Amouage · 2002 · Jean-Claude Ellena

Dia Woman

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
Amouage asks $395 for 100 ml
100 ml$395

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Airy aldehydic florals (peony, orris, orange flower) on soft musk and woods.

Amouage says

You’ll smell fig, cyclamen, bergamot, tarragon, sage, Violet Leaves, Bush Peach Blossom, Rose Oil, Orange Flower, peony, iris (orris), White Musk, frankincense, vanilla, heliotrope, cedarwood, sandalwood and guaiacwood.

The house’s page

The drawn Dia Woman bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Dia Woman’s scent picture, a draft: fig, cyclamen, bergamot, tarragon, sage, violet drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Dia Woman, top notes: Fig, Cyclamen, Bergamot, Tarragon, Sage, Violet

Heartas it settles

Dia Woman, heart: Peach, Rose, Orange flower, Peony, Iris

Dry-downwhat stays

Dia Woman, dry-down: White musk, Frankincense, Vanilla, Heliotrope, Cedar, Sandalwood, Guaiacwood, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Amouage names

FigCyclamenBergamotTarragonSageViolet LeavesBush Peach BlossomRose OilOrange FlowerPeonyIris (orris)White MuskFrankincenseVanillaHeliotropeCedarwoodSandalwoodGuaiacwood

What the label names

13 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 & lavender7 florals1 sweet1 spices1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals7

HydroxycitronellalCitronellolHexyl cinnamal (aldehydes)Geraniol (rose)Benzyl salicylateCinnamyl alcoholAmyl cinnamal (aldehydes)

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices1

Eugenol

Powder1

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

Not for the smell3

AlcoholBenzyl alcoholBenzophenone-3, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

OscarOscar de la Renta · shares cyclamen, bergamot, peach, rose and 5 more$109 for 100 ml · about a quarter of Dia Woman’s $395
Dia 40 WomanAmouage · shares cyclamen, tarragon, violet (sweet violet), rose and 4 more$550 for 100 ml
Fakhar BlackLattafa · shares bergamot, sage, violet (sweet violet), bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain) and 4 moreabout $29 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Dia Woman’s $395
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.