Memo Paris · 2014 · Aliénor Massenet

French Leather

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
Memo Paris asks about $285 for 75 ml
75 mlabout $285
200 mlabout $498

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Juniper, lime and bergamot with pink pepper, over rose, sage and hay, drying down to cedar and soft suede.

Memo Paris says

You’ll smell juniper berry essence, lime essence, bergamot essence, pink pepper CO2, rose essence, clary sage essence, hay absolute, Cedarwood Virginia and leather (suede accord).

More from Memo Paris’s description

It also mentions Leather, Rose, Leather (suede), Lime, Cedar, Pink pepper, Musk, Sage and Vetiver.

The house’s page

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The drawn French Leather bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

French Leather’s scent picture, a draft: juniper, lime, bergamot, pink pepper, rose, clary sage drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

French Leather, when you spray it: Juniper, Lime, Bergamot, Pink pepper, Sage

As it settlesheart notes

French Leather, as it settles: Rose, Clary sage, Hay

What staysdry-down notes

French Leather, what stays: Cedar, Leather, Musk, Vetiver

What’s inside it

What Memo Paris names

Juniper berry essenceLime essenceBergamot essencePink pepper CO2Rose essenceClary sage essenceHay absoluteCedarwood VirginiaLeather (suede accord)MuskSageVetiver

What the label names

8 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 florals1 spices

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals4

CitronellolGeraniol (rose)Cinnamyl alcoholBenzyl salicylate

Spices1

Eugenol
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

Elysium Pour HommeRoja Parfums · shares juniper, lime, bergamot, pink pepper and 5 more$380 for 100 ml · about the same as French Leather’s about $285
ExplorerMontblanc · shares bergamot, pink pepper, rose, clary sage and 3 more$136 for 100 ml · about a third of French Leather’s about $285
Irish LeatherMemo Paris · shares juniper, pink pepper, clary sage, hay and 3 more$350 for 75 ml · about the same as French Leather’s about $285
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.