Versace · 2019 · Marypierre Julien

Figue Blanche

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5
Versace asks about $424 for 100 ml
100 mlabout $424

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Bergamot, mandarin and black pepper over fresh fig, jasmine and rose, drying to cedar, incense and soft musk.

Versace says

You’ll smell Italian bergamot oil essence, mandarin juice natsource, black pepper oil Madagascar, white fig accord, sambac jasmine absolute, rose absolute, carrot seed oil enriched France orpur, cedarwood fraction Texas orpur, incense oil Somalia orpur and ambrettolide.

More from Versace’s description

It also mentions Fresh fig notes, Pulp and essential oils of the Italian mandarin, Bergamot, Jasmine, Rose petals, Fig, Italian mandarin, Neroli and Jasmine petals.

The house’s page

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When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Figue Blanche’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, mandarin, black pepper, fig, jasmine, rose drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Figue Blanche, when you spray it: Bergamot, Mandarin, Black pepper, Neroli, Lavender

As it settlesheart notes

Figue Blanche, as it settles: Fig, Jasmine, Rose

What staysdry-down notes

Figue Blanche, what stays: Carrot, Cedar, Frankincense, Ambrettolide (musk), Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Versace names

Italian bergamot oil essenceMandarin juice natsourceBlack pepper oil MadagascarWhite fig accordSambac jasmine absoluteRose absoluteCarrot seed oil enriched France orpurCedarwood fraction Texas orpurIncense oil Somalia orpurAmbrettolide (musk)JasmineRose petalsFigNeroli

What the label names

19 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.

5 citrus5 herbs & lavender5 florals2 woods1 sweet1 spices

Citrus5

LimoneneBergamot oilCitralTerpinolenealpha-Terpinene

Herbs & lavender5

PineneLavender oilLinaloolLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals5

HydroxycitronellalGeranyl acetateCitronellolHexyl cinnamal (aldehydes)Geraniol (rose)

Woods2

Cedarwood oilIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices1

beta-Caryophyllene
5 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell5

AlcoholWaterOctinoxate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)Octisalate (a UV filter)

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Dia WomanAmouage · shares bergamot, fig, rose, cedar (Atlas cedar) and 3 more$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Figue Blanche’s about $424
Acqua di GiòArmani · shares bergamot, mandarin, jasmine, rose and 2 more$130 for 100 ml · about a third of Figue Blanche’s about $424
La Vie Est Belle Iris AbsoluLancôme · shares bergamot, mandarin, fig, jasmine and 2 more$170 for 100 ml · about a third of Figue Blanche’s about $424
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.