Ex Nihilo · Shyamala Maisondieu

Atlas Fever

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5
Ex Nihilo asks $515 for 100 ml
100 ml$515

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Pink pepper and incense over narcissus, drying to cedar, sandalwood, oak and guaiac wood with sweet tonka and vanilla.

Ex Nihilo says

You’ll smell Pink Pepper, incense, narcissus, tonka bean, cedarwood, Sandalwood Album, vanilla and woody accord.

More from Ex Nihilo’s description

It also mentions Oak and Guaiacwood (gaiac).

The house’s page

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The drawn Atlas Fever bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Atlas Fever’s scent picture, a draft: pink pepper, frankincense, narcissus, tonka (coumarin), cedar, sandalwood drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Atlas Fever, when you spray it: Pink pepper, Frankincense

As it settlesheart notes

Atlas Fever, as it settles: Narcissus

What staysdry-down notes

Atlas Fever, what stays: Tonka (coumarin), Cedar, Sandalwood, Vanilla, Woody notes, Oak, Guaiacwood

What’s inside it

What Ex Nihilo names

Pink PepperIncenseNarcissusTonka beanCedarwoodSandalwood AlbumVanillaOakGuaiacwood (gaiac)

What the label names

7 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 sweet2 spices1 powder

Citrus1

Limonene

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals1

Farnesol

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices2

EugenolIsoeugenol

Powder1

Anise alcohol
6 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell6

AlcoholWaterOctisalate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)A light stabiliserBenzyl benzoate

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Bois PacifiqueTom Ford · shares frankincense, cedar (Atlas cedar), sandalwood, vanilla and 1 more$240 for 100 ml · about half of Atlas Fever’s $515
MeanderAmouage · shares pink pepper, frankincense, narcissus and sandalwood$395 for 100 ml
Opus XV King BlueAmouage · shares pink pepper, frankincense, sandalwood and oak$550 for 100 ml · about the same as Atlas Fever’s $515
See 5 more10 more share half its notes
Reflection 45 ManAmouage · shares pink pepper, frankincense, tonka, cedar (Atlas cedar) and 2 more$550 for 100 ml · about the same as Atlas Fever’s $515
Epic 56 WomanAmouage · shares pink pepper, frankincense, sandalwood, vanilla and 1 more$550 for 100 ml · about the same as Atlas Fever’s $515
Epic WomanAmouage · shares pink pepper, frankincense, sandalwood, vanilla and 1 more$395 for 100 ml
Palais BourbonMemo Paris · shares frankincense, tonka, sandalwood, vanilla and 1 more$350 for 75 ml · about the same as Atlas Fever’s $515
Dia WomanAmouage · shares frankincense, cedar (Atlas cedar), sandalwood, vanilla and 1 more$395 for 100 ml
See 5 more5 more share half its notes
CabanYSL · shares pink pepper, frankincense, tonka, sandalwood and 1 more$330 for 125 ml · about half of Atlas Fever’s $515
Opus XVI TimberAmouage · shares pink pepper, frankincense, cedar (Atlas cedar), sandalwood and 1 more$395 for 100 ml
Decision 42Amouage · shares pink pepper, frankincense, cedar (Atlas cedar), sandalwood and 1 more$550 for 100 ml · about the same as Atlas Fever’s $515
NoaCacharel · shares frankincense, tonka, cedar (Atlas cedar), sandalwood and 1 more
Iris d'ÉliteVersace · shares pink pepper, tonka, cedar (Atlas cedar), sandalwood and 1 moreabout $384 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.