Loewe

Esencia

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Parfum

Warm red pepper with green basil and anise-scented tarragon, a dry, herbal and spicy scent.

Loewe says

You’ll smell red pepper, basil and tarragon.

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Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Esencia’s scent picture, a draft: black pepper, basil, tarragon, citral (lemon), geraniol (rose) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Esencia, top notes: Black pepper, Basil, Tarragon, Citral (lemon)

Heartas it settles

Esencia, heart: Geraniol (rose)

What’s inside it

What Loewe names

What the label names

5 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 florals

7 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

Lumiere GarconFrench Avenue · shares black pepper and basilabout $49 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Esencia’s $180
Bois ImpérialEssential Parfums · shares black pepper and basilabout $105 for 100 ml · about a third of Esencia’s $180
Ameerat Al ArabAsdaaf · shares black pepper and basil
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.