Memo Paris · 2023 · Marypierre Julien

Ithaque

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
Memo Paris asks about $287 for 75 ml
30 mlabout $146
75 mlabout $287

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Bergamot, bitter orange and juniper with pepper, over blackcurrant and jasmine, drying down to cedar and patchouli.

Memo Paris says

You’ll smell bergamot essence, Orange Bitter essence, Pepper Timut absolute, Juniper Berries essence, Cinnamon Bark essence, redcurrant accord, Blackcurrant Buds absolute, blackcurrant (cassis celeste), jasmine absolute, cedarwood essence and Patchouli Heart.

More from Memo Paris’s description

It also mentions Italian bergamot oil, Bitter orange, Italian mandarin, Black pepper oil from Madagascar, Pink pepper, Timut pepper oil from Nepal, Juniper berries, Blackcurrant bud absolute, Raspberry note, Egyptian jasmine absolute, Cedarwood oil from Texas and Patchouli from Indonesia.

The house’s page

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The drawn Ithaque bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Ithaque’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, sweet orange, black pepper, juniper, cinnamon, redcurrant drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Ithaque, when you spray it: Bergamot, Sweet orange, Black pepper, Juniper, Cinnamon, Bitter orange, Mandarin, Pink pepper

As it settlesheart notes

Ithaque, as it settles: Redcurrant, Blackcurrant, Jasmine, Raspberry

What staysdry-down notes

Ithaque, what stays: Cedar, Patchouli

What’s inside it

What Memo Paris names

Bergamot essenceOrange Bitter essencePepper Timut absoluteJuniper Berries essenceCinnamon Bark essenceRedcurrant accordBlackcurrant Buds absoluteJasmine absoluteCedarwood essencePatchouli HeartBitter orangeItalian mandarinBlack pepper oil from MadagascarPink pepperRaspberry noteCedarwood oil from TexasPatchouli from Indonesia

What the label names

7 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 florals1 spices

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals3

Benzyl salicylateGeraniol (rose)Citronellol

Spices1

Cinnamal
8 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell8

AlcoholWaterOctisalate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)A light stabiliserBenzyl benzoateBenzyl alcoholPentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Amor AmorCacharel · shares bergamot, sweet orange, cinnamon, blackcurrant (cassis) and 3 more
EmpressaPenhaligon's · shares bergamot, sweet orange, blackcurrant (cassis), patchouli and 3 more$330 for 100 ml · about the same as Ithaque’s about $287
Decision 42Amouage · shares bergamot, juniper, cinnamon, cedar (Atlas cedar) and 3 more$550 for 100 ml
See 3 more3 more share half its notes
Ambassador IntenseGisada · shares bergamot, cinnamon, jasmine, patchouli and 3 more$135 for 100 ml · about a third of Ithaque’s about $287
Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares bergamot, sweet orange, black pepper, jasmine and 3 more$19.05 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Ithaque’s about $287
La Vie Est Belle Iris AbsoluLancôme · shares bergamot, blackcurrant (cassis), jasmine, patchouli and 3 more$170 for 100 ml · about half of Ithaque’s about $287
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.