Dries Van Noten · 2025 · Jordi Fernandez

Havana Gold

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
Dries Van Noten asks about $369 for 100 ml
100 mlabout $369

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Mandarin and star anise with a liquorice sweetness, then cinnamon and tobacco leaf, over roasted tonka, leather and smoky cypriol.

Dries Van Noten says

You’ll smell mandarin, Liquorice Accord, Star Anise, cinnamon, Tobacco Leaves Absolute, benzoin, Roasted Tonka, Leather Accord and cypriol.

More from Dries Van Noten’s description

It also mentions Labdanum (cistus).

The house’s page

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The drawn Havana Gold bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Havana Gold’s scent picture, a draft: mandarin, liquorice, anise, cinnamon, tobacco, benzoin drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Havana Gold, when you spray it: Mandarin, Liquorice, Anise, Sweet orange

As it settlesheart notes

Havana Gold, as it settles: Cinnamon, Tobacco, Benzoin, Clove, Rose

What staysdry-down notes

Havana Gold, what stays: Tonka (coumarin), Leather, Cypriol, Labdanum, Patchouli, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Vanillin (vanilla)

What’s inside it

What Dries Van Noten names

MandarinLiquorice AccordStar AniseCinnamonTobacco Leaves AbsoluteBenzoinRoasted TonkaLeather AccordCypriolLabdanum (cistus)

What the label names

25 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.

4 citrus6 herbs & lavender4 florals2 woods2 sweet7 spices

Citrus4

LimoneneBitter orange oilTerpinolenealpha-Terpinene

Herbs & lavender6

PineneSclareolCamphorLinalyl acetateLinaloolTerpineol

Florals4

Rose oilRose ketonesGeranyl acetateGeraniol (rose)

Woods2

Patchouli oilIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices7

EugenolClove bud oilCinnamon bark oilbeta-CaryophylleneAnetholeCinnamalEugenyl acetate
6 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell6

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Benzyl benzoateA light stabiliserBenzyl alcohol

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Opus XIV Royal TobaccoAmouage · shares liquorice, anise, tobacco, benzoin and 2 more$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Havana Gold’s about $369
Khamrah DukhanLattafa · shares mandarin, tobacco, benzoin, tonka and 1 more$49.99 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Havana Gold’s about $369
Amber Oud Tobacco EditionAl Haramain · shares anise, cinnamon, tobacco and tonka$69.38 for 60 ml · about a third of Havana Gold’s about $369
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.