Memo Paris · 2023 · Gaël Montero

Palais Bourbon

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

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Black pepper, cardamom and cinnamon over warm vanilla, tonka and balsam resins, drying down to sandalwood, patchouli and vetiver.

Memo Paris says

You’ll smell Black Pepper essence, cardamom essence, Cinnamon Bark essence, incense resinoid, geranium essence, Perou Balsam resinoid, benzoin resinoid, labdanum (cistus absolute), Tonka Bean Absolute, Vanilla Absolute, Sandalwood Spicatum essence, patchouli essence, guaiacwood essence and vetiver essence.

More from Memo Paris’s description

It also mentions Oud essence, Vanilla from Madagascar, Amber, Oud, Black pepper from Madagascar, Indian cardamom, Laotian cinnamon, Akigalawood, Vetiver, Patchouli, Laotian benzoin, Peruvian balsam and Brazilian tonka bean.

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When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Palais Bourbon’s scent picture, a draft: black pepper, cardamom, cinnamon, frankincense, geranium, benzoin drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Palais Bourbon, when you spray it: Black pepper, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Frankincense, Geranium

As it settlesheart notes

Palais Bourbon, as it settles: Perou balsam resinoid, Benzoin, Labdanum, Tonka (coumarin), Vanilla

What staysdry-down notes

Palais Bourbon, what stays: Sandalwood, Patchouli, Guaiacwood, Vetiver, Oud (Akigalawood), Amber

What’s inside it

What Memo Paris names

Black Pepper essenceCardamom essenceCinnamon Bark essenceIncense resinoidGeranium essencePerou Balsam resinoidBenzoin resinoidLabdanum (cistus absolute)Tonka Bean AbsoluteVanilla AbsoluteSandalwood Spicatum essencePatchouli essenceGuaiacwood essenceVetiver essenceOud essenceAkigalawood (oud)Peruvian balsam

What the label names

10 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.

1 citrus1 herbs & lavender4 florals1 sweet1 amber & resins2 spices

Citrus1

Limonene

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals4

Cinnamyl alcoholCitronellolGeraniol (rose)Farnesol

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Amber & resins1

Benzyl cinnamate

Spices2

CinnamalIsoeugenol
5 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell5

AlcoholWaterOctisalate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)Benzyl benzoate

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Lyric WomanAmouage · shares cardamom, cinnamon, frankincense, geranium (rose geranium) and 5 more$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Palais Bourbon’s $350
Opus XIV Royal TobaccoAmouage · shares cardamom, frankincense, benzoin, cistus and 5 more$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Palais Bourbon’s $350
MaterialAmouage · shares frankincense, benzoin, cistus, tonka and 4 more$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Palais Bourbon’s $350
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.