Louis Vuitton · 2019 · Jacques Cavallier Belletrud

Afternoon Swim

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Juicy bergamot, orange and mandarin with a warm bite of ginger.

Louis Vuitton says

You’ll smell bergamot, orange and ginger.

More from Louis Vuitton’s description

It also mentions Mandarin.

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Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Afternoon Swim’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, sweet orange, ginger, mandarin, geraniol (rose) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Afternoon Swim, top notes: Bergamot, Sweet orange, Ginger, Mandarin

Heartas it settles

Afternoon Swim, heart: Geraniol (rose)

What’s inside it

What Louis Vuitton names

What the label names

7 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 & lavender4 florals

5 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

Libre L'Eau Nue Parfum de PeauYSL · shares bergamot, sweet orange and mandarin$160 for 90 ml · about half of Afternoon Swim’s $350
Blue TalismanEx Nihilo · shares bergamot, ginger and mandarin$385 for 100 ml · about the same as Afternoon Swim’s $350
Wūlóng CháNishane · shares bergamot, sweet orange and mandarin$375 for 100 ml · about the same as Afternoon Swim’s $350
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.