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Memo Paris Honey dragon
Memo Paris

Honey dragon

fresh spicy
amber
warm spicy
gourmand
vanilla
citrus
aromatic
2023 · unisex

Memo Paris is a French niche fragrance house founded in 2010 that creates travel-inspired scents. The brand focuses on olfactory storytelling, often drawing from specific destinations and experiences to craft their compositions.

Honey Dragon opens with a bright citrus and spice combination, leading with bergamot, ginger, and mandarin. The heart deepens into warm spiced territory with cinnamon, saffron, and coriander, while elemi adds a subtle woody-resinous quality. The base settles into a gourmand finish, built on tonka bean, vanilla, and amber alongside a soft musk, creating a fragrance that balances fresh spice with creamy sweetness throughout.

This is a warm, approachable scent that works well for those who enjoy gourmand fragrances with enough spice to keep them from feeling one-dimensional. It's equally suited for cooler months and evening wear, though the citrus opening keeps it wearable year-round. The composition appeals to fans of The Romantic, The Hedonist, and The Heirloom.

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Main Accordsreported by community
fresh spicy
100%
amber
100%
warm spicy
100%
gourmand
100%
vanilla
75%
citrus
75%
aromatic
75%
cinnamon
50%
balsamic
50%
sweet
50%
powdery
50%
Fragrance Notescommunity verified
Top · 0–30 min
Bergamot
Bergamot
A sun-ripened Italian citrus with a brightness that goes beyond lemon, simultaneously tart, floral, and slightly spicy. It's the defining note of Earl Grey tea and the backbone of countless fresh colognes. Perfumers love it as an opener because it lifts the entire composition without overpowering what follows.
Ginger
Ginger
Warm, zesty, and slightly medicinal with a bite that sits between spice and citrus. Ginger root adds a lively, invigorating quality to fragrances, it energises rather than soothes. Depending on how it's used, it can read as fresh and zingy or warm and earthy, making it unusually versatile across fragrance families.
Mandarin Orange
Mandarin Orange
Orange
Orange
Warm, round, and familiar, sweet orange is the most approachable of the citrus family. In perfumery it reads as sunlit and optimistic, with a gentle warmth that stops short of heaviness. Orange is frequently used to smooth and soften citrus openings, adding a natural sweetness that makes compositions feel immediately welcoming.
Pepper
Pepper
The most essential spice note in perfumery, encompassing the dry, woody heat of black pepper and its many relatives. Pepper adds edge, lift, and a masculine vitality to fragrances without sweetness. It is the note that stops a composition from feeling comfortable and safe, adding a confident, assertive character.
Heart · 30 min – 3 hrs
Cinnamon
Cinnamon
Sweet, warm, and instantly comforting, cinnamon bark has a familiar warmth that slides easily into oriental and gourmand fragrances. Used sparingly it adds a pleasant warmth; used heavily it can dominate. It has a slightly sharp, peppery facet alongside its sweetness that keeps it from being purely foodie.
Coriander
Coriander
Warm, spicy, and faintly citrusy, coriander seed smells quite different from the green herb, with a dry, woody warmth and a slight floral quality. It adds a spiced, slightly exotic character to masculine fragrances without the sharpness of pepper or the sweetness of vanilla. A supporting spice note that adds complexity.
Elemi
Elemi
Light, piney, and slightly citrusy resin from the Philippines, elemi is frankincense's more approachable, transparent cousin. It has a fresh, almost lemony sharpness alongside its resinous warmth, making it useful in both fresh and oriental compositions. A bridge between sharp and deep, fresh and warm.
Geranium
Geranium
Green, rosy, and slightly minty, geranium is one of perfumery's most useful ingredients, sitting at the intersection of floral, herbal, and green families. Rose geranium adds a natural, slightly ragged freshness to rose accords that synthetic rose can't match. It grounds floral compositions in something earthy and real.
Saffron
Saffron
The most expensive spice in the world has a leathery, honeyed, slightly metallic quality that is immediately recognizable. In perfumery, saffron adds a dark, animalic richness, it's the note that gives oud-rose fragrances their distinctive regal depth. A little goes a long way; too much reads as medicinal.
Base · 3–12 hrs
Amber
Amber
A warm, resinous accord rather than a single ingredient, amber is typically built from labdanum, benzoin, and vanilla to create a rich, honeyed, almost solar warmth. It's the quintessential base-note family, adding a comforting richness that makes fragrances feel complete. The difference between a fragrance feeling cold and feeling alive.
Benzoin
Benzoin
Sweet, warm, and balsamic, benzoin resin smells like vanilla mixed with incense, with a powdery, slightly medicinal edge. It adds a comforting warmth and fixative quality to oriental fragrances, and blends beautifully with spices. Often used to smooth and round off sharp edges in complex base notes.
Musk
Musk
The base layer of almost every modern fragrance, a soft, warm, skin-like scent that extends longevity and bridges other notes together. Natural musk was once derived from deer (now banned); today's musks are synthetic and range from clean and soapy to dark and animalic. The right musk makes a fragrance smell like 'you.'
Tonka Bean
Tonka Bean
Sweet, powdery, and almond-like with hay-like, slightly tobacco undertones, tonka bean is one of perfumery's most useful base notes. It shares coumarin with fresh hay and freshly cut grass, adding a warmth that feels nostalgic and comforting. Essential in gourmand and soft oriental fragrances.
Vanilla
Vanilla
Warm, sweet, and universally appealing, vanilla is to fragrance what salt is to cooking. Real vanilla is complex and slightly smoky, though most perfumery vanilla is synthetic and reads as clean, sweet, and creamy. It slows the evaporation of other notes and is the reason certain fragrances feel like a second skin.
Who Wears ThisScent DNA matches
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The RomanticBest match89% match
Your fragrance is a love letter you never stop writing.

