Dior · 1998 · Annick Menardo

Hypnotic Poison

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Toilette

Bitter almond and a spicy caraway edge over jasmine sambac, melting into creamy vanilla, musk and soft woods.

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The drawn Hypnotic Poison bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Hypnotic Poison’s scent picture, a draft: almond, jasmine, vanilla (vanillin), caraway, oakmoss, musk drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Hypnotic Poison, top notes: Almond, Caraway, Limonene (orange peel)

Heartas it settles

Hypnotic Poison, heart: Jasmine

Dry-downwhat stays

Hypnotic Poison, dry-down: Vanilla (vanillin), Oakmoss, Musk, Sandalwood

What’s inside it

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.

1 citrus1 herbs & lavender2 woods1 sweet1 spices

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

Not for the smell4

AlcoholWaterBenzyl alcoholPentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

Smells like it

For more

Vanilla SexTom Ford · Many of its own wearers say it smells like Hypnotic Poison$615 for 100 ml · about twice Hypnotic Poison’s $124

What wearers say, set beside the price each house asks. Noses differ.

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Fursan WhiteKhadlaj · shares almond, jasmine, vanilla and cashmere knitabout $27 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Hypnotic Poison’s $124
for WomenBurberry · shares jasmine, vanilla, oakmoss and cashmere knit$148 for 100 ml · about half of Hypnotic Poison’s $124
Eden Juicy Apple 01Kayali · shares jasmine, vanilla, oakmoss and cashmere knitabout $146 for 100 ml · about half of Hypnotic Poison’s $124
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.