Dries Van Noten · 2024 · Alexandra Monet

Vanille Camouflage

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
Dries Van Noten asks about $371 for 100 ml
100 mlabout $371

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Sharp green galbanum, cypress and fig over ylang-ylang and sandalwood, melting into rich, boozy vanilla, benzoin and ambery woods.

Dries Van Noten says

You’ll smell galbanum, cypress, Fig Accord, lentisk (lentisque absolute), Ylang Ylang, sandalwood, Vanilla Bourbon Absolute, Vanilla Tahitensis, benzoin and Ambery Woods.

The house’s page

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The drawn Vanille Camouflage bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Vanille Camouflage’s scent picture, a draft: galbanum, cypress, fig, lentisk, ylang-ylang, sandalwood drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Vanille Camouflage, when you spray it: Galbanum, Cypress, Fig

As it settlesheart notes

Vanille Camouflage, as it settles: Lentisk, Ylang-ylang, Sandalwood

What staysdry-down notes

Vanille Camouflage, what stays: Vanilla, Benzoin, Ambery woods, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Dries Van Noten names

GalbanumCypressFig AccordLentisk (lentisque absolute)Ylang YlangSandalwoodVanilla Bourbon AbsoluteVanilla TahitensisBenzoin

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 sweet

Citrus1

Limonene

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals1

Benzyl salicylate

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)
4 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell4

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoateBenzyl alcohol

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

OscarOscar de la Renta · shares galbanum, ylang-ylang, sandalwood, vanilla and 1 more$109 for 100 ml · about a third of Vanille Camouflage’s about $371
RawdahMaison Origine Paris · shares cypress, ylang-ylang, sandalwood, vanilla and 1 more$316 for 100 ml · about the same as Vanille Camouflage’s about $371
Tubéreuse ImpérialeBDK Parfums · shares cypress, ylang-ylang, sandalwood, vanilla and 1 moreabout $253 for 100 ml
See 5 more5 more share half its notes
Millésime 1849Creed · shares cypress, ylang-ylang, sandalwood and vanilla$510 for 100 ml
Drunk LoversBORNTOSTANDOUT · shares cypress, sandalwood, vanilla and benzoin$320 for 100 ml · about the same as Vanille Camouflage’s about $371
Sand and SkinFloraïku · shares ylang-ylang, sandalwood, vanilla and benzoinabout $332 for 50 ml · about twice Vanille Camouflage’s about $371
Cap CamaratMemo Paris · shares ylang-ylang, sandalwood, vanilla and benzoinabout $287 for 75 ml · about the same as Vanille Camouflage’s about $371
Beloved WomanAmouage · shares ylang-ylang, sandalwood, vanilla and benzoin
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.