Penhaligon's · 2015 · Christian Provenzano

Halfeti

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
Penhaligon's asks $330 for 100 ml

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Grapefruit and bergamot with saffron and nutmeg over a dark rose and jasmine, settling into oud, amber and vanilla.

Penhaligon's says

You’ll smell bergamot, rose and Oud Accord.

More from Penhaligon's’s description

It also mentions Vigorous grapefruit, Levantine spice, Rare spices, Turkish Rose, Amber, Cedarwood, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Tonka, Vanilla beans, The fabled black rose, Oud base, Jasmine, Saffron, Vanilla, Nutmeg and Oud.

The house’s page

The drawn Halfeti bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Halfeti’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, rose, oud, grapefruit, amber, cedar drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Halfeti, top notes: Bergamot, Grapefruit

Heartas it settles

Halfeti, heart: Rose, Jasmine, Nutmeg

Dry-downwhat stays

Halfeti, dry-down: Oud, Amber, Cedar, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Tonka (coumarin), Vanilla, Saffron

What’s inside it

What Penhaligon's names

BergamotRoseOud AccordVigorous grapefruitLevantine spiceCedarwoodPatchouliSandalwoodTonkaVanilla beansOud baseJasmineSaffronNutmeg

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 & lavender1 florals1 sweet2 spices

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals1

Citronellol

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices2

EugenolCinnamal
2 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell2

AlcoholWater

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Millésime 1849Creed · shares bergamot, rose, agarwood, grapefruit and 5 more$510 for 100 ml
Interlude WomanAmouage · shares bergamot, rose, agarwood, grapefruit and 4 more
SerpentineRoberto Cavalli · shares bergamot, rose, patchouli, tonka and 3 more$130 for 100 ml · about a third of Halfeti’s $330
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.