YSL · 2016 · Olivier Cresp, Harry Frémont and Dora Baghriche

Mon Paris

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
YSL asks $162 for 90 ml
90 ml$162

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Juicy strawberry, raspberry and bergamot, then pear, white datura, peony and jasmine, over clean patchouli, white musk and cedar.

YSL says

You’ll smell strawberry, raspberry, bergamot essence, Calone, pear flesh, orange flower absolute, jasmine sambac absolute, white peony, datura, patchouli essence, white musk, Ambrox and cedarwood essence.

More from YSL’s description

It also mentions Red-fruity accent, Datura flowers, White peonies, White patchouli, White musks, Red Berries, Datura Flower and Patchouli.

The house’s page

The drawn Mon Paris bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Mon Paris’s scent picture, a draft: strawberry, raspberry, bergamot, calone (marine notes), pear, bitter orange drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Mon Paris, top notes: Strawberry, Raspberry, Bergamot, Calone (marine notes)

Heartas it settles

Mon Paris, heart: Pear, Bitter orange, Jasmine, Peony, Datura

Dry-downwhat stays

Mon Paris, dry-down: Patchouli, White musk, Cetalox (ambergris), Cedar

What’s inside it

What YSL names

StrawberryRaspberryBergamot essenceCalone (marine notes)Pear fleshOrange flower absoluteJasmine sambac absoluteWhite peonyDaturaPatchouli essenceWhite muskAmbrox (ambergris)Cedarwood essence

What the label names

10 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 & lavender6 florals1 spices

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals6

Benzyl salicylateHydroxycitronellalHexyl cinnamal (aldehydes)Geraniol (rose)CitronellolFarnesol

Spices1

Eugenol
11 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell11

AlcoholWaterBenzyl alcoholOctinoxate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)Octisalate (a UV filter)A light stabiliserBenzyl benzoateBHT (keeps it fresh)Red 33Violet 2

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

Smells like it

For about the same

BaréniaHermès · Some of its own wearers say it smells like Mon Paris$182 for 100 ml · about the same as Mon Paris’s $162

What wearers say, set beside the price each house asks. Noses differ.

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

IdôleLancôme · shares bergamot, pear, jasmine, patchouli and 2 more$157 for 100 ml · about the same as Mon Paris’s $162
Dylan PurpleVersace · shares bergamot, pear, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), clean linen and 2 more$158 for 100 ml · about the same as Mon Paris’s $162
Club de Nuit Urban Man ElixirArmaf · shares bergamot, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), jasmine, patchouli and 2 more$50 for 105 ml · about a quarter of Mon Paris’s $162
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.