Essential Parfums · Calice Becker

The Musc

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5
Essential Parfums asks about $106 for 100 ml
100 mlabout $106

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Spicy red ginger and herbal lavender over waxy beeswax and clean musk, resting on creamy sandalwood.

Essential Parfums says

You’ll smell red ginger from Laos, lavender (lavandin grosso from france), beeswax absolute, nirvanolide musk and australia's natural sandalwood.

More from Essential Parfums’s description

It also mentions Musk, Red ginger, Lavender, Sandalwood album from Australia, Lavender (lavandin grosso), Beeswax from Laos, Australian Sandalwood, Nirvanolide and Serenolide.

The house’s page

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The drawn The Musc bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

The Musc’s scent picture, a draft: ginger, lavender, honey, nirvanolide musk, sandalwood, serenolide (musk) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

The Musc, when you spray it: Ginger, Lavender

As it settlesheart notes

The Musc, as it settles: Honey, Nirvanolide musk, Citronellol (rose)

What staysdry-down notes

The Musc, what stays: Sandalwood, Serenolide (musk)

What’s inside it

What Essential Parfums names

Red ginger from LaosLavender (lavandin grosso from france)Beeswax absoluteNirvanolide muskAustralia's natural sandalwoodLavenderSandalwood album from AustraliaNirvanolideSerenolide (musk)

What the label names

4 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.

1 citrus1 herbs & lavender1 florals1 powder

Citrus1

Citral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals1

Citronellol (rose)

Powder1

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

Not for the smell8

AlcoholWaterOctinoxate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)Octisalate (a UV filter)BHT (keeps it fresh)Benzoic acidBenzyl benzoate

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Porcelain FogBrandt · shares lavender, beeswax absolute, sandalwood and clean linen$245 for 100 ml · about twice The Musc’s about $106
BeeZoologist · shares ginger, beeswax absolute, cashmere knit and sandalwood$240 for 60 ml
Libre Le ParfumYSL · shares ginger, lavender and beeswax absolute$205 for 90 ml · about twice The Musc’s about $106
See 5 more27 more share half its notes
Electric CherryTom Ford · shares ginger, cashmere knit, sandalwood and clean linen$630 for 100 ml
Code FemmeArmani · shares ginger, beeswax absolute and sandalwood$123 for 50 ml · about twice The Musc’s about $106
Musc RavageurFrédéric Malle · shares lavender, cashmere knit, sandalwood and clean linen$410 for 100 ml
Le VainqueurRancé 1795 · shares ginger, lavender, cashmere knit and sandalwoodabout $203 for 100 ml · about twice The Musc’s about $106
Parfum Pour HommeMissoni · shares ginger, lavender, cashmere knit and sandalwood
See 5 more22 more share half its notes
Instant CrushMancera · shares ginger, sandalwood and clean linenabout $174 for 120 ml
For Her Pure Musc BlancNarciso Rodriguez · shares ginger, cashmere knit and clean linen
KeduMemo Paris · shares ginger, cashmere knit and clean linen$350 for 75 ml
KaafAhmed Al Maghribi · shares lavender, sandalwood and clean linenabout $35 for 100 ml · about a third of The Musc’s about $106
R.E.M.Ariana Grande · shares lavender, sandalwood and clean linen$75 for 100 ml
See 5 more17 more share half its notes
Legend SpiritMontblanc · shares lavender, sandalwood and clean linen$112 for 100 ml · about the same as The Musc’s about $106
The One for MenDolce & Gabbana · shares ginger, lavender and sandalwood$112 for 100 ml · about the same as The Musc’s about $106
Fakhar BlackLattafa · shares ginger, lavender and sandalwoodabout $29 for 100 ml · about a quarter of The Musc’s about $106
CherguiSerge Lutens · shares beeswax absolute, cashmere knit and sandalwood$330 for 100 ml
HommeJoop! · shares beeswax absolute, cashmere knit and sandalwoodabout $93 for 125 ml
See 5 more12 more share half its notes
Anaïs AnaïsCacharel · shares beeswax absolute, cashmere knit and sandalwood
AurumAjmal · shares beeswax absolute, cashmere knit and sandalwoodabout $47 for 75 ml · about half of The Musc’s about $106
Tobacco 01Swiss Arabian · shares beeswax absolute, cashmere knit and sandalwood$68 for 50 ml
PassionElizabeth Taylor · shares beeswax absolute, cashmere knit and sandalwood
AnghamLattafa · shares ginger, lavender and cashmere knit$49.99 for 100 ml · about half of The Musc’s about $106
See 5 more7 more share half its notes
Polo RedRalph Lauren · shares ginger, lavender and cashmere knit$116 for 125 ml · about the same as The Musc’s about $106
Luna Rossa SportPrada · shares ginger, lavender and cashmere knit$134 for 100 ml
Shams Al Emarat Khususi Iced PetalArd Al Zaafaran · shares ginger, lavender and cashmere knit
Ambassador IntenseGisada · shares ginger, lavender and cashmere knit$135 for 100 ml
Liquid LovePenhaligon's · shares ginger, cashmere knit and sandalwood$295 for 100 ml
See 2 more2 more share half its notes
Musk 12Kayali · shares cashmere knit, sandalwood and clean linenabout $146 for 100 ml
Crystal NoirVersace · shares ginger, cashmere knit and sandalwood$158 for 90 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.