Tom Ford

Costa Azzurra

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
Tom Ford asks $300 for 100 ml
100 ml$300

The houseUnisex

VersionParfum

Crisp lemon and cypress over salty driftwood and oakwood, resting on a dry base of cistus and amber.

Tom Ford says

You’ll smell lemon, Cypress Oil, oakwood, Driftwood Accord, labdanum (cistus absolute) and Salty Amber.

More from Tom Ford’s description

It also mentions Crisp lemon, Magnified oakwood extract, Cypress and Harmony of ambers.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Costa Azzurra’s scent picture, a draft: lemon, cypress, oak, driftwood, labdanum, salty amber drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Costa Azzurra, top notes: Lemon, Cypress, Sweet orange, Bergamot, Lavender, Eucalyptus, Geranium, Mint

Heartas it settles

Costa Azzurra, heart: Salty amber, Ylang-ylang, Jasmine, Isoeugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Costa Azzurra, dry-down: Oak, Driftwood, Labdanum, Cedar, Patchouli, Virginia cedar, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Coumarin (new-mown hay), Hexadecanolactone (musk)

What’s inside it

What Tom Ford names

LemonCypress OilOakwoodDriftwood AccordLabdanum (cistus absolute)Salty AmberHarmony of ambers

What the label names

38 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 citrus10 herbs & lavender8 florals6 woods1 sweet4 spices1 musks1 powder

Citrus7

LimoneneLemon oilBitter orange oilBergamot oilCitralTerpinolenealpha-Terpinene

Herbs & lavender10

PineneLavender oilEucalyptus oilSpearmint oilTurpentineCamphorLinalyl acetateLinaloolTerpineolCarvone

Florals8

Geranium oilYlang-ylang oilJasmineCinnamyl alcoholGeranyl acetateGeraniol (rose)Rose ketonesCitronellol

Woods6

Cedarwood oilPatchouli oilCedarwood oilIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)VertofixEbanol

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices4

beta-CaryophylleneEugenolIsoeugenyl acetateIsoeugenol (clove)

Musks1

Hexadecanolactone (musk)

Powder1

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

Not for the smell3

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoate

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Acqua di GioiaArmani · shares lemon and cistus$148 for 100 ml · about half of Costa Azzurra’s $300
Néroli AmaraVan Cleef & Arpels · shares lemon and cypress$355 for 75 ml
Délices des BoisVeronique Gabai · shares lemon and cistus$290 for 85 ml · about the same as Costa Azzurra’s $300
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.