Aedes de Venustas · 2016 · Fabrice Pellegrin

Cierge de Lune

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Aedes de Venustas asks $245 for 100 ml
100 ml$245

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Creamy Madagascar vanilla and ylang-ylang with pink and black pepper, over suede, incense, musk and airy ambergris-like woods.

Aedes de Venustas says

You’ll smell crystalline accord, madagascar vanilla absolute, ylang-ylang, pink and black peppers, Ambrox, leather (suede), incense and musk.

More from Aedes de Venustas’s description

It also mentions Night-blooming cereus, Madagascan vanilla absolute, Hedione, Pink pepper, Black pepper, Dark chocolate notes and Leather (suede accord).

The house’s page

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The drawn Cierge de Lune bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Cierge de Lune’s scent picture, a draft: vanilla, ylang-ylang, cetalox (ambergris), leather, frankincense, musk drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Cierge de Lune, when you spray it: Pink and black, Frankincense, Pink pepper, Black pepper, Citral (lemon)

As it settlesheart notes

Cierge de Lune, as it settles: Crystalline accord, Ylang-ylang, Hedione (jasmine), Dark chocolate

What staysdry-down notes

Cierge de Lune, what stays: Vanilla, Cetalox (ambergris), Leather, Musk, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Aedes de Venustas names

Madagascar vanilla absoluteYlang-ylangPink and black peppersAmbrox (ambergris)Leather (suede)IncenseMuskNight-blooming cereusHedione (jasmine)Pink pepperBlack pepperDark chocolate notes

What the label names

6 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender1 florals1 sweet1 spices

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral (lemon)

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals1

Benzyl salicylate

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices1

Eugenol
4 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell4

AlcoholWaterTriethanolamine, not in Ingredients yetCitric acid, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Memoir WomanAmouage · shares suede, frankincense, cashmere knit, jasmine and 2 more$395 for 100 ml
Black Orchid ReserveTom Ford · shares vanilla, ylang-ylang, black pepper and dark chocolate notes$300 for 100 ml · about the same as Cierge de Lune’s $245
Beloved WomanAmouage · shares vanilla, ylang-ylang, suede, frankincense and 2 more
See 5 more20 more share half its notes
PassionElizabeth Taylor · shares vanilla, ylang-ylang, suede, frankincense and 2 more
Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares vanilla, suede, cashmere knit, jasmine and 2 more$19.05 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Cierge de Lune’s $245
Rose ExposedTom Ford · shares suede, frankincense, cashmere knit, pink pepper and 1 more$460 for 100 ml · about twice Cierge de Lune’s $245
BabycatYSL · shares vanilla, suede, frankincense, pink pepper and 1 more$330 for 125 ml · about the same as Cierge de Lune’s $245
RifaaqatParis Corner · shares vanilla, suede, frankincense, pink pepper and 1 moreabout $23 for 85 ml · about a tenth of Cierge de Lune’s $245
See 5 more15 more share half its notes
Elysium Pour HommeRoja Parfums · shares vanilla, ambergris, suede, cashmere knit and 2 more$380 for 100 ml
Ambassador IntenseGisada · shares vanilla, suede, frankincense, cashmere knit and 2 more$135 for 100 ml · about half of Cierge de Lune’s $245
Opus VII Reckless LeatherAmouage · shares ambergris, suede, frankincense, cashmere knit and 1 more$395 for 100 ml
Pour FemmeLacoste · shares suede, frankincense, cashmere knit, jasmine and 1 more
RemainAmouage · shares vanilla, ylang-ylang, ambergris, frankincense and 1 more$475 for 100 ml · about twice Cierge de Lune’s $245
See 5 more10 more share half its notes
Tubéreuse ImpérialeBDK Parfums · shares vanilla, ylang-ylang, frankincense, jasmine and 1 moreabout $253 for 100 ml · about the same as Cierge de Lune’s $245
Fate WomanAmouage · shares vanilla, suede, frankincense, jasmine and 1 more
Rouge SmokingBDK Parfums · shares vanilla, ambergris, cashmere knit, pink pepper and 1 moreabout $253 for 100 ml · about the same as Cierge de Lune’s $245
Guidance 46Amouage · shares vanilla, ambergris, frankincense, jasmine and 1 more$550 for 100 ml · about twice Cierge de Lune’s $245
Abu DhabiMemo Paris · shares vanilla, ambergris, frankincense, cashmere knit and 1 moreabout $287 for 75 ml
See 5 more5 more share half its notes
Millésime 1849Creed · shares vanilla, ylang-ylang, frankincense, cashmere knit and 1 more$510 for 100 ml · about twice Cierge de Lune’s $245
Lyric WomanAmouage · shares vanilla, ylang-ylang, frankincense, cashmere knit and 1 more$395 for 100 ml
Interlude WomanAmouage · shares vanilla, suede, frankincense, cashmere knit and 1 more
Epic 56 WomanAmouage · shares vanilla, frankincense, cashmere knit, jasmine and 1 more$550 for 100 ml · about twice Cierge de Lune’s $245
Epic WomanAmouage · shares vanilla, frankincense, cashmere knit, jasmine and 1 more$395 for 100 ml
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