Stéphane Humbert Lucas · Stéphane Humbert Lucas
The Queen and the Viper
Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5
VersionEau de Parfum
Bright bergamot, spearmint and incense over African mint, clary sage and jasmine, drying down to tobacco, dates and burnt labdanum.
Stéphane Humbert Lucas says
You’ll smell bergamot, citrus, blackcurrant buds, spearmint, davana, incense, styrax, African Mint, Clary Sage, vetiver, osmanthus, Jasmine Sambac, Blond Tobacco, dates, Burnt Labdanum (Hydrocarbon resin), saffron and birch.
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What the label names
25 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.
6 citrus8 herbs & lavender5 florals2 woods1 sweet3 spices
Sweet1
When you spray it13
top notes
As it settles7
heart notes
What stays5
dry-down notes
3 more lines on the label, not there for the smell
Not for the smell3
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Abu DhabiMemo Paris · shares bergamot, davana, frankincense, vetiver and 3 more
Sunken TobaccoBeauFort London · shares blackcurrant (cassis), frankincense, vetiver, tobacco and 3 more
Opus XIV Royal TobaccoAmouage · shares bergamot, frankincense, vetiver, osmanthus and 3 more
Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.