Versace · 2021 · Jordi Fernandez

Safran Royal

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
Versace asks about $386 for 100 ml
100 mlabout $386

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Saffron, bitter wormwood and nutmeg over cedar and sweet praline, drying to patchouli, sandalwood, leathery cistus and musk.

Versace says

You’ll smell saffron, artemisia (wormwood oil), nutmeg oil, cedarwood, praline, cypriol, Akigalawood, patchouli, sandalwood, labdanum (cistus absolute) and musk.

More from Versace’s description

It also mentions Leather and Amber.

The house’s page

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The drawn Safran Royal bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Safran Royal’s scent picture, a draft: saffron, artemisia, nutmeg, cedar, praline, cypriol drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Safran Royal, when you spray it: Saffron, Artemisia, Nutmeg, Geranium

As it settlesheart notes

Safran Royal, as it settles: Cedar, Praline, Cypriol, Akigalawood (oud)

What staysdry-down notes

Safran Royal, what stays: Patchouli, Sandalwood, Labdanum, Musk, Leather, Amber, Virginia cedar, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Coumarin (new-mown hay), Vanillin (vanilla)

What’s inside it

What Versace names

SaffronArtemisia (wormwood oil)Nutmeg oilCedarwoodPralineCypriolAkigalawood (oud)PatchouliSandalwoodLabdanum (cistus absolute)MuskLeather

What the label names

21 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.

3 citrus4 herbs & lavender4 florals4 woods2 sweet2 spices1 musks1 powder

Citrus3

Limonenealpha-TerpineneTerpinolene

Herbs & lavender4

PineneCamphorLinaloolTerpineol

Florals4

Geranium oilCitronellolGeraniol (rose)Farnesol

Woods4

Patchouli oilCedarwood oilIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)Ebanol

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices2

beta-CaryophylleneIsoeugenol

Musks1

Galaxolide (musk)

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

Epic ManAmouage · shares saffron, nutmeg, cedar (Atlas cedar), agarwood and 4 more$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Safran Royal’s about $386
Opus VII Reckless LeatherAmouage · shares nutmeg, cypriol, agarwood, patchouli and 3 more$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Safran Royal’s about $386
Patchouli PrécieuxVersace · shares saffron, nutmeg, praline, agarwood and 2 more$330 for 100 ml · about the same as Safran Royal’s about $386
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.