Bibbi

Swimming Pool

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Ginger, basil and spearmint, then cooling eucalyptus and geranium, drying to wet grass, pale woods and salty ambergris-like warmth.

The drawn Swimming Pool bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Swimming Pool’s scent picture, a draft: ginger, basil, mint, eucalyptus, geranium, ambroxan (ambergris) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Swimming Pool, top notes: Ginger, Basil, Mint

Heartas it settles

Swimming Pool, heart: Eucalyptus, Geranium

Dry-downwhat stays

Swimming Pool, dry-down: Ambroxan (ambergris), Wet grass, White woods, Amber

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 spices

Herbs & lavender1

Spices1

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

Black For HimKenneth Cole · shares ginger, basil, mint and ambergris$90 for 100 ml · about a third of Swimming Pool’s about $275
Jean Lowe ImmortalMaison Alhambra · shares ginger, geranium (rose geranium) and ambergris$49.99 for 100 ml · about a fifth of Swimming Pool’s about $275
MarwaArabiyat Prestige · shares ginger, geranium (rose geranium) and ambergrisabout $41 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Swimming Pool’s about $275

Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.