Marc-Antoine Barrois · 2019 · Quentin Bisch

Ganymede

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Bright mandarin and apricot-soft osmanthus over spicy, salty immortelle, drying to a mineral, almost metallic suede leather and woods.

Marc-Antoine Barrois says

You’ll smell mandarin, osmanthus, Leather Accord, Akigalawood and immortelle.

More from Marc-Antoine Barrois’s description

It also mentions Apricot, Violet, Leather (suede), Leather, Saffron, Spices, Hay, Mineral notes, Mandarin and Leather (accord cuir).

The house’s page

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The drawn Ganymede bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Ganymede’s scent picture, a draft: mandarin, osmanthus, leather, akigalawood (oud), immortelle, apricot drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Ganymede, top notes: Mandarin, Violet

Heartas it settles

Ganymede, heart: Apricot

Dry-downwhat stays

Ganymede, dry-down: Osmanthus, Leather, Akigalawood (oud), Immortelle, Saffron, Hay, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Hexadecanolactone (musk)

What’s inside it

What the label names

19 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.

4 citrus5 herbs & lavender4 florals1 woods3 spices1 musks1 powder

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

Not for the smell2

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

Smells like it

For less

Bois ImpérialEssential Parfums · Some of its own wearers say it smells like Ganymedeabout $105 for 100 ml · about half of Ganymede’s $200

Shoppers call a cheaper stand-in a dupe.

What wearers say, set beside the price each house asks. Noses differ.

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

NefsNishane · shares osmanthus, Leather Accord, agarwood, violet (sweet violet) and 1 more$665 for 50 ml
SequenceAmouage · shares osmanthus, Leather Accord, agarwood and saffron$475 for 100 ml · about twice Ganymede’s $200
Black AoudMontale · shares mandarin, Leather Accord, agarwood and saffronabout $146 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.