amber & resins2

Peru balsam oilBenzyl cinnamate

Spices2

Eugenolbeta-Caryophyllene

Musks1

Galaxolide (musk)

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Earth & moss1

Oakmoss absolute
7 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell7

AlcoholWaterOctinoxate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)Octisalate (a UV filter)Benzyl benzoateBenzyl alcohol

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Vanilla Candy Rock Sugar 42Kayali · shares cistus, patchouli, sandalwood, Rum Absolute and 4 more$150 for 100 ml · about a fifth of Bitter Peach’s $405
Cap CamaratMemo Paris · shares cistus, patchouli, sandalwood, jasmine and 3 moreabout $285 for 75 ml · about half of Bitter Peach’s $405
LustreAmouage · shares cistus, patchouli, sandalwood, cardamom and 3 more$475 for 100 ml · about half of Bitter Peach’s $405
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.