Amouage · 2011

Honour Man

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Parfum

Peppery, woody incense with geranium and elemi.

The drawn Honour Man bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Honour Man’s scent picture, a draft: pink pepper, black pepper, geranium, nutmeg, elemi, patchouli drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Honour Man, top notes: Pink pepper, Black pepper, Citral (lemon)

Heartas it settles

Honour Man, heart: Geranium, Nutmeg, Elemi

Dry-downwhat stays

Honour Man, dry-down: Patchouli, Frankincense, Cedar, Vetiver, Tonka (coumarin), Musk

What’s inside it

What the label names

9 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 & lavender3 florals1 sweet2 spices

4 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

SalvoMaison Alhambra · shares pink pepper, black pepper, geranium (rose geranium), elemi and 3 more$24 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Honour Man’s $395
Epic ManAmouage · shares pink pepper, geranium (rose geranium), nutmeg, patchouli and 3 more$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Honour Man’s $395
Club de Nuit Urban Man ElixirArmaf · shares pink pepper, geranium (rose geranium), elemi, patchouli and 2 more$50 for 105 ml · about a tenth of Honour Man’s $395
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.