Vilhelm Parfumerie

Morning Chess

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VersionEau de Parfum

Bergamot and grassy galbanum over Tuscan leather, resting on patchouli and dark amber.

Vilhelm Parfumerie says

You’ll smell bergamot, Tuscan Leather, galbanum, patchouli and Black Amber.

More from Vilhelm Parfumerie’s description

It also mentions Grassy notes.

The house’s page

The drawn Morning Chess bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Morning Chess’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, tuscan leather, galbanum, patchouli, amber, geraniol (rose) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Morning Chess, top notes: Bergamot

Heartas it settles

Morning Chess, heart: Tuscan leather, Galbanum, Geraniol (rose), Eugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Morning Chess, dry-down: Patchouli, Amber

What’s inside it

What the label names

7 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 & lavender3 florals1 spices

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

Explorer ExtremeMontblanc · shares bergamot, Tuscan Leather and patchouli$146 for 100 ml · about half of Morning Chess’s about $280
I WillArmani · shares bergamot, Tuscan Leather and patchouli$170 for 100 ml
HaltaneParfums de Marly · shares bergamot, Tuscan Leather and patchouli$460 for 125 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.