Memo Paris · 2024 · Mylène Alran

Abu Dhabi

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
Memo Paris asks about $285 for 75 ml
75 mlabout $285

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Bright orange, bergamot, pink pepper and cardamom over sweet date and plum, drying down to earthy vetiver, patchouli and vanilla.

Memo Paris says

You’ll smell Bergamot Oil, Orange Oil Brazil, Pink Peppercorn CO2, Cardamom Oil India, Ginger Extract CO2, frankincense (olibanum oil somalia), safraleine, Date Accord, Plum Accord, Davana Oil India, Carrot Seed Oil, Orange Flower Absolute North Africa, lily of the valley (mahonial), vetiver des Sables Oil India, Vetiver Oil Haiti, Vetiver Oil Indonesia, Patchouli Oil Ironfree Indonesia, labdanum (cistus absolute sis spain), hydrocarboresine, Fir Balsam Absolute, vanillin, Ambrofix and musk (ambrexolide).

More from Memo Paris’s description

It also mentions Cardamom Oil, Date, Vetiver Oil, Plum, Amber, Vetiver, Saffron and Cardamom.

The house’s page

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The drawn Abu Dhabi bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Abu Dhabi’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, sweet orange, pink pepper, cardamom, ginger, frankincense drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Abu Dhabi, when you spray it: Bergamot, Sweet orange, Pink pepper, Cardamom, Ginger, Frankincense, Safraleine

As it settlesheart notes

Abu Dhabi, as it settles: Date, Plum, Davana, Carrot, Bitter orange, Lily of the valley

What staysdry-down notes

Abu Dhabi, what stays: Vetiver, Patchouli, Labdanum, Hydrocarboresine, Fir balsam, Vanillin (vanilla), Ambrofix (ambergris), Musk, Amber, Saffron

What’s inside it

What Memo Paris names

Bergamot OilOrange Oil BrazilPink Peppercorn CO2Cardamom Oil IndiaGinger Extract CO2Frankincense (olibanum oil somalia)SafraleineDate AccordPlum AccordDavana Oil IndiaCarrot Seed OilOrange Flower Absolute North AfricaLily of the valley (mahonial) (lily of the valley)Vetiver des Sables Oil IndiaVetiver Oil IndonesiaPatchouli Oil Ironfree IndonesiaLabdanum (cistus absolute sis spain)HydrocarboresineFir Balsam AbsoluteVanillin (vanilla)Ambrofix (ambergris)Musk (ambrexolide)Saffron

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 & lavender3 florals2 spices1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals3

Cinnamyl alcoholFarnesolGeraniol (rose)

Spices2

EugenolIsoeugenol

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)
2 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell2

AlcoholWater

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

OutlandsAmouage · shares bergamot, cardamom, frankincense, davana and 7 more$475 for 100 ml · about the same as Abu Dhabi’s about $285
TerraRayhaan · shares bergamot, cardamom, frankincense, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain) and 6 moreabout $41 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Abu Dhabi’s about $285
EmpressaPenhaligon's · shares bergamot, sweet orange, pink pepper, cardamom and 5 more$330 for 100 ml · about the same as Abu Dhabi’s about $285
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.