Memo Paris · 2015 · Aliénor Massenet

Ilha Do Mel

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5
Memo Paris asks $350 for 75 ml
75 ml$350

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Juniper, bergamot and gardenia over smoky cypriol, jasmine and narcissus, drying down to vanilla, benzoin and iris.

Memo Paris says

You’ll smell juniper berry essence, bergamot, gardenia, cypriol essence, jasmine absolute, narcissu absolute, scotch broom (broom absolute), vanilla bean extract, benzoin resinoid and iris concrete.

More from Memo Paris’s description

It also mentions Orange blossom absolute, Jasmine blossom honey, Oil of mandarin, Musk, Vetiver, Honey and Hyacinth.

The house’s page

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The drawn Ilha Do Mel bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Ilha Do Mel’s scent picture, a draft: juniper, bergamot, gardenia, cypriol, jasmine, narcissus drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Ilha Do Mel, when you spray it: Juniper, Bergamot, Gardenia, Mandarin

As it settlesheart notes

Ilha Do Mel, as it settles: Cypriol, Jasmine, Narcissus, Scotch broom, Bitter orange, Hyacinth

What staysdry-down notes

Ilha Do Mel, what stays: Vanilla, Benzoin, Iris, Musk, Vetiver, Honey

What’s inside it

What Memo Paris names

Juniper berry essenceBergamotGardeniaCypriol essenceJasmine absoluteNarcissu absoluteScotch broom (broom absolute)Vanilla bean extractBenzoin resinoidIris concreteOrange blossom absoluteOil of mandarinMuskVetiverHoneyHyacinth

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 spices1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals6

HydroxycitronellalBenzyl salicylateCitronellolFarnesolGeraniol (rose)Cinnamyl alcohol

Spices1

Eugenol

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)
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

OscarOscar de la Renta · shares bergamot, gardenia, jasmine, scotch broom and 6 more$109 for 100 ml · about a quarter of Ilha Do Mel’s $350
BeautifulEstée Lauder · shares bergamot, jasmine, vanilla, orris and 4 more$115 for 75 ml · about a third of Ilha Do Mel’s $350
Elysium Pour HommeRoja Parfums · shares juniper, bergamot, cypriol, jasmine and 4 more$380 for 100 ml · about the same as Ilha Do Mel’s $350
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.