Xerjoff

Italica

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
Xerjoff asks $300 for 100 ml
30 ml$120
100 ml$300

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Almond, milky notes and saffron over toffee and bourbon vanilla, drying to white musk, cedar and sandalwood.

Xerjoff says

You’ll smell almond, Milky Notes, saffron, toffee, vanilla, White Musk, cedarwood and sandalwood.

More from Xerjoff’s description

It also mentions Bourbon vanilla and Almond paste.

The house’s page

The drawn Italica bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Italica’s scent picture, a draft: almond, milk, saffron, caramel, vanilla (vanillin), white musk (galaxolide) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Italica, top notes: Almond, Milk, Saffron, Lemon

Heartas it settles

Italica, heart: Caramel, Vanilla (vanillin)

Dry-downwhat stays

Italica, dry-down: White musk (Galaxolide), Cedar, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

15 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 & lavender1 florals2 woods2 sweet2 spices1 musks

4 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

A Whiff of Waffle ConeImaginary Authors · shares Milky Notes, toffee, vanilla and sandalwood$115 for 50 ml
Bois DoréVan Cleef & Arpels · shares almond, vanilla, clean linen and cedar (Atlas cedar)$250 for 75 ml · about the same as Italica’s $300
Cheirosa 62Sol de Janeiro · shares almond, toffee, vanilla and sandalwood$80 for 50 ml · about half of Italica’s $300
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.