Memo Paris · 2015 · Aliénor Massenet

African Leather

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5
Memo Paris asks $350 for 75 ml
30 ml$180
75 ml$350
200 ml$600

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Cardamom, geranium and pink pepper over rose, patchouli and cinnamon, drying down to smoky leather, oud and amber.

Memo Paris says

You’ll smell cardamom essence Guatemala, geranium absolute egypt, Pink Pepper CO2 extract, rose essence, patchouli essence Indonesia, cinnamon essence, leather accord, oud essence and amber accord.

More from Memo Paris’s description

It also mentions Cardamom essence, Geranium absolute, Oud, Vetiver, Bergamot, Geranium, Patchouli, Saffron, Moss, Grapefruit, Cedar, Cardamom, Musk, Cumin, Leather and Oud accord.

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When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

African Leather’s scent picture, a draft: cardamom, geranium, pink pepper, rose, patchouli, cinnamon drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

African Leather, when you spray it: Cardamom, Geranium, Pink pepper, Bergamot, Grapefruit

As it settlesheart notes

African Leather, as it settles: Rose, Patchouli, Cinnamon, Cumin

What staysdry-down notes

African Leather, what stays: Leather, Oud, Amber, Vetiver, Saffron, Oakmoss, Cedar, Musk, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Memo Paris names

Cardamom essence GuatemalaGeranium absolute egyptPink Pepper CO2 extractRose essencePatchouli essence IndonesiaCinnamon essenceLeather accordOud essenceVetiverBergamotSaffronMossGrapefruitCedarMuskCuminOud accord

What the label names

11 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 & lavender6 florals1 sweet1 amber & resins

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals6

HydroxycitronellalCitronellolHexyl cinnamal (aldehydes)Geraniol (rose)FarnesolCinnamyl alcohol

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Amber & resins1

Benzyl cinnamate
4 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell4

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoateBenzyl alcohol

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Epic ManAmouage · shares cardamom, geranium (rose geranium), pink pepper, patchouli and 6 more$395 for 100 ml · about the same as African Leather’s $350
Lyric WomanAmouage · shares cardamom, geranium (rose geranium), rose, patchouli and 5 more$395 for 100 ml · about the same as African Leather’s $350
OutlandsAmouage · shares cardamom, geranium (rose geranium), rose, patchouli and 5 more$475 for 100 ml · about the same as African Leather’s $350
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.