Versace

Eros

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5
Versace asks $149 for 100 ml
100 ml$149

The houseFor men

Lemon, mandarin, mint and candied apple over geranium and clary sage, drying to cedar, vetiver, patchouli, sandalwood and vanilla.

Versace says

You’ll smell Italian lemon, mandarin, mint oil, candied apple, geranium flower, clary sage essence, amberMax, Cedarwood Atlas, Cedarwood Virginia, Vetiver Orpur essence, Patchouli Coeur Orpur essence, sandalwood and vanilla.

More from Versace’s description

It also mentions Cedar, Vetiver, Patchouli and Leather.

The house’s page

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The drawn Eros bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Eros’s scent picture, a draft: lemon, mandarin, mint, apple, geranium, clary sage drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Eros, top notes: Lemon, Mandarin, Mint, Apple

Heartas it settles

Eros, heart: Geranium, Clary sage, Ambermax, Eugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Eros, dry-down: Cedar, Vetiver, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Vanilla, Leather, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Versace names

Italian lemonMandarinMint oilCandied appleGeranium flowerClary sage essenceAmberMaxCedarwood AtlasCedarwood VirginiaVetiver Orpur essencePatchouli Coeur Orpur essenceSandalwoodVanillaPatchouliLeather

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 & lavender2 florals1 sweet2 spices1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals2

CitronellolGeraniol (rose)

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices2

Eugenol (clove)Cinnamal

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)
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

ErosVersace · shares lemon, mandarin, mint, apple and 7 more$129 for 100 ml · about the same as Eros’s $149
Eros FlameVersace · shares lemon, mandarin, geranium (rose geranium), cedar (Atlas cedar) and 4 more$149 for 100 ml · about the same as Eros’s $149
Fakhar BlackLattafa · shares apple, geranium (rose geranium), clary sage, cedar (Atlas cedar) and 4 moreabout $29 for 100 ml · about a fifth of Eros’s $149
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.