Vacation · Rodrigo Flores-Roux

After Sun

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Vacation asks $60 for 30 ml

VersionEau de Toilette

Cool aloe, tart green tea and melon, then cardamom, airy cologne and a gin-and-tonic fizz over plush towels and linen.

Vacation says

You’ll smell Aloe Vera Essence, Green Tea Verjus, melon de Cavaillon, Cardamom Absolute, aqua di Colonia, ozone, tonic, Minibar Gin, musk (resort towel plush) and musk (open weave linen).

More from Vacation’s description

It also mentions Tonic Water.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

After Sun’s scent picture, a draft: tea, melon, cardamom, sea shell and melon rind, minibar gin, musk drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

After Sun, top notes: Aloe vera, Tea, Melon

Heartas it settles

After Sun, heart: Cardamom, Aqua di colonia, Sea shell and melon rind, Tonic, Minibar gin

Dry-downwhat stays

After Sun, dry-down: Musk

What’s inside it

What Vacation names

Aloe Vera EssenceGreen Tea VerjusMelon de CavaillonCardamom AbsoluteMinibar GinMusk (resort towel plush)

What the label names

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

Not for the smell2

AlcoholWater

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Carnal FlowerFrédéric Malle · shares melon and clean linen$470 for 100 ml · about twice After Sun’s $60
Gris CharnelBDK Parfums · shares tea and cardamomabout $253 for 100 ml
DecisionAmouage · shares cardamom and juniper$395 for 100 ml · about twice After Sun’s $60

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