Versace

Eros

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Versace asks $179 for 100 ml
100 ml$179

The houseFor men

Bright lemon, mandarin and black pepper over geranium, lavender and clary sage, settling into vanilla, benzoin, patchouli and vetiver.

Versace says

You’ll smell Italian Lemon Orpur, Italian Mandarin Orpur, Litsea Cubeba, elemi, Black Pepper, Madagascar Orpur, pomarose, Egyptian Geranium Orpur, lavender, Clary Sage, Benzoin Orpur, Cashmeran, Patchouli Coeur Indonesia Orpur, vanilla and Haitian Vetiver Orpur.

More from Versace’s description

It also mentions Mandarin, Lemon and Mystic woody notes.

The house’s page

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The drawn Eros bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Eros’s scent picture, a draft: lemon, mandarin, litsea, elemi, pomarose (rose), geranium drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Eros, when you spray it: Lemon, Mandarin, Litsea, Elemi, Black pepper, madagascar

As it settlesheart notes

Eros, as it settles: Pomarose (rose), Geranium, Lavender, Clary sage, Cinnamal (cinnamon)

What staysdry-down notes

Eros, what stays: Benzoin, Cashmeran (cashmere wood), Patchouli, Vanilla, Vetiver, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Versace names

Italian Lemon OrpurItalian Mandarin OrpurLitsea CubebaElemiBlack Pepper, Madagascar OrpurPomarose (rose)Egyptian Geranium OrpurLavenderClary SageBenzoin OrpurCashmeran (cashmere wood)Patchouli Coeur Indonesia OrpurVanillaHaitian Vetiver Orpur

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

EugenolCinnamal (cinnamon)

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, geranium (rose geranium), clary sage and 3 more$149 for 100 ml · about the same as Eros’s $179
ErosVersace · shares lemon, mandarin, geranium (rose geranium), clary sage and 3 more$129 for 100 ml
Eros FlameVersace · shares lemon, mandarin, rose, geranium (rose geranium) and 3 more$149 for 100 ml · about the same as Eros’s $179
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.