Memo Paris · 2020 · Aliénor Massenet

Ocean Leather

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

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Lemon, mandarin and pink pepper over sage and a salty sea-air note, settling into earthy vetiver, leather and labdanum.

Memo Paris says

You’ll smell lemon essence, mandarin essence Madagascar, Pink Pepper essence, Clary Sage absolute, aquatic accord, cedarwood essence, vetiver essence Haiti, Marine Leather and ciste labdanum absolute.

More from Memo Paris’s description

It also mentions Mandarin essence, Sage absolute, Mandarin oil, Violet, Basil essence, Elemi, Cedar essence, Nutmeg, Vetiver essence and Leather.

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When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Ocean Leather’s scent picture, a draft: lemon, mandarin, pink pepper, clary sage, marine notes, cedar drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Ocean Leather, when you spray it: Lemon, Mandarin, Pink pepper, Sage, Violet, Basil, Elemi

As it settlesheart notes

Ocean Leather, as it settles: Clary sage, Marine notes, Cedar, Nutmeg

What staysdry-down notes

Ocean Leather, what stays: Vetiver, Marine leather, Labdanum

What’s inside it

What Memo Paris names

Lemon essenceMandarin essence MadagascarPink Pepper essenceClary Sage absoluteCedarwood essenceVetiver essence HaitiMarine LeatherCiste labdanum absoluteSage absoluteVioletBasil essenceElemiNutmeg

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 & lavender2 florals1 spices1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals2

CitronellolGeraniol (rose)

Spices1

Eugenol

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)
4 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell4

AlcoholWaterBHT (keeps it fresh)Disodium EDTA

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Black For HimKenneth Cole · shares mandarin, cedar (Atlas cedar), Marine Leather, violet (sweet violet) and 2 more$90 for 100 ml · about a fifth of Ocean Leather’s $350
ErosVersace · shares lemon, mandarin, clary sage, cedar (Atlas cedar) and 2 more$149 for 100 ml · about a third of Ocean Leather’s $350
French LeatherMemo Paris · shares pink pepper, clary sage, cedar (Atlas cedar), vetiver and 2 moreabout $285 for 75 ml · about the same as Ocean Leather’s $350
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.