Honore Payan Alias
How it smells
Main smell: soft spicy and gourmand. It opens with lemon and bergamot, moves to pink pepper and white pepper and dries down to sandalwood and tonka bean.
- Lasts
- 3 to 6 hours
- Best in
- winter
Alias notes
Top notes
What you smell first
Heart notes
The main smell
Base notes
What stays on your skin
Smell profile
Main accords
How strong each part of the smell is
Best seasons and time of day
A closer look at Honore Payan Alias
Honore Payan is the house behind Alias.
Alias: day or night?
This is more of an evening scent: it shines at dinners, dates and nights out. Its gourmand side feels cosy and rich after dark. For daytime, Yves Saint Laurent Lhomme is a lighter match.
How far it spreads
Its sillage is medium. People near you can smell it. Three or four sprays give a good balance. Clive Christian Noble Xxi Art Deco Blonde Amber and Carolina Herrera Ch Good Girl spread further.
Is Alias your kind of scent?
The strongest accord is soft spicy (100%), followed by gourmand and sweet. You will probably like it if you enjoy soft spicy and gourmand smells and notes like pink pepper and sandalwood. Less obvious notes include ginger and vanilla. Perfume fans rate it 4.01 out of 5.
Honore Payan perfumes worth knowing
This house has 20 perfumes on iPerfume. The most popular ones are Patchouli Antique unisex, Patchouli 1854 unisex and Jasmin.
How long it lasts
Expect about 3 to 6 hours on skin, which is about average for a perfume. Clive Christian Noble Xxi Art Deco Blonde Amber and Carolina Herrera Ch Good Girl last longer, if that matters to you. Base notes like sandalwood and tonka bean are the part that stays longest on the skin.
Alias dupes and alternatives
These perfumes have a close smell: Clive Christian Noble Xxi Art Deco Blonde Amber (7 shared notes), Tom Ford Oud Wood (7 shared notes), Carolina Herrera Ch Good Girl (6 shared notes) and Yves Saint Laurent Lhomme (6 shared notes).
More questions
Can women wear Alias?
It is made for men, but anyone who likes the smell can wear it.
Is Alias good for summer?
It is better in winter. In hot weather it can feel heavy.