Dries Van Noten · 2024 · Jean-Christophe Hérault

Crazy Basil

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Dries Van Noten asks about $296 for 100 ml
100 mlabout $296

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Green basil with bergamot and mandarin over geranium, lavender and rosemary, settling onto warm cedar and soft musk.

Dries Van Noten says

You’ll smell Basil Absolute, bergamot, mandarin, geranium, lavender (lavandin), rosemary, cedarwood, musks and Hinoki Wood Accord.

More from Dries Van Noten’s description

It also mentions Amber.

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When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Crazy Basil’s scent picture, a draft: basil, bergamot, mandarin, geranium, lavender, rosemary drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Crazy Basil, when you spray it: Basil, Bergamot, Mandarin

As it settlesheart notes

Crazy Basil, as it settles: Geranium, Lavender, Rosemary

What staysdry-down notes

Crazy Basil, what stays: Cedar, Musks, Hinoki wood, Amber

What’s inside it

What Dries Van Noten names

Basil AbsoluteBergamotMandarinGeraniumLavender (lavandin)RosemaryCedarwoodMusks

What the label names

7 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 & lavender3 florals1 spices

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals3

HydroxycitronellalCitronellolGeraniol (rose)

Spices1

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

Not for the smell3

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

BuongiornoAcqua di Parma · shares basil, mandarin, lavender, rosemary and 2 moreabout $294 for 100 ml · about the same as Crazy Basil’s about $296
Acqua di Giò ProfondoArmani · shares bergamot, mandarin, lavender, rosemary and 1 more$155 for 100 ml · about half of Crazy Basil’s about $296
Acqua di GiòArmani · shares bergamot, mandarin, rosemary, cedar (Atlas cedar) and 1 more$130 for 100 ml · about half of Crazy Basil’s about $296
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.