Jo Malone London · 2018 · Mathilde Bijaoui

Poppy & Barley Cologne

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseUnisex

Poppy, rose and violet with blackcurrant and fig, over soft grain from barley and bran, settling on white musk.

Jo Malone London says

You’ll smell poppies, rose, violet, blackcurrants, bran and barley.

More from Jo Malone London’s description

It also mentions Vibrant poppies, Bran (nourishing grains), Fig, Poppy, Blackcurrant and White musk.

The house’s page

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The drawn Poppy & Barley Cologne bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Poppy & Barley Cologne’s scent picture, a draft: rose, violet, blackcurrant, barley, fig, poppy drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Poppy & Barley Cologne, when you spray it: Violet, Blackcurrant, Limonene (orange peel)

As it settlesheart notes

Poppy & Barley Cologne, as it settles: Poppies, Rose, Bran, Fig, Poppy, Isoeugenol (clove)

What staysdry-down notes

Poppy & Barley Cologne, what stays: Barley, White musk

What’s inside it

What the label names

8 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 spices1 powder1 green

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

Not for the smell3

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

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