For Him Musc Santal

Narciso Rodriguez classifies For Him Musc Santal as a woody musk. The composition plays on the contrast between a fresh, herbal opening and a creamy base, built around the musk heart the house presents as its signature.

Top, heart and base

The house publishes this breakdown: at the top, juniper and Italian bergamot, with clary sage and green cardamom; at the heart, three variations of musk, the leathery notes of labdanum and Virginia cedar; at the base, sandalwood, benzoin and patchouli.

According to the house, the sandalwood extends the ambery warmth of the benzoin with a creamy texture, while the patchouli adds a dark, woody facet. The house sums up the formula in five notes: clary sage, juniper, musk heart, cedar and sandalwood.

The notes are arranged here as follows: juniper, clary sage, bergamot and cardamom at the top; musk, labdanum and cedar at the heart; sandalwood, benzoin and patchouli at the base.

What the label declares

After alcohol, fragrance and water, the list opens with tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, a woody, ambery molecule, and Virginia cedar oil, which confirms the place of the wood. Bergamot oil comes right after.

Patchouli oil, linalool, coumarin, sclareol, derived from clary sage, and vanillin appear further down, as does lemon oil. Two UV filters protect the liquid, which is tinted by violet CI 60730 and yellow CI 19140.