Amouage · 2014

Sunshine Woman

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Almond, blackcurrant and osmanthus over vanilla and smoky cade.

Sold out on Amouage’s site.

The drawn Sunshine Woman bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Sunshine Woman’s scent picture, a draft: blackcurrant, almond, davana, osmanthus, jasmine, vanilla drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Sunshine Woman, top notes: Blackcurrant, Almond, Davana, Citral (lemon)

Heartas it settles

Sunshine Woman, heart: Osmanthus, Jasmine, Vanilla, Magnolia

Dry-downwhat stays

Sunshine Woman, dry-down: Cade, Patchouli, Tobacco, Papyrus, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

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 & lavender2 florals1 sweet1 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

WishChopard · shares blackcurrant (cassis), osmanthus, jasmine, vanilla and 1 more
Yara MoiLattafa · shares blackcurrant (cassis), almond, jasmine, vanilla and 1 moreabout $32 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Sunshine Woman’s $395
SerpentineRoberto Cavalli · shares blackcurrant (cassis), jasmine, vanilla, magnolia and 1 more$130 for 100 ml · about a third of Sunshine Woman’s $395
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.