Vilhelm Parfumerie · 2018

Poets of Berlin

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

VersionEau de Parfum

Blueberry and lemon over vanilla and green iris, settling into sandalwood and earthy vetiver.

Vilhelm Parfumerie says

You’ll smell blueberry, lemon, vanilla, iris (green wild orris), vanilla, sandalwood and vetiver.

More from Vilhelm Parfumerie’s description

It also mentions Bamboo and Haitian vetiver.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Poets of Berlin’s scent picture, a draft: lemon, vanilla, iris, sandalwood, vetiver, bamboo drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Poets of Berlin, top notes: Blueberry, Lemon

Heartas it settles

Poets of Berlin, heart: Vanilla, Iris, Bamboo, Citronellol (rose)

Dry-downwhat stays

Poets of Berlin, dry-down: Sandalwood, Vetiver

What’s inside it

What the label names

6 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 & lavender2 florals1 powder

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

Not for the smell3

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Gypsy WaterByredo · shares lemon, vanilla, orris and sandalwood$330 for 100 ml · about the same as Poets of Berlin’s about $197
Hundred Silent WaysNishane · shares vanilla, orris, sandalwood and vetiver$375 for 100 ml · about the same as Poets of Berlin’s about $197
ErosVersace · shares lemon, vanilla, sandalwood and vetiver$129 for 100 ml · about a third of Poets of Berlin’s about $197
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.