Dries Van Noten · 2022 · Quentin Bisch

Sur Ma Peau

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Toilette

Bergamot and mandarin over orange flower and vetiver, drying to warm vanilla and tonka with a touch of benzoin.

Dries Van Noten says

You’ll smell bergamot, mandarin, Orange Flower Accord, vetiver, Vanilla Beans Accord and Tonka Beans.

More from Dries Van Noten’s description

It also mentions Benzoin.

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When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Sur Ma Peau’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, mandarin, bitter orange, vetiver, vanilla, tonka (coumarin) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Sur Ma Peau, when you spray it: Bergamot, Mandarin

As it settlesheart notes

Sur Ma Peau, as it settles: Bitter orange, Vetiver, Cinnamal (cinnamon)

What staysdry-down notes

Sur Ma Peau, what stays: Vanilla, Tonka (coumarin), Benzoin

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 & lavender1 sweet1 spices1 powder

6 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

LibreYSL · shares bergamot, mandarin, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vetiver and 2 more$190 for 90 ml
Como MoiselleMaison Alhambra · shares bergamot, mandarin, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vetiver and 2 more$22 for 100 ml · about a fifth of Sur Ma Peau’s about $246
Ilha Do MelMemo Paris · shares bergamot, mandarin, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vetiver and 2 more$350 for 75 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.