Xerjoff

Erba Gold

VersionEau de Parfum

Lemon, orange and ginger over juicy melon, pear and green apple spiced with cardamom, settling onto vanilla, amber and musk.

Xerjoff says

You’ll smell Amalfi Lemon, Brazilian Orange, Calabrian Bergamot, ginger, cloves, Green Apple, Guatemalan Cardamom, melon, pear, amber, Madagascar Vanilla, musk and Woody Notes.

More from Xerjoff’s description

It also mentions Citrus, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Vanilla, Madagascar Cinnamon and Madagascan Vanilla.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Erba Gold’s scent picture, a draft: lemon, sweet orange, bergamot, ginger, clove, apple drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Erba Gold, top notes: Lemon, Sweet orange, Bergamot, Ginger, Bitter orange

Heartas it settles

Erba Gold, heart: Clove, Apple, Cardamom, Melon, Pear, Cinnamon

Dry-downwhat stays

Erba Gold, dry-down: Amber, Vanilla (vanillin), Musk, Woody notes, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Iso E Super (pencil shavings), Galaxolide (musk), Coumarin (tonka)

What’s inside it

What Xerjoff names

Amalfi LemonBrazilian OrangeCalabrian BergamotGingerClovesGreen AppleGuatemalan CardamomMelonPearMadagascar VanillaMuskCinnamon

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 & lavender10 florals4 woods2 sweet2 spices2 musks1 powder

Citrus7

Bergamot oilBitter orange oilLemon oilLimonenealpha-TerpineneCitralTerpinolene

Herbs & lavender5

PineneTerpineolCarvoneLinaloolLinalyl acetate

Florals10

Neroli oilHydroxycitronellalBenzyl salicylateDimethyl phenethyl acetateFarnesolCitronellolHexyl cinnamalGeraniolGeranyl acetateRose ketones

Woods4

Patchouli oilSandalwood oilIso E Super (pencil shavings)Ebanol

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (tonka)

Spices2

beta-CaryophylleneIsoeugenyl acetate

Musks2

Galaxolide (musk)Hexadecanolactone

Powder1

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

Not for the smell5

AlcoholWaterBHT (keeps it fresh)Benzyl alcoholBenzyl benzoate

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Hawas For HimRasasi · shares lemon, bergamot, apple, cardamom and 2 more
Lyric WomanAmouage · shares bergamot, ginger, cardamom, vanilla and 2 more
Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares sweet orange, bergamot, apple, cardamom and 2 more
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.