Dries Van Noten · 2026

Velvet Violet

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
Dries Van Noten asks about $321 for 100 ml
100 mlabout $321

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Pink pepper, violet leaf and clary sage over toasted sesame and roasted barley, then grilled tonka, benzoin and vetiver.

Dries Van Noten says

You’ll smell Pink Pepper, Violet Leaf, Clary Sage Essence, Toasted Sesame Absolute, Barley Roasted, Grilled Tonka Beans, Benzoin Resinoide and Vetiver Essence.

The house’s page

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The drawn Velvet Violet bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Velvet Violet’s scent picture, a draft: pink pepper, violet, clary sage, sesame, barley, tonka (coumarin) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Velvet Violet, when you spray it: Pink pepper, Violet, Clary sage

As it settlesheart notes

Velvet Violet, as it settles: Sesame, Barley

What staysdry-down notes

Velvet Violet, what stays: Tonka (coumarin), Benzoin, Vetiver, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Vanillin (vanilla)

What’s inside it

What Dries Van Noten names

Pink PepperViolet LeafClary Sage EssenceToasted Sesame AbsoluteBarley RoastedGrilled Tonka BeansBenzoin ResinoideVetiver Essence

What the label names

14 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 citrus4 herbs & lavender1 florals2 woods2 sweet2 spices1 green

Citrus2

LimoneneTerpinolene

Herbs & lavender4

PineneLinalyl acetateTerpineolLinalool

Florals1

Geranyl acetate

Woods2

Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)Vertofix

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices2

beta-CaryophylleneIsoeugenol

Green1

Methyl 2-octynoate
5 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell5

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Benzyl benzoateBenzyl alcohol

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

NoirTom Ford · shares pink pepper, violet (sweet violet), clary sage, benzoin and 1 more
Reflection 45 ManAmouage · shares pink pepper, clary sage, tonka, benzoin and 1 more$550 for 100 ml
Milk ExpressiveCommodity · shares sesame, tonka and benzoin$160 for 100 ml · about half of Velvet Violet’s about $321
See 5 more6 more share half its notes
Ocean LeatherMemo Paris · shares pink pepper, violet (sweet violet), clary sage and vetiver$350 for 75 ml
Fakhar BlackLattafa · shares violet (sweet violet), clary sage, tonka and vetiverabout $29 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Velvet Violet’s about $321
Havana TonkaByredo · shares pink pepper, violet (sweet violet), tonka and benzoin$465 for 70 ml · about twice Velvet Violet’s about $321
Bad BoyCarolina Herrera · shares pink pepper, clary sage, tonka and vetiver$168 for 150 ml · about a third of Velvet Violet’s about $321
Irish LeatherMemo Paris · shares pink pepper, clary sage, tonka and vetiver$350 for 75 ml
See 1 more1 more share half its notes
Escentric 02Escentric Molecules · shares pink pepper, clary sage, tonka and vetiverabout $281 for 100 ml · about the same as Velvet Violet’s about $321
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.