Warm roses, vanilla, amber, creamy musks. Soft, evolving, intimate.

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The Hedonist89% match
More is more. You've always known this.

Opulent, rich, long-lasting. Vanilla, amber, dense florals, gourmand warmth.

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The Heirloom82% match
You carry something beautiful that most people have forgotten.

Powdery, soft, classically sweet. Iris, aldehydes, gentle florals, quiet vintage warmth.

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Scent Profile
fresh spicy100%amber100%warm spicy100%gourmand100%vanilla75%

Memo Paris Honey dragon— Prices, Coupons & Buying Guide

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$340.00 at Memo Paris. Gush compares 47+ retailers updated every 2 hours.
What does Memo Paris Honey dragon smell like? +
Memo Paris is a French niche fragrance house founded in 2010 that creates travel-inspired scents. The brand focuses on olfactory storytelling, often drawing from specific destinations and experiences to craft their compositions. Honey Dragon opens with a bright citrus and spice combination, leading with bergamot, ginger, and mandarin. The heart deepens into warm spiced territory with cinnamon, saffron, and coriander, while elemi adds a subtle woody-resinous quality. The base settles into a gourmand finish, built on tonka bean, vanilla, and amber alongside a soft musk, creating a fragrance that balances fresh spice with creamy sweetness throughout. This is a warm, approachable scent that works well for those who enjoy gourmand fragrances with enough spice to keep them from feeling one-dimensional. It's equally suited for cooler months and evening wear, though the citrus opening keeps it wearable year-round. The composition appeals to fans of The Romantic, The Hedonist, and The Heirloom.
What are the notes in Memo Paris Honey dragon? +
Top: Bergamot, Ginger, Mandarin Orange, Orange, Pepper. Heart: Cinnamon, Coriander, Elemi, Geranium, Saffron. Base: Amber, Benzoin, Musk, Tonka Bean, Vanilla.
What is a grey market fragrance retailer? +
Grey market retailers sell authentic fragrances sourced through unofficial distribution -- typically excess inventory from authorized distributors. The product is real and identical to retail. FragranceNet (est. 1997), Jomashop, and MaxAroma are well-established with millions of verified reviews.

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