Diesel · 2026 · Nelly Hachem-Ruiz and Paul Guerlain

Only Desire

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Diesel asks $120 for 80 ml
80 ml$120

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Bergamot, pear and a metallic aldehyde sparkle over jasmine, rum and vanilla orchid, melting into vanilla, praline and ambery woods.

Diesel says

You’ll smell bergamot oil, aldehydes, pear accord, fineflavor banana, cumin oil, living vanilla orchid, superinfusion jasmine grandiflorum India, rum absolute, infusion vanilla bourbon premium madagascar, praline accord and ambery woods.

More from Diesel’s description

It also mentions Madagascar Bourbon vanilla, Amber notes, Metallic aldehydes, Metallic Vanilla accord and Desire-Trigger Accord.

The house’s page

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When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Only Desire’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, aldehydes, pear, cumin, vanilla (vanillin), jasmine drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Only Desire, when you spray it: Bergamot, Aldehydes, Pear, Banana, Carvone (spearmint)

As it settlesheart notes

Only Desire, as it settles: Cumin, Vanilla (vanillin), Jasmine, Rum

What staysdry-down notes

Only Desire, what stays: Praline, Ambery woods, Amber, Virginia cedar, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Hexadecanolactone (musk)

What’s inside it

What Diesel names

Bergamot oilAldehydesPear accordFineflavor bananaCumin oilLiving vanilla orchidSuperinfusion jasmine grandiflorum IndiaRum absolutePraline accord

What the label names

28 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.

5 citrus5 herbs & lavender11 florals2 woods2 sweet1 spices1 musks1 powder

Citrus5

Bergamot oilLimoneneCitralTerpinolenealpha-Terpinene

Herbs & lavender5

PineneLinaloolCarvone (spearmint)Linalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals11

JasmineBenzyl salicylateHydroxycitronellalAmyl cinnamal (aldehydes)CitronellolGeraniol (rose)Dimethyl phenethyl acetateAmyl salicylateMethyl anthranilateRose ketonesGeranyl acetate

Woods2

Cedarwood oilIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Benzaldehyde

Spices1

beta-Caryophyllene

Musks1

Hexadecanolactone (musk)

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)
7 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell7

AlcoholWaterBenzyl alcoholRed 4Ext. violet 2Diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, not in Ingredients yetSodium hydroxide, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

PalatineParfums de Marly · shares bergamot, pear, vanilla, jasmine and 1 more$410 for 75 ml
Odyssey French KissArmaf · shares bergamot, pear, vanilla, jasmine and 1 more$55 for 100 ml · about a third of Only Desire’s $120
Khair PistachioParis Corner · shares bergamot, pear, vanilla, jasmine and 1 moreabout $23 for 100 ml · about a fifth of Only Desire’s $120

Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.