Dries Van Noten · 2022 · Quentin Bisch

Sur Ma Peau

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5
Dries Van Noten asks about $248 for 200 ml
200 mlabout $248

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.

The house’s page

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The drawn Sur Ma Peau bottle

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 Dries Van Noten names

BergamotMandarinOrange Flower AccordVetiverVanilla Beans AccordTonka BeansBenzoin

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

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices1

Cinnamal (cinnamon)

Powder1

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

Not for the smell6

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Benzyl benzoateBenzyl alcoholExt. violet 2

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Opus XIV Royal TobaccoAmouage · shares bergamot, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vetiver, vanilla and 2 more$395 for 100 ml
Ilha Do MelMemo Paris · shares bergamot, mandarin, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vetiver and 2 more$350 for 75 ml
LibreYSL · shares bergamot, mandarin, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vetiver and 2 more$190 for 90 ml
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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 $248
BeautifulEstée Lauder · shares bergamot, mandarin, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vetiver and 2 more$115 for 75 ml · about the same as Sur Ma Peau’s about $248
Sculpture HommeNikos · shares bergamot, mandarin, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), tonka and 1 more
Reflection 45 ManAmouage · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vetiver, vanilla, tonka and 1 more$550 for 100 ml
Interlude WomanAmouage · shares bergamot, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vanilla, tonka and 1 more
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OscarOscar de la Renta · shares bergamot, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vetiver, vanilla and 1 more$109 for 100 ml · about the same as Sur Ma Peau’s about $248
Eros FlameVersace · shares mandarin, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vetiver, vanilla and 1 more$149 for 100 ml · about the same as Sur Ma Peau’s about $248
CocoChanel · shares mandarin, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), tonka and benzoin$154 for 50 ml · about twice Sur Ma Peau’s about $248
Khamrah DukhanLattafa · shares mandarin, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), tonka and benzoin$49.99 for 100 ml · about a third of Sur Ma Peau’s about $248
Ambassador IntenseGisada · shares bergamot, mandarin, vetiver, vanilla and 1 more$135 for 100 ml · about the same as Sur Ma Peau’s about $248
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Fakhar BlackLattafa · shares bergamot, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vetiver, vanilla and 1 moreabout $29 for 100 ml · about a quarter of Sur Ma Peau’s about $248
ZafferanoAcqua di Parma · shares bergamot, mandarin, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vanilla and 1 moreabout $343 for 100 ml
Libre Le ParfumYSL · shares bergamot, mandarin, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vetiver and 1 more$205 for 90 ml · about twice Sur Ma Peau’s about $248
ObsessionCalvin Klein · shares bergamot, mandarin, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vetiver and 1 more$71 for 100 ml · about half of Sur Ma Peau’s about $248
ValayaParfums de Marly · shares bergamot, mandarin, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vetiver and 1 more$410 for 75 ml
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Freedom Musk Santal 34Kayali · shares bergamot, mandarin, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vetiver and 1 moreabout $146 for 100 ml · about the same as Sur Ma Peau’s about $248
Mystique BouquetAfnan · shares bergamot, mandarin, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vetiver and 1 more$50 for 80 ml · about half of Sur Ma Peau’s about $248
Classic BlackJaguar · shares mandarin, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vetiver and tonka
Palais BourbonMemo Paris · shares vetiver, vanilla, tonka and benzoin$350 for 75 ml
Iris d'ÉliteVersace · shares mandarin, vanilla, tonka and benzoinabout $384 for 100 ml
See 5 more7 more share half its notes
His ConfessionLattafa · shares mandarin, vanilla, tonka and benzoin$49.99 for 100 ml · about a third of Sur Ma Peau’s about $248
ErosVersace · shares mandarin, vetiver, vanilla and benzoin$179 for 100 ml
BeeZoologist · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vanilla, tonka and benzoin$240 for 60 ml
Aventus CologneCreed · shares bergamot, mandarin, vetiver and tonka$510 for 100 ml
VibratoSospiro · shares bergamot, mandarin, vetiver and tonka$326 for 100 ml
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Escentric 02Escentric Molecules · shares bergamot, mandarin, vetiver and tonkaabout $281 for 100 ml · about twice Sur Ma Peau’s about $248
Limette 37Le Labo · shares bergamot, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vetiver and tonka$545 for 100 ml
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