Loewe · 2004 · Emilio Valeros

Solo

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Toilette

Juicy Italian mandarin and tropical guava with warm, spicy cumin, resting on soft musk.

Loewe says

You’ll smell guava, cumin and mandarin.

More from Loewe’s description

It also mentions Musk and Italian mandarin.

The house’s page

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Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Solo’s scent picture, a draft: cumin, mandarin, musk, coumarin (new-mown hay), geraniol (rose) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Solo, top notes: Mandarin

Heartas it settles

Solo, heart: Guava, Cumin, Geraniol (rose)

Dry-downwhat stays

Solo, dry-down: Musk, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Loewe names

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 & lavender2 florals1 sweet3 spices

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

Not for the smell13

AlcoholWaterOctinoxate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)Octisalate (a UV filter)A light stabiliserBHT (keeps it fresh)Benzyl benzoateYellow 6Red 4Benzophenone-1, not in Ingredients yetBenzotriazolyl dodecyl p-cresol, not in Ingredients yetPentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Midnight Musk & Amber CologneJo Malone London · shares mandarin and cashmere knit
Infusion de RhubarbePrada · shares mandarin and cashmere knit$190 for 100 ml · about the same as Solo’s about $118
Turathi BlueAfnan · shares mandarin and cashmere knit$50 for 90 ml · about a quarter of Solo’s about $118
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.