Eros Versace 2020 Eau de Parfum
A richer, deeper iteration of the original Eros, this eau de parfum replaces the 2012 version's bright mint with something earthier and more measured.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 8 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Sandalwood75
- Cedar65
- Vanilla55
- Leather40
- Rosemary35
By the editors · 2 min readA richer, deeper iteration of the original Eros, this eau de parfum replaces the 2012 version's bright mint with something earthier and more measured. The opening still carries that recognizable sweetness, but it settles quickly into clary sage—herbal, slightly bitter, almost wine-like—which gives the composition unexpected composure.
The base is where the reformulation stakes its claim. Sandalwood and cedar form a soft, creamy wood accord, wrapped in vanilla that reads more as warmth than confection. A thin veil of leather adds just enough edge to keep things from turning too polite. The overall effect is cleaner and less synthetic than its predecessor, though still unmistakably in the Versace idiom: confident, uncomplicated, designed to announce rather than whisper.
This lands somewhere between a night-out fragrance and something you could wear to an office that doesn't mind a little boldness. It won't challenge anyone, but it knows exactly what it is.
