Memo Paris · 2020 · Philippe Paparella

Sintra

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
Memo Paris asks about $285 for 75 ml
75 mlabout $285

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Bergamot and red berries over orange blossom, rose and a touch of cinnamon, melting into caramel, vanilla and marshmallow musk.

Memo Paris says

You’ll smell bergamot essence, Red Fruits accord, Petit Grain essence, Orange Flower absolute, Cinnamon Bark essence, rose absolute, Vanilla Bourbon extract, caramel accord and Guimauve Musk.

More from Memo Paris’s description

It also mentions Vanilla absolute, Marshmallow note, Orange blossom absolute, Petitgrain, Vanilla Madagascar absolute and Musks.

The house’s page

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The drawn Sintra bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Sintra’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, red fruits, bitter orange, cinnamon, rose, vanilla drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Sintra, when you spray it: Bergamot, Red fruits, Bitter orange

As it settlesheart notes

Sintra, as it settles: Cinnamon, Rose

What staysdry-down notes

Sintra, what stays: Vanilla, Caramel, Guimauve musk, Spun sugar

What’s inside it

What Memo Paris names

Bergamot essencePetit Grain essenceOrange Flower absoluteCinnamon Bark essenceRose absoluteVanilla Bourbon extractCaramel accordGuimauve MuskMarshmallow notePetitgrain

What the label names

9 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 & lavender5 florals1 spices

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals5

Benzyl salicylateGeraniol (rose)HydroxycitronellalCitronellolFarnesol

Spices1

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

Not for the smell6

AlcoholWaterBHT (keeps it fresh)Disodium EDTABenzyl benzoateBenzyl alcohol

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

LiraXerjoff · shares bergamot, cinnamon, rose, vanilla and 2 more$270 for 100 ml
Tony Iommi Monkey SpecialXerjoff · shares bergamot, cinnamon, rose, vanilla and 2 more$370 for 100 ml · about the same as Sintra’s about $285
Odyssey French KissArmaf · shares bergamot, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), rose, vanilla and 2 more$55 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Sintra’s about $285
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.