YSL · 2016 · Olivier Cresp, Harry Frémont and Dora Baghriche

Mon Paris

VersionEau de Parfum

Juicy strawberry, raspberry and bergamot, then pear, white datura, peony and jasmine, over clean patchouli, white musk and cedar.

YSL says

You’ll smell strawberry, raspberry, bergamot essence, Calone, pear flesh, orange flower absolute, jasmine sambac absolute, white peony, datura, patchouli essence, white musk, Ambrox and cedarwood essence.

More from YSL’s description

It also mentions Red-fruity accent, Datura flowers, White peonies, White patchouli, White musks, Red Berries, Datura Flower and Patchouli.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Mon Paris’s scent picture, a draft: strawberry, raspberry, bergamot, calone (sea shell), pear, bitter orange drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Mon Paris, top notes: Strawberry, Raspberry, Bergamot, Calone (sea shell)

Heartas it settles

Mon Paris, heart: Pear, Bitter orange, Jasmine, Peony, Datura

Dry-downwhat stays

Mon Paris, dry-down: Patchouli, White musk, Cetalox (ambergris), Cedar

What’s inside it

What YSL names

StrawberryRaspberryBergamot essenceCalone (sea shell)Pear fleshOrange flower absoluteJasmine sambac absoluteWhite peonyDaturaPatchouli essenceWhite muskAmbrox (ambergris)Cedarwood essence

What the label names

10 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 & lavender6 florals1 spices

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals6

Benzyl salicylateHydroxycitronellalHexyl cinnamalGeraniolCitronellolFarnesol

Spices1

Eugenol
11 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell11

AlcoholWaterBenzyl alcoholOctinoxate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)Octisalate (a UV filter)A light stabiliserBenzyl benzoateBHT (keeps it fresh)Red 33Violet 2

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

IdôleLancôme · shares bergamot, pear, jasmine, patchouli and 2 more
Club de Nuit Urban Man ElixirArmaf · shares bergamot, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), jasmine, patchouli and 2 more
My WayArmani · shares bergamot, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), jasmine, clean linen and 1 more
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.