Xerjoff · 2013

Erba Pura

VersionEau de Parfum

Xerjoff says

You’ll smell lemon, Calabrian Bergamot, Sicilian Orange, Mediterranean Fruit, amber, Madagascar Vanilla Beans and White Musk.

More from Xerjoff’s description

It also mentions fruity notes, Mediterranean fruits and Madagascan vanilla.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Erba Pura’s scent picture, a draft: lemon, bergamot, sweet orange, vanilla, white musk, bitter orange drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Erba Pura, top notes: Lemon, Bergamot, Sweet orange, Bitter orange

Dry-downhours later

Erba Pura, dry-down: Vanilla, White Musk, Iso E Super, Coumarin

On the label

What’s inside it

22 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

5 citrus3 herbs & lavender9 florals1 woods2 sweet1 musks1 powder

Citrus5

Bergamot oilBitter orange oilLemon oilLimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender3

LinaloolLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals9

Neroli oilCitronellolFarnesolBenzyl salicylateGeraniolGeranyl acetateHexyl cinnamalHydroxycitronellalRose ketones

Woods1

Iso E Super (pencil shavings)

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (tonka)

Musks1

Galaxolide (clean linen)

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Not in Ingredients yet8

Alpha-terpinene, not in Ingredients yetCarvone, not in Ingredients yetTrimethylcyclopentenyl methylisopentenol, not in Ingredients yetDimethyl phenethyl acetate, not in Ingredients yetIsoeugenyl acetate, not in Ingredients yetPinene, not in Ingredients yetTerpinolene, not in Ingredients yetBeta-caryophyllene, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell5

AlcoholWaterBHT (keeps it fresh)Benzyl alcoholBenzyl benzoate

Named by Xerjoff, never on a label

Madagascar Vanilla BeansWhite Musk, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

How far it carries

Perfumers call it sillage.

Close to the skin

An arm’s length

Across a room

Not researched yet. We gather wearers’ reports for the most popular perfumes first.

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Counted from the printed lists: 22 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.