Amouage · 2019 · Annick Menardo

Portrayal Woman

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Jasmine and tuberose over a smoky tobacco-vanilla accord.

The drawn Portrayal Woman bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Portrayal Woman’s scent picture, a draft: jasmine, tobacco, vanilla, elemi, coumarin (new-mown hay), cinnamal (cinnamon) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Portrayal Woman, top notes: Jasmine

Heartas it settles

Portrayal Woman, heart: Tobacco, Vanilla, Cinnamal (cinnamon)

Dry-downwhat stays

Portrayal Woman, dry-down: Elemi, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

8 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 & lavender3 florals1 sweet2 spices

3 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Narcotic DelightInitio · shares jasmine, tobacco and vanilla$420 for 90 ml · about the same as Portrayal Woman’s $395
NaxosXerjoff · shares jasmine, tobacco and vanilla$232 for 100 ml · about half of Portrayal Woman’s $395
Sunshine WomanAmouage · shares jasmine, tobacco and vanilla$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Portrayal Woman’s $395
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.