Dries Van Noten · 2022 · Quentin Bisch

Fleur du Mal

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Juicy peach and apricot over osmanthus and jasmine, settling onto warm suede and amber.

Dries Van Noten says

You’ll smell Peach Juice, osmanthus, jasmine, leather (suede) and amber.

More from Dries Van Noten’s description

It also mentions Leather and Apricot.

The house’s page

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The drawn Fleur du Mal bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Fleur du Mal’s scent picture, a draft: peach, osmanthus, jasmine, leather, amber, apricot drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Fleur du Mal, when you spray it: Peach, Limonene (orange peel)

As it settlesheart notes

Fleur du Mal, as it settles: Osmanthus, Jasmine, Apricot

What staysdry-down notes

Fleur du Mal, what stays: Leather, Amber

What’s inside it

What the label names

4 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 & lavender1 florals1 spices

Herbs & lavender1

Spices1

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

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Let's PretendEtat Libre d'Orange · shares peach, osmanthus and jasmineabout $184 for 100 ml · about half of Fleur du Mal’s about $319
GanymedeMarc-Antoine Barrois · shares osmanthus, suede and apricot$200 for 100 ml
Spring FlowerCreed · shares peach, jasmine and apricot$460 for 75 ml · about twice Fleur du Mal’s about $319
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.