Guy Laroche

Drakkar Bleu

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Parfum

Cool spearmint, apple and bergamot over lavender, violet leaf and sage, settling onto mossy patchouli and fir.

A shop’s page says

You’ll smell spearmint, apple, bergamot, lavender, Violet Leaf, sage, moss, patchouli and fir.

The shop’s page

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The drawn Drakkar Bleu bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Drakkar Bleu’s scent picture, a draft: mint, apple, bergamot, lavender, violet, sage drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Drakkar Bleu, when you spray it: Mint, Apple, Bergamot

As it settlesheart notes

Drakkar Bleu, as it settles: Lavender, Violet, Sage

What staysdry-down notes

Drakkar Bleu, what stays: Oakmoss, Patchouli, Fir balsam, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What a shop’s page names

SpearmintAppleBergamotLavenderViolet LeafSageMossPatchouliFir

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 sweet

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals2

CitronellolGeraniol (rose)

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)
7 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell7

AlcoholWaterOctisalate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)Green 5Ext. violet 2Orange 4

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Fakhar BlackLattafa · shares apple, bergamot, lavender, violet (sweet violet) and 3 moreabout $29 for 100 ml
The IconAntonio Banderas · shares bergamot, lavender, violet (sweet violet), sage and 2 more
CarbonAjmal · shares lavender, violet (sweet violet), sage, oakmoss and 1 more$24.99 for 100 ml
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Green Irish TweedCreed · shares mint, bergamot, lavender, violet (sweet violet) and 1 more$490 for 100 ml
9 PMAfnan · shares mint, apple, bergamot, lavender and 1 more$50 for 100 ml
Uomo Born in Roma Coral FantasyValentino · shares apple, bergamot, lavender, sage and 1 more$138 for 100 ml
I WillArmani · shares bergamot, lavender, violet (sweet violet), sage and 1 more$170 for 100 ml
1 Million RoyalRabanne · shares bergamot, lavender, violet (sweet violet), sage and 1 more$145 for 100 ml
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LaytonParfums de Marly · shares apple, bergamot, lavender, violet (sweet violet) and 1 more$400 for 125 ml
Nitro RedDumont · shares apple, bergamot, lavender, violet (sweet violet) and 1 more$187 for 100 ml
Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares apple, bergamot, lavender, violet (sweet violet) and 1 more$19.05 for 100 ml
Supremacy Not Only IntenseAfnan · shares apple, bergamot, lavender, oakmoss and 1 more$60 for 100 ml
MezzoSospiro · shares apple, bergamot, lavender, oakmoss and 1 more$326 for 100 ml
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Isola BluRoja Parfums · shares apple, bergamot, lavender, oakmoss and 1 more$500 for 50 ml
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