Memo Paris · 2022 · Gaël Montero

Madurai

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

Zesty lemon and bergamot with peach and turmeric, over creamy jasmine and tuberose, drying down to sandalwood and suede.

Memo Paris says

You’ll smell lemon essence, bergamot essence, turmeric (curcuma essence), Clary Sage essence, peach accord, Jasmine Sambac, tuberose absolute, jasmine absolute, marigold (tagete essence), Sandalwood Album essence and leather (suede accord).

More from Memo Paris’s description

It also mentions Indian Turmeric essence, Sambac Jasmine absolute, Peach, Absolute of Indian jasmine sambac, Oil of fresh Indian turmeric, Absolute of jasmine from Upper Egypt, Australian sandalwood, Oil of marigold from the Indian Ocean, Clary sage from France, Spirit of peach and Jasmine from Upper Egypt.

The house’s page

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The drawn Madurai bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Madurai’s scent picture, a draft: lemon, bergamot, turmeric, clary sage, peach, jasmine drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Madurai, when you spray it: Lemon, Bergamot, Turmeric, Clary sage, Peach

As it settlesheart notes

Madurai, as it settles: Jasmine, Tuberose, Marigold

What staysdry-down notes

Madurai, what stays: Sandalwood, Leather

What’s inside it

What Memo Paris names

Lemon essenceBergamot essenceTurmeric (curcuma essence)Clary Sage essencePeach accordJasmine SambacTuberose absoluteJasmine absoluteMarigold (tagete essence)Sandalwood Album essenceLeather (suede accord)Australian sandalwood

What the label names

6 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 florals

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals3

Benzyl salicylateHydroxycitronellalGeraniol (rose)
7 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell7

AlcoholWaterOctisalate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)A light stabiliserBenzyl alcoholBenzyl benzoate

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

BeautifulEstée Lauder · shares bergamot, clary sage, jasmine, tuberose and 2 more$115 for 75 ml · about a third of Madurai’s $350
Interlude WomanAmouage · shares bergamot, jasmine, tagetes, sandalwood and 1 more
EscapeCalvin Klein · shares peach, jasmine, tagetes and sandalwood
See 4 more4 more share half its notes
OscarOscar de la Renta · shares bergamot, peach, jasmine, tuberose and 1 more$109 for 100 ml · about a quarter of Madurai’s $350
Côte d'AzurOribe · shares lemon, bergamot, jasmine, tuberose and 1 more$135 for 75 ml · about a third of Madurai’s $350
Quelques Fleurs L'OriginalHoubigant · shares lemon, bergamot, jasmine, tuberose and 1 more$250 for 100 ml · about half of Madurai’s $350
PassionElizabeth Taylor · shares bergamot, jasmine, tuberose, sandalwood and 1 more
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.