Dries Van Noten · 2022 · Nicolas Beaulieu

Voodoo Chile

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

A green cannabis accord and rosemary over resinous mastic and patchouli, settling on cedarwood and sandalwood.

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The drawn Voodoo Chile bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Voodoo Chile’s scent picture, a draft: cannabis, rosemary, lentisk, patchouli, cedar, sandalwood drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Voodoo Chile, top notes: Cannabis, Rosemary

Heartas it settles

Voodoo Chile, heart: Lentisk, Patchouli, Hydroxycitronellal (lily of the valley), Eugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Voodoo Chile, dry-down: Cedar, Sandalwood, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

8 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 & lavender4 florals1 sweet1 spices

3 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

Reflection ManAmouage · shares rosemary, patchouli, cedar (Atlas cedar) and sandalwood$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Voodoo Chile’s about $319
Shiyaaka for MenKhadlaj · shares rosemary, patchouli, cedar (Atlas cedar) and sandalwoodabout $27 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Voodoo Chile’s about $319
Interlude Black Iris ManAmouage · shares rosemary, patchouli, cedar (Atlas cedar) and sandalwood$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Voodoo Chile’s about $319
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.