My Way Ylang

Top notes

The house opens on an accord of mango, white flowers, ginger and bergamot; ifragrance lists bergamot, orange blossom, mango and coconut, a reading that moves coconut into the opening.

Heart notes

At the center, the house places the Madagascar ylang-ylang essence, the titular raw material presented as made for Armani, with a coconut water accord and tuberose; ifragrance lists tuberose and ylang-ylang.

Base notes

In the base, the house combines white musk, Bourbon vanilla and cedar; ifragrance gives vanilla, white musks and cedar, in a different order.

What the label declares

The label confirms the white floral register through benzyl salicylate, hexyl cinnamal, hydroxycitronellal and methyl anthranilate, the latter a marker of orange blossom and tuberose; eugenol and isoeugenol sign the spicy, clove-like facet of the ylang-ylang.

Linalool, limonene and citral correspond to the bergamot announced; coumarin and anise alcohol support the vanilla sweetness of the base, cinnamal adding a warm touch; alpha-isomethyl ionone and farnesol round out the bouquet, with colorants CI 17200, CI 19140 and CI 60730 tinting the juice coral.

Competing pyramids

Wikiparfum does not detail its own tier structure. Ifragrance matches the house with one nuance, placing coconut in the top notes rather than the heart, and naming orange blossom where Armani speaks of white flowers.